Product Description

This fully updated edition of the best-selling guide to the world’s favorite MP3 player explains how to maximize the iPod, iPod mini, iPod shuffle, and iTunes. Readers will learn to use the device with a Mac or PC, load music from CDs, the iTunes Music Store, or other sources, create playlists, track appointments, carry contacts and notes, and back up data files. Tips on getting high quality sound, troubleshooting the iPod, adding fun peripherals, and maximizing battery life as well as information on digital file formats (MP3 and AAC) and digital rights management are also included.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #540289 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

From the Back Cover

Get the most use possible from your iPod with the fully updated version of this bestselling how-to guide. You'll discover that today's iPods can be used for much more than just playing music. Now you can enjoy videos, load your iPod with your calendar and contacts, transfer up-to-the-minute headlines, or even display driving directions. Learn how to configure iTunes for burning CDs, get tips for managing your iTunes library, synch multiple iPods to the same computer, and much more. Whether you are a Windows or Mac OS X user, this easy-to-follow guide will help you to take your iPod and iTunes to the absolute limit!

• Synchronize your iPod with iTunes on Windows or the Mac
• Extend your iPod’s capabilities with useful and innovative accessories
• Play music from your iPod through your car stereo, home stereo, or computer
• Create AAC, MP3, and Apple Lossless Encoding files from CDs, cassettes, vinyl, or other sources
• Create iPod-friendly video files from your home movies, videos, and DVDs
• Play videos on your iPod or on a TV
• Use your iPod as an external drive or backup device
• Burn CDs and DVDs, and print CD covers
• Watch and listen to podcasts and download the latest episodes automatically
• Transfer contacts, appointments, news, photos, and more to your iPod
• Get the maximum life from your iPod's battery--and replace the battery yourself if it fails
• Troubleshoot both common and not-so-common problems with iPods and iTunes

About the Author
Guy Hart Davis is the author of three books on MP3 and digital audio, and 30 other computer books on subjects such as Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and Visual Basic for Applications.