Chapter 2. Getting Started with an iPod

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Find out what cool stuff came with your iPod.

• Charge the iPod's battery.

• Install the iPod's software on your computer.

• Connect the iPod to your computer and transfer music from your computer to it.

• Use a Dock to connect an iPod to your computer.

Getting started with an iPod involves the following general steps:

1.	Understand what is included with the iPod.
2.	Charge the iPod's battery.
3.	Install the iPod's software on your computer.
4.	Connect the iPod to your computer and transfer music from your computer to the iPod.
5.	Disconnect the iPod from your computer.

After you have performed these steps, you will be ready to learn how to use the iPod, which you'll start doing in the next chapter.