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iPod with scroll wheel (5 and 10 GB) - Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

Capacity

  • 5GB or 10GB hard disk drive1

    • Holds up to 1,000 or 2,000 songs in 160-Kbps MP3 format2

    • Stores data in FireWire disk mode

    • Stores up to 1,000 contacts5

Size and weight

  • Height: 4.02 inches (102 mm)

  • Width: 2.43 inches (61.8 mm)

  • Depth: 0.78 inch (19.9 mm)

  • Weight: 6.5 ounces (185 g)

Input and output

  • FireWire (IEEE 1394a) port

  • 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Power and battery

  • Built-in rechargeable lithium polymer battery (1200 mAh)

  • Playtime: 10 hours when fully charged

  • Charging via FireWire connector to Mac system or power adapter

    • Fast-charge time: up to 1 hour (charges to 80% of battery capacity)

    • Full-charge time: up to 3 hours

Audio

  • Up to 20 minutes of skip protection

  • Maximum output power: 60 mW rms (30 mW per channel)

  • Frequency response: 20 to 20,000 Hz

  • Audio formats supported: MP3 (up to 320 Kbps), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, AIFF

  • Upgradable firmware enables support for future audio formats

Customizable settings

  • Equalizer

  • Shuffle songs or albums

  • Repeat one or all

  • Startup volume

  • Sleep timer

  • Backlight timer

  • Display contrast

  • Clicker

  • Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Headphones

  • Earbud-style headphones with 18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets

  • Frequency response: 20 to 20,000 Hz

  • Impedance: 32 ohms

  • Sensitivity: 104-dB sound pressure level at 1 mW

Display

  • 2-inch (diagonal) liquid crystal display with white LED backlight

  • 160-by-128-pixel resolution; 0.24-mm dot pitch

  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Environmental requirements

  • Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

  • Nonoperating temperature: –4° to 113° F (–20° to 45° C)

  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

  • Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Power adapter

  • 6-pin FireWire connector

  • AC input: 100V to 240V at 0.4 amp maximum

  • Frequency: 50 to 60 Hz

  • DC output: 12V at 1 amp maximum

Requirements

  • Apple computer with built-in FireWire port

  • Mac OS 9.2 (or later) or Mac OS X v10.1 (or later)

  • iTunes 2 software (included)

  1. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

  2. Capacity based on an average song length of 4 minutes and 160-Kbps encoding.

  3. Battery life may vary according to use.

  4. Actual rates will vary.

  5. Contacts works with Mac OS X Address Book, Palm Desktop 4.0 or later, Microsoft Entourage for Mac OS X or Mac OS 9, and other applications that support industry-standard vCards (version 2.1 or 3.0).

  6. You can order a custom laser-engraved iPod from the online Apple Store, Apple retail stores, or selected Apple authorized resellers.