Capacity

• 20GB hard disk drive ⁽¹⁾

• Holds 5,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format ⁽²⁾

• Stores data via FireWire or USB 2.0 hard drive

Display

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

• 160 x 128 pixel resolution, 0.24-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), MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible, AIFF, Apple Lossless and WAV

• Upgradable firmware enables support for future audio formats

Headphones

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

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz

• Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

• Macintosh computer with FireWire port

• Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later (Mac OS X 10.3 or later recommended)

• USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X v10.3.4

Windows system requirements

• PC with FireWire or USB 2.0 port, or FireWire or USB 2.0 card

• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Home or Professional

Customizable settings

• Customize main menu

• Create multiple On-the-Go playlists

• Adjust audiobook playback speed

• Clicker playback through headphones

• Rate songs

• Shuffle songs or albums

• Repeat one or all

• Sound Check on or off

• 20 Equalizer settings

• Backlight timer

• Display contrast

• Alarms on, off or silent

• Sleep timer

• Date and time

• Display time in menu bar

• Contacts sort and display by first or last names

• Clicker on or off

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

• Display Song, Artist and Album Info in: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian

Environmental requirements

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

• Non operating 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

• Dock connector

• 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

• Wired remote connector

Power and battery ⁽³⁾

• Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery

• Playtime: Up to 12 hours when fully charged

• Standby time: 1 month when fully charged

• Charging via FireWire to computer system or power adapter

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

  • Full-charge time: about 4 hours

• Charging via USB 2.0 to computer system or power adapter

  • Full-charge time: about 4 hours

Power adapter

• 6-pin FireWire connector

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

• Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz

• DC output: 12V at 1 amp maximum

Size and weight

• Height: 4.1 inches

• Width: 2.4 inches

• Depth: 0.57 inches

• Weight: 5.6 oz (158 g)