2.7

Out of 2 Ratings

Owner's of the Apple MP3 Player Apple iPod classic 160 GB gave it a score of 2.7 out of 5. Here's how the scores stacked up:
  • Reliability

    3.0 out of 5
  • Durability

    2.5 out of 5
  • Maintenance

    3.0 out of 5
  • Performance

    2.0 out of 5
  • Ease of Use

    3.0 out of 5
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Chapter 2 Setting Up iPod classic 21
Set iTunes to sync movies to iPod classic:
1 In iTunes, select iPod classic in the device list and click Movies.
2 Select “Sync movies.”
3 Select the movies you want.
All, recent, or unwatched movies: Select “Automatically include … movies” and choose the option
you want from the pop-up menu.
4 Click Apply.
If “Sync only checked songs and videos” is selected in the Summary pane, iTunes syncs only items
that are checked.
Set iTunes to sync TV shows to iPod classic:
1 In iTunes, select iPod classic in the device list and click TV Shows.
2 Select “Sync TV Shows.”
All, most recent, or unwatched episodes: Select “Automatically include … episodes of … ” and
choose the options you want from the pop-up menus.
Episodes on selected playlists: Select the playlists you want.
3 Click Apply.
If “Sync only checked songs and videos” is selected in the Summary pane, iTunes syncs only items
that are checked.
Adding podcasts to iPod classic
The settings for adding podcasts to iPod classic are unrelated to the settings for adding songs
and videos. Podcast settings don’t aect song or video settings, and vice versa. You can set iTunes
to automatically sync all or selected podcasts, or you can add podcasts to iPod classic manually.
Set iTunes to update the podcasts on iPod classic automatically:
1 In iTunes, select iPod classic in the device list and click Podcasts.
2 In the Podcasts pane, select “Sync Podcasts.”
3 Select the podcasts, episodes, and playlists you want, and set your sync options.
4 Click Apply.
When you set iTunes to sync iPod classic podcasts automatically, iPod classic is updated each
time you connect it to your computer.
If “Sync only checked songs and videos” is selected in the Summary pane, iTunes syncs only items
that are checked.
Adding video podcasts to iPod classic
You add video podcasts to iPod classic the same way you add other podcasts (see Adding
podcasts to iPod classic on page 21). If a podcast has video, the video plays when you choose it
from the Podcasts menu.