How to set up an Apple iPod Nano
Next, connect your Nano using the included cable to one of your computer's USB ports. If iTunes isn't already open, connecting the iPod should launch the program and kick you into a set-up assistant.
Here's where you can name your iPod, and designate whether you want the iPod to automatically sync your music and photo collections. Checking these is the right way to go if you have a modest-sized media collection and you want the easiest way to just load up and go.
Leaving the boxes unchecked means that you'll need to manually select what music or photos get added later on. Either way, don't think too hard about this because you can always go back and change your selection down the road.
On the Nano, you also have an option called VoiceOver, where the iPod can speak the currently playing song and artist to you in a synthetic voice when you press and hold the headphone clicker. If it's not a feature that attracted you to the Nano to begin with, I say leave it checked off to save some set-up time. Again, you can always go back later and enable the feature if you want it, so right now just go with your gut and check it on or off.
Here's where you can name your iPod, and designate whether you want the iPod to automatically sync your music and photo collections. Checking these is the right way to go if you have a modest-sized media collection and you want the easiest way to just load up and go.
Leaving the boxes unchecked means that you'll need to manually select what music or photos get added later on. Either way, don't think too hard about this because you can always go back and change your selection down the road.
On the Nano, you also have an option called VoiceOver, where the iPod can speak the currently playing song and artist to you in a synthetic voice when you press and hold the headphone clicker. If it's not a feature that attracted you to the Nano to begin with, I say leave it checked off to save some set-up time. Again, you can always go back later and enable the feature if you want it, so right now just go with your gut and check it on or off.
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