iPod Tip #19
OK, you might have set an EQ preset in iTunes to a particular track or even made your own EQ preset. You transferred the tracks to your iPod. What happened?

Although you can create your own custom EQ presets in iTunes, those custom settings will not be transferred to the iPod when you sync. Only the iPod/iTunes presets will be available on the iPod.

OK then, what about the iTunes assigned EQ presets? Well that depends on your iPod’s EQ setting.

Let’s go to the iPod EQ settings first. Turn on your iPod, Go to -> Settings in the first menu.

Then Go to -> EQ

Now here is how the EQ works:

Off
If the EQ is set to Off on the iPod your tracks will play with no EQ, even if you set an EQ preset in iTunes. No EQ setting will playback on any tracks.

Flat
If the EQ is set to Flat on the iPod your tracks will play with the EQ preset you set to them in iTunes. Tracks without any EQ preset in iTunes, will playback without any EQ effect.

EQ settings on the iPod
If you choose an EQ setting on the iPod other than Flat, tracks on your iPod that does not have an iTunes EQ preset assigned will use the the iPod setting. If an EQ preset was assigned in iTunes, it will play with the iTunes assigned preset.

If you would like to listen to a track with a different EQ setting then was selected in iTunes on the iPod, start playing the track on your iPod, navigate back to the Settings screen, select EQ.

Note:
This tip applies for all iPod except the iPod shuffle which has no LCD and no EQ settings. The iPod shuffle won’t play back songs with the EQ presets you may have assigned in iTunes. It simply has no EQ.

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