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Additional controls – Apple iPod touch iOS 2.1 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Music and Video

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If you’re using an application, the playback controls appear on top of the application.
After using the controls, you can close them or tap Music to go to the Now Playing
screen. If iPod touch is locked, the controls appear onscreen, then disappear
automatically after you finish using them.

Additional Controls

From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover.

The repeat, Genius, and shuffle controls and the scrubber bar appear. You can see time
elapsed, time remaining, and the song number. The song’s lyrics also appear, if you’ve
added them to the song in iTunes.

Scrubber bar

Repeat

Playhead

Shuffle

Genius

Set iPod touch to repeat songs

Tap . Tap again to set iPod touch to repeat
only the current song.

= iPod touch is set to repeat all songs in the

current album or list.

= iPod touch is set to repeat the current song

over and over.

= iPod touch isn’t set to repeat songs.

Skip to any point in a song

Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Make a Genius playlist

Tap . The Genius playlist appears. See “Using
Genius on iPod touch
” on page 35.

Set iPod touch to shuffle songs

Tap . Tap again to set iPod touch to play
songs in order.

= iPod touch is set to shuffle songs.
= iPod touch is set to play songs in order.

Shuffle the tracks in any playlist, album, or other
list of songs

Tap Shuffle at the top of the list. For example, to
shuffle all the songs on iPod touch, choose Songs
> Shuffle.
Whether or not iPod touch is set to shuffle, if you
tap Shuffle at the top of a list of songs, iPod touch
plays the songs from that list in random order.