How to View Lyrics on an iPod

Series Summary

Forget turntables, compact disc players, even the radio; iTunes is the way people listen to music these days, either on their computers or on their iPods. This program was developed by Apple Computers and first introduced to the public in January of 2001. Initially designed to organize digital and video files, it now offers a vast array of options, including games, podcasts, ringtones, audiobooks and even feature-length films. The application is available for free download on Apple's website, for Mac as well as Windows operating systems. In this free video series on music technology, a computer consultant demonstrates how to use iTunes and the iPod. Begin with an overview of how to view lyrics on an iPod. Learn how to update iTunes on a PC. Get tips on unfreezing an iPod Nano.

Video Transcript

"Did you know that your iPod connectors show a lot more information about a song, than you thought? Hi, I'm Dan Afonso from Afonso Consulting and Enfold IT. And this is how to look at lyrics on your iPod. We're to start this off, by firing up iTunes. With iTunes open you're going to find the song that has the lyrics on it. Now in most songs, you can't really get the lyrics off the Internet, automatically. But if you feel like typing the main or copying and pasting them from a lyrics site. You can do that. So I'm going to grab, this one over here. This is song, a friend of mine wrote. And I'm just going to grab it. Go to get info, options and over to lyrics tab. And here we have the lyrics for the song. Excellent. So I'm going to hit o.k. And now, I want to sync my iPod as you would normally. Alright, that's done. Now, so let's go grab that song. Now I've tell to play. And this is the song we had and I'm going to start the beginning of the song. And we're going to hit the scrubber. Once that gives us the amount of time to listen to a song, we can change that. So you can go forward in the song, if you want. Now push again, we get the rating. Push again,we get our shuffle mode. And when we push now, we get the lyrics. So I'm Dan Afonso and that's how you look at the lyrics on your iPod."