Chapter 3 Setting up iPodshue 16
Fit more songs on iPodshue
IfyouriTuneslibrarycontainssongsinhigherbit-rateformats,suchasiTunesPlus,AppleLossless,
orWAV,youcansetiTunestoconvertsongsto128kbpsAACformatasthey’resyncedwith
iPodshue.Thisdoesn’taectthequalityorsizeofthesongsstorediniTunes.
Convert higher bit-rate songs to AAC format:
1 ConnectiPodshuetoyourcomputer.
2 IniTunes,clickthedevicebuttontoselectiPodshue,thenclickSummary.
3 Select“Converthigherbitratesongsto128kbpsAAC.”
4 ClickApply.
Note:SongsinformatsnotsupportedbyiPodshuemustbeconvertedifyouwanttosync
themwithiPodshue.FormoreinformationaboutformatssupportedbyiPodshue,seeIfyou
can’tsyncasongorotheritemtoiPodshueonpage23.
Use iPodshue as an external disk
YoucanuseiPodshueasanexternaldisktostoredatales.
TosynciPodshuewithmusicandotheraudiothatyouwanttolistento,youmustuseiTunes.
Youcan’tplayaudiolesthatyoucopytoiPodshueusingtheMacFinderorWindowsExplorer.
Use iPodshue as an external disk:
1 ConnectiPodshuetoyourcomputer.
2 IniTunes,clickthedevicebuttontoselectiPodshue,thenclickSummary.
3 UnderOptions,select“Enablediskuse.”
Youmayneedtoscrolldowntoseethedisksettings.
4 ClickApply.
WhenyouuseiPodshueasanexternaldisk,theiPodshuediskiconappearsonthedesktop
onaMac,orasthenextavailabledriveletterinWindowsExploreronaWindowsPC.
WheniPodshueisenabledasanexternaldiskandyouconnectittoyourcomputer,thestatus
lightblinksorangecontinuously.BesuretoejectiPodshueiniTunesbeforeyoudisconnectit
fromyourcomputer.
Prevent iTunes from opening automatically
YoucankeepiTunesfromopeningautomaticallywhenyouconnectiPodshueto
yourcomputer.
Prevent iTunes from opening automatically:
1 ConnectiPodshuetoyourcomputer.
2 IniTunes,clickthedevicebuttontoselectiPodshue,thenclickSummary.
3 UnderOptions,deselect“OpeniTuneswhenthisiPodisconnected.”
4 ClickApply.