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Size and weight (30GB)

Height: 4.1 inches

Width: 2.4 inches

Depth: 0.43 inch

Weight: 4.8 ounces

In the box

• iPod
• Earphones
• USB 2.0 cable
• Dock adapter for use with Universal Dock
• Case
• Quick Start guide

Capacity

30GB or 80GB hard drive¹

Holds up to 7,500 (30GB) or 20,000 songs (80GB) in 128-Kbps AAC format²

Holds up to 25,000 iPod-viewable photos³

Holds up to 40 hours (30GB) or up to 100 hours (80GB) of video⁴

Stores data via USB hard drive

Display

2.5-inch (diagonal) QVGA transflective, over 65,000-color liquid crystal display with white LED backlight

320 by 240 pixel resolution, .156-mm dot pitch

Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Audio

Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz

Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV

Video

Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Headphones

Earphones

Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz

Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

• Macintosh computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
• iTunes 7 or later⁵

Windows system requirements

PC with USB 2.0

Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

iTunes 7 or later⁵

Languages

Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, and Turkish

Additional language support for display of song, album and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian

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)

Input and output

iPod

Dock connector

3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack

iPod Universal Dock

Dock connector

Audio and composite video output

S-video output

Power and battery⁶

Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery

Playback time (30GB model)

Music playback time: Up to 14 hours when fully charged

Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 4 hours when fully charged

Video playback time: Up to 3.5 hours when fully charged

Playback time (80GB model)

Music playback time: Up to 20 hours when fully charged

Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 6 hours when fully charged

Video playback time: Up to 6.5 hours when fully charged

Charging via USB or FireWire to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)

Fast-charge time: about 2 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)

Full-charge time: about 4 hours