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How to Record with your iPod - 5th generation

1. Making sure that the "Record" option is highlighted, press the center button to start recording.
2. Record a brief test message and press the center button (with "Stop and Save" now highlighted) to stop.
3. Play your message back and listen on the earphones.
4. When you have completed the recording or wish to pause, press the white center button once. You may then choose to Save, Resume or Cancel the recording.
5. Upon completion of the recording, press the white center button once, and use the click wheel to select the Save option. Note that the recording will be saved with a label that indicates the date and time the recording was made.

How to Record with your iPod - 3rd or 4th generation

1. Making sure that the "Record" option is highlighted, press the white center button to start recording.
2. Record a brief test message and press the center button (with "Stop and Save" now highlighted) to stop.
3. Play your message back and listen on the earphones or on your microphone itself, which doubles as a low-fidelity speaker. You may have to hold the device up to your ear to hear the sound.
4. When you have completed the recording or wish to pause, press the white center button once. You may then choose to Save, Resume or Cancel the recording.
5. Upon completion of the recording, press the white center button once, and use the click wheel to select the Save option. Note that the recording will be saved with a label that indicates the date and time the recording was made.

Recording tips

1. When using the clip-on microphone, be sure to hold the iPod about six inches away from the speaker's mouth when speaking at normal volume. Placing the iPod closer to the speaker's mouth may result in certain sounds being distorted in the recording.
2. For lectures or other public speeches, you can position the microphone somewhat further from the speaker, although the sound quality may degrade somewhat, depending on the acoustics of the room and the level of background noise present.
3. Some microphone attachments have a external microphone adapter that allows you to connect another microphone to the iPod. In this way you may connect a wireless microphone or other microphone type such as a lavalier, which may be more appropriate for situations that require higher recording quality or in cases where you wish the microphone to be less intrusive.
4. The use of the microphone attachment consumes battery power more rapidly than use of the iPod for playback of audio tracks. For best results, please make sure that your iPod is fully charged prior to using it for recording.