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I've just been doing some ironing, and found Growly Junior's ipod in the pocket of her jeans. It was in a cold wash which I did yesterday, and was then tumble dried

I've been googling and now have the ipod sitting in a bowl of dry rice to aborb the moisture. All the advice says not to turn it on, but I'm not sure it it's on or off at the moment.

It's a nano, I think it's a 4th generation, and has a slider switch at the top. In one position, it shows a red dot, and in the other position, there's no colour. Can anyone tell me which position is off please?

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DuckyMember 10 years

I think it's off when there's no colour Growly....but I couldn't swear to it. I only used mine for a couple of weeks, I hated it so much I went back to my cheapy MP3.

I hope someone else can be more help!

But while I'm here......do you normally have dry ice lying around for use in such an emergency.

2/18/1112:17 PM

CroctacusMember

The dot is when it is locked....so if its on red chances are its off....

2/18/1112:19 PM

HobbesMember

serves her right for being so careless and stupid dunno why you're stressing about it TBH

2/18/1112:23 PM

DuckyMember 10 years

Oh crap.....I just read it again and saw the "r".

You don't need to explain to me why you have dry rice in your cupboards.

2/18/1112:29 PM

~ Babette ~Member

Sorry girls but I know from bitter daughter related experience that red is locked and there is no off state. It is either awake or asleep. When its asleep the screen stays off to save the battery. The button is a lock to stop the wheel restarting it

2/18/1112:31 PM

HobbesMember

I found you some advice.........

1 Do not attempt to turn the Nano on immediately after taking it out of the washing machine. Remove all cases and covers. Allow them to dry separately.
2 Place the Nano over a small portable heater. The fan should be set at low.
3 Monitor the temperature of the air coming out of the heater with a meat thermometer. Adjust the temperature control until the air blowing over the Nano is approximately 150 degrees. This should heat the unit enough to evaporate any water that is on the inside, but not enough to melt the cover or internal parts. Keep the Nano over the portable heater for 3 hours.
4 Remove the device from the heater and continue to air dry overnight. After a 24-hour drying period, turn the Nano on. If it doesn't turn on, charge the battery. The charging icon should be displayed.
5 Once the battery is charged, try to use the Nano. The only consequence we've found is that the battery does not seem to hold a charge as long as it used to, but charging more often is better than having to replace your Nano.

2/18/1112:55 PM

Former Member

Thank you all very much! I'm off to get the heater out.....

2/18/1112:59 PM

SazBombMember

If you can see the red dot, it's off

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

If it is buggered, then you can pick one up dead cheap on ebay through the auctions.

The battery is nearly dead on my nano, we looked into getting a new battery for it, but its actually cheaper if I just get a second hand nano from ebay.

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