iPod: The Missing Manual, 7th Edition

Find the Music on Your iPod—and Play It

Now that you've got some songs on the iPod, you're ready to listen to them. Plug your headphones into the headphone jack and press any button on the front of the iPod if you need to turn it on.

Find music on your Classic or Nano

After you pick a language, the first menu you see says iPod at the top of the screen. Here's how to start playing your tunes:

❶ On the iPod menu, highlight the Music menu. Run your thumb over the scroll wheel to move the blue highlight bar up and down.

❷ Press the round center button to select Music.

❸ On the Music menu, scroll to whichever category you want to use to find your song. Your choices include Artist, Album, Song, Genre, and so on. Scroll to the one you want and press the center button to see your songs sorted by your chosen method.

❹ Scroll through the list on the iPod's screen. Say you decided to look for music by Artist. You now see a list of all the singers and bands stored on your iPod. Scroll down to the one you want and press the center button. A list of all the albums you have from that artist appears on screen.

❺ Scroll to the one you want to hear. Press the Play/Pause button to start playing the album.

You can find anything on your iPod by scrolling around and pressing the center button to select the item ...