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AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 597
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 12:10 pm: |     |
I just got my iPod, and was wondering if anyone has bought a new Mac and now has a iPod to Firewire cable that they don't need anymore. I have read that the USB2 cables have a faster burst transmission speed so in some ways are actually better than Firewire. I have an older mac and don't expect to be getting USB2 any time soon (boy that was depressing to type).
I am going to have to shell out $20 for a cable, and am sorta annoyed that Apple didn't give me one.
Other iPod things I am in the market for: A protective case, screen protector, a remote ($40 seems steep to me for some reason), a radio transmitter for my car, a recharger for my car, The iPod Camera Connector). Wow, I didn't realize I needed this much stuff. |
cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1104
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 12:30 pm: | |
I have a remote that I may be willing to part with. I bought it thinking I'd use it, and I don't. (You end up with a LOT of cord length that you have to stuff somewhere).
As for a car charger: Watch the weekly sale ads for CompUSA. About every other week they put an iPod car charger on sale for $9.95 (along with a bunch of other iPod crap for $9.95, though it's not very good stuff). I bought it and it works great. Even has a retractable cord.
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Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8404
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 1:59 pm: | |
My ex-wife bought an iPod and case for our daughter. The case is aluminum with a swinging door. I thought it was excessive at the time, and in retrospect, it was not. It's very tough. I recommend this, although I don't know where you can get it.
I recommend against a radio transmitter. It doesn't work as well as a cassette adaptor, and the radio thingy needs a battery or power cord, whereas a cassette adaptor has a cord that just runs from your iPod to your stereo.
Alternatively, consider getting a new car stereo. I recently got one that has an input jack for an iPod or other gadget.
I think if you got an inverter which provides 110 volts AC, it would be more useful than an iPod charger. You can plug anything into it, such as a laptop computer. Hey, you never know. OK, not anything, like a hair dryer. Costco has good deals on inverters these days.
Tom Reingold
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AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 599
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 2:21 pm: | |
Cmonty: I'll take it off your hands if the price is right.
Thomasshat: We have a cassette deck converter which MIGHT work with the headphone jack of the ipod, not sure though. I heard the audio quality is better with a cable (vs. radio waves) too. Having said that, I just saw on ipodlounge.com a new product by Kensington which has great reception (almost as good as the audio cassette models) and it plugs into your cigarette lighter with an attached cable to plug into your ipod. An all-in-one model, with a power solution built in. Quite cool. I think it's a bit expensive though at around $55-65 in stores. Clearly from my "do you have anything you want to get rid of post" you can see I probably won't be buying it myself.
While I still have an audio cassette deck in my car, I think this is no longer standard in any vehicles (cd players are the norm or gasp... satellite radio). Am I wrong? Now you see why the radio transmitters are so popular. |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8416
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 4:11 pm: | |
Yes, CD players are replacing cassette players. So now we need adaptors to play tapes in our cars.
Of course, stereos with input jacks will probably become the norm soon.
Oh, and my car stereo also plays CD's that are loaded with MP3 files, so I can fit about 10 alba on a single CD.
(Alba is the plural for album.)
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