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CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1285
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 10:25 pm: |     |
Sorry if this has been addressed before - I'm not sure what to call this gizmo so I can't really search for it in the attic ('least I can't think of how ...)
Anyway somehow the topic of ipods came up with a person I had just met a few nights ago. I listen to audio books in my car, and this guy said you can get a gizmo to attach to your ipod that sends out a weak radio signal that only your car can pick up, so that you can listen to your ipod through the car's speakers even if your car stereo system doesn't have an input jack.
Well this sounds absolutely fab, and just the thing to provide the final reason why I MUST have an ipod. Think of all the money I'd save on blank CDs!!!! (I burn all my audio books to CD for my car journey, and it does add up even when I get the cheapies. Probably not enough to pay for an ipod and this gizmo, but I'm not going to do the math this time ... :-) Also, changing disks on the road is an accident risk, burning the disks takes precious time, etc. etc. etc. .... when you add it up why I'd be crazy NOT to get all of this!
Anybody ever use one of these things? Do they work? Any gotchas?
And what's it called - I want to know how to search for it on Amazon, where I have some credit card points stored up. |
Nonymous Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8446
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 11:53 pm: | |
It's called an FM modulator. As we discussed yesterday in another thread, a cassette adaptor works better and costs less and is less maintenance. But you need a cassette player in your car for that to work.
But FM modulators are OK, and lots of people use them and are happy.
I haven't used an ipod in a car yet. I'd be concerned about fiddling with it just as much as about swapping CD's in the car. I think I would want to mount it high on the dashboard so I can see it and hit the buttons with one hand. See if there is a gizmo that allows you to do that.
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monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 992
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 12:57 am: | |
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/item/7452/NWTROADTRIP879/
Tom, there are a few car radio units that integrate with the iPod where you can control it through the console. |
susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 840
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 9:54 am: | |
Still trying to figure out how to make the IPod and books-on-tape in the car work well, since my old MP3 player conked out, giving me an excuse to upgrade. I had switched books to let my daughter listen to something last night, and today discovered that the IPod had reset my main book to the beginning. Took half of my commute to figure out how to get back to where I left off yesterday in my main book (far too much fiddling). I'll have to go read the manual again, and see if there is a better way!
The cassette adapater works like a charm, if you have a casette deck.
So far, I'm a fan, in spite of my book on tape problems. However, carefully check what version of Windows (and what system pack) you have before you go shopping. Some of the newer ones are quite picky about operating systems. I can't use mine (a 30 GB Photo model, straight from Costco) on my laptop because it requires Windows XP System Pack 2, and the System Pack upgrade messes up all of my other security/network systems. |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1286
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:10 am: | |
I don't have a cassette deck, which is a real pain - the best adaptors use the cassette deck (apparently).
I've been looking at all the customer reviews on Amazon of all the FM transmitters I could find, and none of them get unmixed reviews. In all cases, at least some customers are complaining that they can't get a clear signal esp. in heavily populated areas with a lot of radio stations. Some complain of various quality problems like buzz & whine, also distortion (several of these systems appear to send more bass signal). I'm a little hard of hearing, so audio quality problems are an issue for me.
I'm not so sure now whether this is the way to go ... if I wanted an iPod I might have to get a new car audio system to make this really work.
My big problem now is that today, I can't download ANY of my audible files and I need to start a new book - AAAAAGH ! I'm nto sure if this is a problem at audible or if our sysadmin disabled download of certain file types (I suspect the latter ... I've put in a request to him for help ... if this is the case I will certainly commit suicide or at least quit my job in disgust, as I cannot possibly face my long commute without my audio books ....) |
susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 842
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:23 am: | |
If you aren't in too big brotherish a corporate environment, and if you use Internet Explorer, try this:
Go to tools, internet options. Choose the security tab. Click on Trusted Sites, and add audible.
Good luck! |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1287
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:26 am: | |
Well, looks like my employer (and the world!) is stuck with me a little while longer ... I contacted audible, and they're having server problems today. |
Nonymous Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8449
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:29 am: | |
If your sysadmin at work blocked audible downloads and if he won't back off that silly policy, can you download at home?
Getting a new car stereo isn't a bad idea. It's not that expensive these days. I paid less than $150 for a new stereo, and I managed to put it in myself. It has an audio input jack for an iPod or similar gadget. (You can even plug in a cassette player!) If you have it put in, the car stereo shops can do a good job for a good price. They probably charge less than $100 for their labor. If it ends up being complicated, this becomes a bargain.
My new stereo plays MP3 CD's, which means I can put many hours on a single CD. An MP3 CD would probably hold an entire audio book. I think it's about eight times as dense as a regular CD, maybe more.
Tom Reingold
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CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1288
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:44 am: | |
Yeah, I remember you posted about that a bit back. I'm thinking about it. I'm not an electronics geek though so I'm reluctant to do it myself.
I don't think the sysadmin (who is a friend) blocked access to mp3s, although I've heard him talk wistfully about this before. Anyway I'm pretty sure he would have put out a community notice if he had. He has some sort of packet shaper that deals with a lot of the bandwidth issues that you tend to run into in universities where the kids are downloading a lot of crap. (Unlike me - I download "stuff." :-)
I could download at home, but it would take MUCH longer even though we have a cable modem. The book files are big. |
Nonymous Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8451
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:54 am: | |
Installing your own stereo isn't for everyone. You don't have to be an electronics freak. You just need to be moderately mechanical.
However, I am now putting in my own speakers, and it has been one pain after another. The process is dragging out over months. I should have had a pro do it.
Yeah, come to think of it, your sysadmin has a very busy job of monitoring the types of downloads coming through. College kids do all sorts of bad things.
You must have a monster connection to work if a cable modem at home is that much slower. Well yeah, at home, I guess I get about 2 megabits, but at work, I measure 27! Wow.
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CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1289
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 11:08 am: | |
Many years ago, we bought a system to install in our old car (which had NO sound system at all) - we thought we could figure out how to do it ourselves. But when we opened it up and looked at the install instructions, we brought it back for a refund because we realized we were in way over our heads. We kept that car for something like 14 years with no audio at all in it, not even AM radio. (of course we didn't often actually drive anywhere.)
Sorry, didn't mean to imply you're an electronics geek (or freak.)  My own definition of "geek" is "anybody who knows more about this topic than me." And almost always meant positively. |
AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 620
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 11:17 am: | |
CLK, go to ipodlounge.com and read up on the transmitters. I just saw the new Kensington one that they were raving about. They said it is almost as good audio quality as a cassette tape version, and it lets you dial in to any radio station you want, and it powers itself because it plugs into your car lighter. And while they claimed it was expensive (under $70) I don't think that is going to BREAK the bank. |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1291
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 12:17 pm: | |
Good tip, Alleygater ... I'm now thinking about it some more. Definitely sounds like the "class" in this category. And after all, even though it's double the price of the other units, it's still only $25-$40 more. No biggie. The big price is the iPod itself ... I'm thinking of a 20GB, but wondering if I'll soon outgrow that and want one of the bigger ones. Decisions, decisions.
FWIW Office Depot has the kensington transmitter for $55.95 via Amazon. |
Nonymous Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8455
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 12:19 pm: | |
Yeah, if you a cheap one, you'll regret it and later replace it with the good one, which is the most expensive way to get it.
Thank you for the clarification. You are kind.
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AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 623
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 1:11 pm: | |
My friend knew me very well and suggested that I get the 60 gig. The first day I loaded it up with music, I put less than half of my music on there, and I was OVER the 20 gig mark, so it was good that I went through the effort of getting the bigger one.
As for the the main expense being the ipod, I thought that was pretty funny because as a new ipod owner myself, I am flabbergasted at how much money I am going to have to spend on the thing just for the add-ons. Just a good carrying case looks like it is going to cost me over $40. Plus, I still need to spend $20 on the firewire cable I need that Apple skimped on. No remote control ($40 extra), I want to attach my digital camera to my ipod (to clear my Flash memory cards while I'm on trips) that's $20. I don't have a dock (that's $0 extra) but I guess I'll forego it. Radio transmitter, well you just said about $56. I also want to spend $50 on the 2 year extended warranty 'cause I am clumsy. So you can see it really starts to add up. And there are tons of other ipod gadgets I would love such as a portable docking stereo station in my bedroom, or an ipod alarm clock for instance. I find myself wishing my pockets were a bit deeper. |
Nonymous Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8458
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 1:17 pm: | |
How long do you think it will be that 2005 model iPods are obsolete? The accessories will probably become obsolete at the same time.
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susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 843
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 1:34 pm: | |
Yes, I'm also looking at how much I could spend on add-ons if I'm not careful...I just spent $20 for a basic silicone slip on cover to protect the fragile screen (not even a sleek case). Other than a car charger, I'm trying not to even look at other attachments!
I bought the 30 GB Photo version (about $329 of instant gratification at Costco, and as much as I was willing to spend on a toy!). Right now I have about 10-12 unabridged books on it, in Format 4 (the largest and best format...instead of my former format 2, which distorted musical interludes). I've also loaded on about 40 music CDs. Overall, I've filled about 3.6 of my 30 GB.
So I can easily see filling it if I ripped every single CD in the house, and kept all of the books I own on it, rather than just the unread ones, and loaded on a big collection of digital pictures. On the other hand, I can see being very happy with the size for a long time as long as I don't load most of the books I've already read. So it probably depends on how large a video jukebox you want. |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1292
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 1:42 pm: | |
susan, that's very helpful. I think I'll save some money and get the 20 GB one as I don't really see carrying my whole music collection with me all the time - it isn't huge anyway. I really doubt I'd put my whole audiobook collection on it - why do I need to carry my whole library with me all the time? Maybe 3 or 4 books, tops ... putting more on would enable a bit more laziness, but really isn't a big deal.
As to the photo version - we already have a genormous flash card for the digital camera (I bought it, and was confused by the specs given to me by my husband ... so we ended up being able to store like 500 photos .... ). I can't see EVER filling up the flash card, because we just don't take zillions of pictures a day and never go anywhere more than a week or two.
OK, now I'm deal-hunting ... |
susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 846
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 1:52 pm: | |
Glad to be of help!
If you are sure that all you want it for is a few books at a time, you might conside whether you want to get a 4 or 6 GB Mini, and take up less purse/pocket space.
But only if you are really sure that that is all you'll ever want -- I'm enjoying having all of the CDs that we never listen to at home available in the car.
Good luck |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1293
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 2:02 pm: | |
I don't think the minis work with the FM transmitters. I'm not sure about this, as the product descriptions are awfully vague, but they don't explicitly say you can.
Esp. if I want the kensington one, which uses the docking output, which could very well be different on the mini. Some of them use the headphone jack, but apparently the sound quality isn't that good with those. |
susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 847
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 2:28 pm: | |
Good point! |
AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 625
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 2:49 pm: | |
Most of these things attach at the bottom. So really all you need to figure out is what type of port it has on the bottom. Apple's website states if it has "dock port" which is usually how the after market products describe whether it is compatible or not.
CLK, I think it comes down to this. How often do you want or expect to change music on your machine AND how important is size to you? I suppose how much do you want to spend is also a VERY valid issue too. But those issues will CLEARLY steer you toward one model or another.
Some people like to store tons/ALL of there music to have at their disposal and don't mind the extra size for the convenience. These people might also be intrigued about storing their data (using the pod as a HD) and or photos. The bigger is better adage applies to these people so they get the 30 or 60 gig ipod photos.
Then there is the mini people. They generally want a lot of things on their machine for variety, but don't mind swapping out their tunes every few weeks or months to add something new and different. The slimmer size is WELL worth the only slight inconvenience of swapping music occassionally.
Then there are the people who really don't mind swapping their music every few days or weeks, but REALLY love the idea of it being TINY. They buy the shuffle, because the lack of screen is just a non issue to them. They only put a few albums (sorry Tom can't use alba, just sounds weird to me) on it and know what they are playing -- and who cares who it's by anyway as long as it sounds good. They love the idea that it's cheap as can be, has no moving parts to break, and is unbelievably portable.
I would say if you only want to use the gizmo for audio books, this could be a GREAT CHEAP option for you. Store a couple books, maybe an album or two and your GOLDEN. I think the 1 gig is running for $130. I don't know if there are all the aftermarket goodies, but I suspect that there are, because this is such a popular device.
Once again, if you search google for which ipod model to buy, you will find TONS of info which is more verbose than me (I know, hard to believe) to guide you. I think ipodlounge.com has a few ipod buying guides too. |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 993
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 3:50 pm: | |
the Mini iPod has a FM transmitter too, or at least Griffin makes one, http://griffintechnology.com/products/itrip_mini/index.php
and as with the pther iTrips, they all connect on the top of the iPod.
Or for what some would say is better audio clarity, try the RoadTrip, which connects at the dock, http://griffintechnology.com/products/roadtrip/index.php
Check out http://www.everythingipod.com/ for more iPod accessories.
If you want to buy a new stereo for your car, there are stereos, that even offer the ability to control the iPod (when connected) through the radio controls, they even give the song info on the screen in front.
Can't say much more, O have to go-go-go....
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CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1294
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 7:31 pm: | |
I decided in the end to go with the Mini 4GB. Shuffle wouldn't work for me for a variety of reasons. I had originally thought the 20 GB because it is only slightly more expensive than the 4 GB, and it's that old "bang for the buck" mentality. But then, the Mini is smaller - which is good; the 20 GB is overkill for what I would use it for, but wouldn't serve a good job as a long-term storage device either; so logic says, go with the smaller unit.
I'll let y'all know how it goes ...
Thanks for all your help, this is as good as having an on-demand Dad who reads up on this stuff. :-) My own dad gives me advice on cars. :-) |
Network & PC Care
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Username: Npccare
Post Number: 22
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 11:35 pm: | |
Get the Griffen iTrip for the mini.
The quality is good, not as good as hard wired... but still good.
I did hard wire mine through an auxiliary port in the back of my stereo. I love to install car audio electronics, but if I had to do it over again I would just use an FM transmitter. It was a pain. It costs about the same after I bought the wire and adapter that I needed, and I have a random wire coming from under my dash. (I do hide it well, but it is still there) |
Nonymous Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8474
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 11:52 pm: | |
I think the 6GB mini is a lot more bang for a little more money. |
AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 637
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 11:40 am: | |
CLK: I don't think ANYONE is suggesting that the 20 gig (or any size) ipod is a "long-term storage device". But you also need to consider that these things get re-charged by being connected to your computer, and you are constantly attaching it to your computer to change the music on it. With that in mind, it is a surprisingly convenient way of getting stuff home to your computer or to be used as a jump drive in the office since it's a small removable HD with pretty good transfer rates. My friend uses it nearly every day to transfer his stuff from home to work. This seemed extremely compelling to me, and I could imagine doing the same with multi-gig files so I thought the small amount of extra money and larger size was well worth it.
I don't have a portable external hard drive, like a lot of my friends do. So now my music player fills that need for me. |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1299
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 4:14 pm: | |
Well, I just carry my laptop with me all the time, so I don't really worry about toting data. I don't own my own computer, never have - I have a laptop provided by work. (no desktop at work, either.)
I went with the 4GB one. As Nonymous said, the 6GB Mini is only a little more - but it's the same price as the 20 GB one. Some part of me says - why pay the same amount for 6 GB that I would for 20 GB? The only advantage is the size, but is that enough to sacrifice 14 GB? I went over & over & over this for a while and my mind got totally stuck .... the only way out was to pay less for the smaller one, or much more for one of the much bigger ones. And frankly, for the way I expect I'll be using this thing, the 6GB one isn't going to be any more convenient than the 4 GB one.
I'm sure this reveals a lot more about how my mind works than anybody is really interested in. :-)
I'll have buyer's remorse soon enough I suppose. Right now, I'm just waiting by the door for my package from Amazon to arrive. (not literally. I got standard shipping.) |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 998
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 4:50 pm: | |
Who says you have to attach it to your computer to charge it, I never do that. Granted it does charge when it is attached, but I don't do connect them to my computer to specifically charge it.
Haven't you heard of the dock for the iPod, instead of buying a dock though, I opted for one of these,
http://tinyurl.com/b8dcg
I love it. |
AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 668
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 11:37 am: | |
I don't think I said you HAVE to charge it by connecting it. What I think I meant was that most people would connect their iPod to their computer to transfer music, or share their music through iTunes, and then it would charge.
Monster, I have $150 to spend on Amazon (gift certificate), and my wife and I were thinking that one of those little systems would be PERFECT for our upstairs which has no stereo system. The thing is we also want a GOOD alarm clock upstairs. By good I mean, one that is easy to use, set, snooze and connects to the iPod. The room has two clocks in it already, so it doesn't NECESSARILY need to display the time, but probably should. I saw that the model you have lets you set an alarm but it really seemed like an add-on feature. How does that feature work in your opinion? If being an alarm clock was the primary reason for buying it, is it a good alarm clock? Any ideas on a better one? |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 1009
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 12:47 pm: | |
Hey, I never thought of using that feature, okay not really.
It's actually your iPod that is the alarm, just set the alarm, choose your music, or use the beep. You also have to leave the unit turned on with the volume loud enough to wake you.
It sounds great.
I've heard that the sound has improved even more with the newer systems, but I haven't compared them.
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AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 669
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 1:29 pm: | |
I suspect that setting the alarm on the iPod every day could be a bit of a drag. I'll have to try it since I haven't yet. Does the system have lots of annoying lights (I call it the christmas tree effect) when you leave it on which would make you NOT want to leave it on overnight? |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 1010
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 3:01 pm: | |
one itsy bitsy green light next to the switch to show it's turned on. |
upondaroof
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Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 248
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 10:33 pm: | |
Not trying to change the subject. Just a bit of humor!http://www.madville.com/link.php?id=108099&t=20 |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1310
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 9:00 pm: | |
Okay, my mini iPod arrived today!! I am one happy kid tonight. It is the best toy I've bought for myself in a very long time.
I've already loaded 11 unabridged audiobooks plus a ton of podcasts into it. Including a new music program from Canada that I am looking forward to. I have no idea how I'll ever listen to all this stuff, and probably won't actually but it's there.
I also tried out the radio doo-dad, which works OK, but it's hard to find a radio frequency to tune it at as the dial is so crowded around here. So far 90.5 seems fairly interference-free, but that's going to take a little more testing I think. It is complicated by the fact that my car radio won't let you pick any frequency, it will only go to an active frequency.
So ... success.
(Oh, and going back to my original post - I did do the math, and determined that even with cheapie 100-to-the-spindle CDs I'd have saved over $100 by now if I'd had the iPod and the car radio thingy back when I first started listening to audiobooks.) |
Ceidefields
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Username: Ceidefields
Post Number: 28
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:57 pm: | |
CLK - I got a mini iPod two weeks ago and I love it. I am addicted to Audiobooks so I have to be careful not to go too wild in the iTunes store.
I've had frequency problems with the radio tuner and have gotten so fed up with it that I think I'll just stop using it in the car.  |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1313
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 11:27 pm: | |
Ceidefields, don't waste your money on audiobooks at itunes - they're a fortune there. Try audible.com, and if you really are "addicted" sign up for one of their listening plans. It's a good deal. Plus they sometimes have members-only $9.95 sales - i.e. buy anything for $9.95. You can stock up when they have these sales. |
jamie
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Username: Jamie
Post Number: 1000
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 2:08 am: | |
ok, I have an Ipod question.
when I look at my Ipod in Itunes - it says certain songs are on my Ipod - but they aren't on the Ipod - only listed.
and everytime I plug it in - it tries to upload the same set of 27 or so songs that never make it on there? |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 1120
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 1:36 pm: | |
hmmmm, it sounds like the songs were deleted from the iPod, but perhaps they were on more than one playlist, and the playlist still shows the deleted songs.
Have you used a 3rd party app on your iPod to manage the songs or playlists.
When you plug in your iPod you say it tries to upload songs, so you must have it set to sync automagically, but you are saying the problem is that it does this but the songs don't actually get put on your iPod.
Are the songs actually in your Library still, have they been moved? They could still show up in a playlist, but not actually be in your Library anymore.
have you tried resetting your iPod?
Press the menu and play buttons until the Apple icon flashes, does this help solve the problem.
Have you updated the software on your iPod recently? Perhaps you need to redo it.
If you are on a Mac, have you tried using Disk Utility to verify and repair the iPod?
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sk8mom
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Username: Sk8mom
Post Number: 300
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 12:45 pm: | |
I have the mini ipod and I have used the cassette adapter in the car, but the sound quality isn't good. Maybe I need to clean the heads. But I guess the bottom line is that the sound quality is only as good as it would be with a tape, which isn't as good as listening to digital music thru the headphones.
My iPod wont synch. On the left side of the screen, the ipod doesn't show up in the source directory. The user manual says there may be something wrong with the cable, but the cable seems fine. Any ideas? |
AlleyGater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 924
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 1:26 pm: | |
It's unclear to me why the tape adapter is making the sound quality bad. In general, the sound quality is usually better with a cord rather than an FM transmitter (through to the radio). I'm guessing your tape converter is bad. My tape converter sounds just fine, and I don't hear "tape hiss" at all. I don't think you would hear hiss since there is nothing moving across the tape head to make the noise.
As for the ipod not synching, I'm not sure what you should do. But I would think that borrowing someone's cable to check would be pretty easy now adays. It seems EVERYONE has an ipod at work. |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 1172
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 1:26 pm: | |
Have you used the cable with another iPod to test if it is working?
Have you plugged anything else into the port that you are plugging th iPods cable into?
Have you pushed the cable firmly into the iPod and into the computers port?
Have you been able to connect the iPod (and have it be seen) to another computer?
Does the iPod show up at all, anywhere?
Are you on a Mac or Windows computer?
Have you done this before (has it worked on this computer before), or is this a new iPod and you are trying to get it to work? |
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