How to Connect a Dock Adapter to an iPod Nano
- 1). Locate the long thin, rectangular slot on the bottom of your iPod Nano.
- 2). Plug the large rectangular connector of the Apple Dock Connector to USB Cable into the corresponding slot on the bottom of the iPod Nano.
- 3). Plug the USB connector end of the Apple Dock Connector to USB Cable into a USB 2.0 port on your computer. The USB port is a smaller rectangular slot, typically found on the back of a desktop computer or the side or back of a laptop computer. The USB port on a keyboard usually won't provide enough power to charge your iPod Nano.
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