A brief explanation of the device. In addition to the standard buttons for songs change, play / pause and volume, there is next to the headphone jack also a button and a slider. You can turn on the iPod and switch between modes "Standard" and "Shuffle" using the slider. In Sandard mode it plays the tracks in the normal order, while the songs are played back in shuffle mode random. The Voice over button can be controlled 3 functions:
Press 1x: A voice is called the current track and the artist
Press 2x: The battery level is indicated (obviously not roughly to a 3-color LED)
Hold a moment: The playlists will be read and when you press the Play button, the last selected called. More on that later.
Also, I'd like to take up the cudgels for iTunes. I do not think that the operation is overly complicated, at least if one is willing shortly to grips with the software.
In general, the software is really good to manage your entire music collection. With Version 11 software has become much better in my opinion! The earlier versions were in fact quite complicated to use.
The following is a detailed explanation of how to make sense configured with the current iTunes 11 iPod and equipped with music:
First of all, one should draw the music drag and drop in iTunes
Once you have the player via the USB cable connected to the computer, you can select it up right.
In the following "Overview" you should first of all enable the bottom VoiceOver and select a language.
Now you should consider whether you want to load the songs randomly to the player, or if one divides the music into playlists, so man can be found quite quickly to a desired song. I personally have best of playlists created by my favorite bands, so that I can quickly switch between the bands.
If you want iTunes to really just use songs to draw on the iPod, it is sufficient if you click in the iPod menu on top of music and then up "The whole library" selected. Is one press of Synchro kidneys then (bottom right) just loaded everything on the iPod. If you want a song not on the iPod simply deletes one new it from iTunes and sync.
If you want only some of the songs on the iPod have to best create a better multiple playlists. It works like this: First of all, at the top right "Finish" button to return to the library. At the top left of the button must be set to music. Now you go, for example, the top of the bar "performers". To now have to create a playback list for iPod simply either an interpreter, an album cover (to select the entire album) or a single song click and drag to the right. The moment right appears a column to which one pulls the songs. In the next step you can enter the entire name. If you want to only have one so you can call as "iPod Shuffle".
Then just drag the desired songs / albums / artists to the right and move to the newly created playlist.
If you now top of the bar to playlists so you can select the newly created list and edit again. take for example the songs out. There you can lower left also create a new playlist with the plus symbol. If any leave themselves on what type you prefer using.
Will you now drag the playlist to iPod you click the top of the bar the iPod, then selects the top "music" and click on "Selected playback lists ...". There should now appear under "Lists", the playlist which you then provide you with a hook and then synchronized.
In the future, you must then always merely attract new songs in the playlist you created, or clear out and then synchronize. This is not serious, as if you would pull the songs from File Explorer on your iPod.
If you want now usefully create multiple playlists to switch using the VoiceOver button quickly between the lists so you simply created more and selects all the lists in the corresponding iPod menu. The Plus in the playlist view is also can also create a playlist folder. I have for example in my case created an iPod folder and created there for each artist playlist. In iPod menu then you do not have any playlists selected individually, but can directly select the entire folder.
So, I hope that the statement was understandable, so that anyone can fix pull music to iPod without any further problems. You know even as it works is really no more difficult than man would move the music via the Explorer.
I give the device "only" 4 stars because Apple only the old standard headphone sets here. Personally, I have thanks to the new iPhone 5 EarPod headphones that are really much more comfortable to wear and also sound great. Too bad that is not inclusive of the iPod Shuffle.