Use iPod's wheel, Select button (also called the Center button — it's in the center of the wheel), and Menu button to go back and forth through iPod's menus and to select menu items.

To select an item, use the wheel to scroll to the item, then press the Center button. If the item has a right arrow (>) next to it, selecting it leads to another list of choices. Press the Menu button to go back to the previous menu.

Change volume

You can adjust the volume when you see the Now Playing screen by turning iPod's wheel. Turn it to the right to turn up the sound. Turn it left to turn down the volume.

Move through a song

Press the Select button when you see the Now Playing screen to see where you are in a song. A diamond symbol indicates the point in the song that is selected. Scroll to any point in the song. The diamond symbol moves as you scroll, and the elapsed time and time remaining indicators change. The song continues playing from the point where you stopped scrolling.

Show and change a song's rating

With iPod 2.0 software or later, pressing the Select button twice when you see the Now Playing screen shows the song's rating. Turn the wheel to set or change the rating.

Next/Fast-forward

In the Now Playing screen, pressing the Next/Fast-forward button skips to the next song in the list. Holding the Next/Fast-forward button forwards through the current song.

Previous/Rewind

In the Now Playing screen, pressing the Previous/Rewind button skips to the previous song in the list. Holding the Previous/Rewind button rewinds through the current song.

Power on and power off

To turn iPod on, press any button. To turn it off, press and hold the Play/Pause button.

Fifth Generation iPod controls (similar to any iPod with a Click Wheel).

The Menu, Next/Fast-forward, Previous/Rewind, and Play/Pause buttons appear around the wheel on earlier iPod models and any iPod with a Click Wheel including iPod nano, Fifth Generation iPod (iPod with video), iPod mini models, iPod (Click Wheel), iPod photo, and iPod with color display.

The iPod (dock connector) models have the control buttons in a row above the scroll wheel.

Controls for the iPod (dock connector) model