Woo Hoo, You Got an iPod! Now What?
Dec. 26, 2006 — -- So, you got a cool, new high-tech toy for the holidays. Now what do you do with it?
If you're confused by the buttons and dials on your MP3 player or confounded by the 900-page manual that came with your new cell phone, here are a few tips to help you with your high-tech holiday hangover.
1. Unpack the box. It's an obvious no-brainer, but everything you need is in there, including the software.
2. Install the software by putting it into the CD tray of the computer.
3. Lots of different windows will jump up on your screen. It's usually fine to just accept the default. Just click yes, next, yes, yes, yes. Advanced users will probably want to check all the things they're saying "yes" to, but simply clicking will get you up and running as quickly as possible.
4. Plug in the camera to the computer using a USB cord.
5. A lot of different stuff will pop up automatically. The computer will automatically recognize the camera and with many models, it'll copy the photos over from the camera to the hard drive of your computer. This is all in the software that comes with the camera.
6. Edit the pictures and e-mail away to friends and family or view it on your PC .
7. If your camera has a "video out" port on it, you can connect it to your television set with the right wires. You may have to purchase the necessary cables, but consult the camera's manual to learn more.
1. Start with iTunes, the software that manages everything for the iPod. (You can download it from the Internet or install it from the CD that comes with the iPod.)
2. Connect the iPod to the computer. The computer should automatically recognize that the iPod is hooked up.
3. If you want to add music from a CD onto your iPod, pop the CD into the computer. Again, the iTunes software will automatically recognize it.
4. Click the import button in iTunes to import all the tracks on the CD into your music library. Then go to the music library and drag the songs over to the iPod icon. They'll now live on both your computer and your iPod. Repeat this process to add all your CDs onto your iPod.
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