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Store in MC, and transfer tracks to your iPod
If you prefer to use MC to manage all your music, including tracks
purchased through iTunes Music Store, you are in luck. You can
add iTunes purchased tracks to the MC Media Library, and sync them,
as well as other supported file formats, to your iPod.
iPod Quick Start
If you have iTunes software on your PC, it may launch automatically
when you connect your iPod to the PC. We strongly recommend turning this default setting off
in the iTunes application. With iTunes open, plug in you iPod and
when the iPod Summary window opens, uncheck the "Open iTunes when this iPod
is connected" option.
Close iTunes and start the Media Center software on your PC.
Plug your iPod into your computer via the USB or FireWire cables
supplied.
Within about 10 seconds,
MC will detect the iPod and ask you if it should recognize it as a
Handheld Player. It will ask you to give the iPod a name -- Tina's
Video iPod, for example. You are then offered several options for syncing, including
syncing certain folders or selecting files manually. You can change
these later, but try a manual sync
first so that you can familiarize yourself with the way things work.
Your iPod should be recognized automatically by MC each time you
plug it in. You can also click on Handheld Player in the Action Window. An IPod Sync window
will appear. You can then drop the audio files of your choice (as
long as the iPod supports them - mp3, tracks purchased via iTunes
Music
Store, Audible audiobook files on any iPod, images on the Nano, iPod
Photo and iPod Video, and mov video files on the iPod Video) onto the window where it says Drop
Files Here. Unsupported audio files like APE or FLAC or WMA will be
converted to MP3 during transfer (the original files will not be
altered).
When you have the files that you want to load ready,
just press the Transfer button to upload the files to your iPod.
Click on details if you want to see the list of files (both on the
device and in the queue).
Once the transfer is complete, wait 5 seconds and then you can unplug the iPod. We recommend
clicking on the "Safely Remove Hardware" link in the system tray of
your PC before you disconnect. Wait until the "Do not disconnect"
message disappears from your iPod screen.
Tips and Troubleshooting
When an iPod is connected to MC some iPod-specific options are
available under Drives & Devices in the Organization Tree. Simply
right click on the iPod icon to view the options:
Other Handheld options are available for the iPod when you click on
Handheld Player (with the iPod attached) in the Action Window. Click
on the Tools icon on the top left of the iPod sync window, and
select Options... Here you have several settings to choose from,
including configuring transfer options, and the ability to add or
rename devices.
Restore iPod
Warning: This option completely resets your iPod and wipes it
clean of any files and Playlists that you have loaded on it. It
should be used if you get persistent and reoccurring error messages
or erratic behavior. You may need to use this option if you have
been using the iPod with other software and you are having
difficulties syncing and transferring files with MC.
How to restore...
If you have trouble with your iPod, Apple recommends the following:
[ from
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/ ]
"These five steps (known as the five Rs) will conquer most iPod
issues.
1. Reset your iPod.
2. Retry with a different USB port.
3. Restart your computer.
4. Reinstall iPod and iTunes software.
[ We recommend running the iPod Updater, but not
installing iTunes ]
5. Restore your iPod.
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