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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)