Absolute Beginner's Guide to iPod and iTunes

To hear the music stored on your iPod, you must attach a sound output device to it. The most common one you might think of is the earbud headphones that were included in the package.

To use these, you connect the mini-jack on the earbud cable to the Headphones port located on the top of the iPod. When you do so, you'll hear any sound coming from the iPod through the earbuds.