Inspect and Mend iPod by yourself

The General Knowledge of iPod malfunctions Resolutions

When you own an iPod, do you want to know some methods to resolve the malfunctions ? Or do you want to know some special settings in iPod? If yes, the followings are the answers you want:

1. The fault resolutions and testing steps: If you cannot turn on your iPod, you can try the ways below,

1). Check the status of the "Hold" and confirm that it is on the position far away from the earphone hole.

2) Turn on your iPod and connect it with a charger. Wait for several minutes, and then try to turn it on again.

3) Reset your iPod. If it has no response or something like system halted, connect it to the charger and turn on "Hold", and then turn it off. Now it is on the position far away from the earphone hole. At this time, press "Play/Pause" & "Menu" at the same time till the Apple logo appears.

4) Before resetting, you should release all the electric power. If the steps above do not work, you Do not connect your iPod with the electricity supply for 24h, and then connect with the electricity supply and reset it.

5) Updating the iPod software. After the above steps, if you can turn on your iPod, you should use the latest "iPod updater" to update your iPod.

If the Apple logo is shown in your iPod and still be there after reset, you can try the methods below:

1). Connect your iPod with a charger or a computer with 1394 connection; or make sure your computer is on but in the statue of sleeping.

2). Turn on and then off the "Hold" to make sure "Hold" is on the position far away from the earphone hole.

3). Press "Play/Pause" and "Menu" at the same time till the Apple logo appears.

4). When the Apple Logo appears, you should press "Previous" and "Next" immediately till "Do not cut" or the icon of live wire appears, and then you can use iPod updater to restore your iPod.

5). If "Do not cut" or the icon of live wire does not appears after several times of the above operations, your iPod needs repairing.

6). If "Do not cut" or the icon of live wire appears, you can run the latest relative "iPod Updater".

7). Click "Restore", it will restore to the primary status.
Remark:
1). If reset, all the songs and data in your iPod will not be gone, but some personal settings will need resetting possibly. If restore, all the songs and data will be gone, so before restoring, you should back up all the data in your iPod.

2). If necessary, you can use the tool of formatting in the system to format first, and then run the latest relative iPod Updater to restore.

3). Except the new iPod, the old iPod can not be format into different forms of hard disk. It is strictly forbidden for using Mac on Windows or Windows on Mac, so for any problems caused, it is out of warrantee.

2. The meanings of some icons and some methods.

A. The icons of battery and exclamatory mark: The electric power is low in the battery; you should connect your iPod with a charger or a computer with 6-core 1394 connecter

B. The icons of folder and exclamatory mark: The causes are possibly below,

1). It is possible that the electric power is a little. Connect your iPod with a charger or a computer with 6cores 1394 interface.

2). Incorrect iPod soft wares. Some iPods need some special or updating soft wares. Run the latest relative iPod Updater to update or restore your iPod.

3). Incorrect mode of hard disk. It is possible that your iPod is formatted into the irrelative form of hard disk, which mainly means to format with Windows form of hard disk on Mac or format with Mac form of hard disk on Windows. Run the latest relative iPod Updater to restore your iPod.

3. The method of entering iPod Diagnostic Mode:

1). Press "Menu" and "Play" till the Apple logo appears.

2). When the Apple logo appears, please immediately press [| <<] + [| >>] and Enter at the same time for several seconds. Remark: [Enter] is the key in the middle of the operating keyboard. After entering the diagnostic mode, please be careful. When some strange sounds come out and the Apple logo is inversed, it is in the diagnostic mode.

The Diagnostic Mode Tests:

1. 5 IN 1
2. RESET
3. KEY
4. AUDIO
5. REMOTE
6. FIREWARE
7. SLEEP
8. A 2 D
9. OTPO CNT
10. LCM
11. RTC
12. SDRAM
13. FLASH
14. OTPO
15. HDD SCAN
16. RUN IN

Remark: Under the diagnostic mode, the operating keyboard will not work. Use [|<<] and [|>>] to scroll up and down, [Enter] for OK, [Play] for out of Menu.