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YoucanturnonGeniusiniTunesandcreateplaylistsofsongsthatgogreattogether,based
onasongyouselect.GeniuscanalsoorganizeyouriTuneslibraryautomaticallybysortingand
groupingsongsintocollectionscalledGeniusMixes.
Youcancreateasmanyplaylistsasyoulike,usinganyofthesongsinyouriTuneslibrary.You
can’tcreateaplaylistoniPodshuewhenit’sdisconnectedfromiTunes.Addingasongtoa
playlistorlaterremovingitdoesn’tremoveitfromyouriTuneslibrary.
WhenyoulistentoplaylistsoniPodshue,allplaylistscreatediniTunesbehavethesameway.
YoucanchoosethembynameonyouriPodshue.
TolearnhowtosetupplaylistsiniTunes,openiTunesandchooseHelp>iTunesHelp.
Use Genius in iTunes
GeniusndssongsinyouriTuneslibrarythatgogreattogetherandusesthemtocreateGenius
playlistsandGeniusMixes.Geniusisafreeservice,butyouneedaniTunesStoreaccounttouse
it.Ifyoudon’thaveanaccount,youcansetoneupwhenyouturnonGenius.
AGeniusplaylistisbasedonasongthatyouselect.iTunesthencompilesaGeniusplaylistof
songsthatgogreatwiththeoneyouselected.
GeniusMixesarepreselectedcompilationsofsongsthatgogreattogether.They’recreatedfor
youbyiTunes,usingsongsfromyouriTuneslibrary.EachGeniusMixisdesignedtoprovidea
dierentlisteningexperienceeachtimeyouplayit.iTunescreatesupto12GeniusMixes,based
onthevarietyofmusicinyouriTuneslibrary.
TocreateGeniusplaylistsandGeniusMixes,yourstneedtoturnonGeniusiniTunes.For
information,openiTunesandchooseHelp>iTunesHelp.
GeniusplaylistsandGeniusMixescreatediniTunescanbesyncedtoiPodshuelikeanyother
iTunesplaylist.Youcan’taddGeniusMixestoiPodshuemanually.
Connect iPodshue to a computer for the rst time
ThersttimeyouconnectiPodshuetoyourcomputerafterinstallingiTunes,iTunesopensand
theSetupAssistantappears.IfiTunesdoesn’topenautomatically,openityourself.
Use the iPodshue Setup Assistant:
1 EnteranameforiPodshue.
2 Selectyoursettings.
Automaticsyncingisselectedbydefault.IfyoukeepthisoptionselectedandGeniusisturned
on,iTunessyncsGeniusMixesfromyouriTuneslibrarytoiPodshue.IfGeniusisn’tturnedon,
iTunesllsiPodshuewithsongsfromyouriTuneslibraryandplacestheminthe“AllSongs”
playlist.Formoreinformationaboutautomaticandmanualsyncing,seethenextsection.
VoiceOverisalsoselectedbydefault.Keepthisoptionselectedtoheartracktitlesandartist
names,changeyourplaylists,andhearbatterystatuswhileyoulistentoiPodshue.Formore
information,seeUseVoiceOveronpage18.
3 ClickDone.
YoucanchangethedevicenameandsettingsanytimeyouconnectiPodshueto
yourcomputer.
AfteryouclickDone,theSummarypaneappears.Ifyouselectedautomaticsyncing,iPodshue
beginssyncing.