Monochrome diagnostics

== How to set your iPod in Diagnostics mode ==
* Set hold button to on and then back to off.
* Press select button and menu button and hold for 5-10 seconds.
* Screen switched off and you see the Apple logo (you just rebooted the iPod).
* Right away, click the back button ( |<< ) and the select button.
* The screen briefly shows a flipped Apple logo and starts in Diagnostics mode.
== Diagnostics menu ==
Press the play button ( >|| ) to enter the 3-screen diagnostics menu, use the next button ( >>| ) to scroll through options and screens
* 5-in-1: run 5 tests in one
* KEY: tests all of the buttons (play/pause, rewind, forward, select, menu.
* CHGR CURR: tells you the current the charging your ipod, firewire or usb.
* REMOTE: tests for a remote control
* HP STATUS: detects if head/earphones are plugged in and whether or not the ipod is on hold
* SLEEP: puts ipod in deep sleep. you have to use menu+select to start up ipod once in this mode.
* BATT A2D:
* A2D STAT: again not sure. info about the battery, temp power...
* FIREWIRE: tests for fire wire connection
* HDD R/W: show the capacity of the iPod (e.g. 19GB)
* SMART DAT:
* HDD SCAN: scan the hard disk for errors (takes a long time!)
* READ SN: details about the ipod. serial number, model...
* DISKMODE: disk-mode, ipod exits this almost straight away. maybe a function apple uses when reformatting?
* WHEEL: test sensitivity of the wheel
* CONTRAST: test for selecting the best contrast ratio.
* AUDIO: test sound
* STATUS LCD: name/model number, headphone detect, wofwpw=with out firwire power, wfwpw=with firewire power, same for whisperer for the usb
* DVR TEMP: tells you the max min and current temp of hdd
* IRAM TEST:
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