89. Use Your iPod as an Alarm ClockBEFORE YOU BEGIN 5 Set the iPod's Date and Time SEE ALSO 91 Turn Your iPod into a Boom Box with Remote Control Taking your iPod with you on a vacation isn't just a matter of keeping entertained in distant localesit's also a practical matter. You can use the iPod to make sure that you wake up each morning to a more pleasant sound than your phone ringing with a wake-up call from the hotel's front desk. The iPod can act as an alarm clock, beeping at a prescribed time, or you can hook it up to a set of compact portable external speakers and have the iPod begin playing music from a specified playlist at the set alarm time. You might like this arrangement enough to use it at home as wellso long, clock-radio! NOTE Be sure to set the iPod's date and time before beginning this task; see 5 Set the iPod's Date and Time for details.
NOTE Shut off the alarm music by pressing Play/Pause . |