I have so far steered clear of this technology but I am thinking of getting something to allow me to carry music with me on train trips.
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these load from PCs? I do not have a Mac, so I was hoping someone here might have one or could point me in the right direction for clear (as in "written for dummies") specifications. I do not want or need a full ipod (40,000 tunes!!?) or any video capability (can't see a TV screen so 3" screens are out!). I just need something to hold a couple of hundred favourite tunes to while away the time on trips.
Totally agree with Kate. I've been using iTunes on a PC, without and iPod, and it is very simple. I now have an iPod Classic, long story but a wonderful gift from my guy on Valentines, and I tend to load my music first into iTunes and when I connect my iPod it syncs automatically. Very user friendly.
And I don't say that lightly. I may be a computer teacher, and very computer and software literate, but things like cell phones and iPods throw me for a loop. You'll manage just fine.
Steven Alaska
"CATS" wrote in message news:47bcf524$1 snipped-for-privacy@news.chariot.net.au... I have so far steered clear of this technology but I am thinking of getting something to allow me to carry music with me on train trips.
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these load from PCs? I do not have a Mac, so I washoping someone here might have one or could point me in theright direction for clear (as in "written for dummies")specifications. I do not want or need a full ipod (40,000tunes!!?) or any video capability (can't see a TV screen so3" screens are out!). I just need something to hold acouple of hundred favourite tunes to while away the time ontrips.
Thanks Kate and Steve. Sounds like what I need. Just gotta find one over here now.
(Sometimes it can be a real bu##er being house-bound in the sticks lol but any excuse to browse around on the internet is welcome - though often expensive 'cos of all the other stuff I see and unexpectedly decide I "need"!)
Can't carry an extra battery for an iPod. Apple has their batteries factory-installed, and the only way to replace the battery is to send the entire iPod back to Apple and have them send you a refurbished one. My BIL despises his. Says he'll never get an iPod again, but he'd much rather settle for an off-brand.
I use a Sandisk knockoff (no video, just music). I've been perfectly happy with it and had very few problems. And if the battery goes, I have plenty of regular rechargeables here that I can pop in.
If you're getting an mp3 player, get one that will allow you to use NORMAL batteries, not a factory-installed one. And the speaker system things? You can get those for any player, too. iPod stuff only works with other iPod stuff, but nearly all other mp3 accessories are interchangeable with each other. It appears that Apple doesn't "play nicely" with everyone else.
Anastasia
-whose last day of work will be next Friday. Woo hoo! Quilting time will finally be crammed in among the study time!
Cheryl, I bought a 1G mp3 player for $30, it holds 200 somgs. I can download off the web and from my CDs through the computer. it is about 9cm long and
3cm long it just has earplugs. Nothing fancy but it runs for ever ona AAAbattery and the sound is very good even for classical and opera music.I have had mine since before Christmas and play it while I am sewing, I am still on my first battery. It doesn't play in the car without an adaptor that costs twice what I paid for the player. My son is on his second Apple as the batteries don't stand too much recharging. I got mine from Tandy's. I wear it around my neck but usually just have one ear phone in while driving. Cheers, Ruth Sydney
For regular use on the train, make sure you get a "flash player", this has to do with the kind of memory, not playing video. Basically, DO NOT get a player with a hard drive, like the regular iPods. The shuffle is a flash player.
The reason for this is that the hard drives are mechanical and they don't last that long if used in the conditions of a train - there are a lot of tiny vibrations and the mechanics just are not up to it over time.
It used to be that you could look at the size and easily decide if it was one kind or the other, but there are now flash players with at least
2Gb (I last looked before Christmas, so may be more now), so it is not as simple. But do make sure!
I considered getting the shuffle, but I don't think I would like not having a display, so it is not for me.
Apple has been saved from extinction by the Ipod. It is one of the great tech inventions that have made listening to music possible again. With the choices for listening having devolved to overly loud base droning or elevator music being broadcast over the airwaves, it is wonderful to have the option to load only the music I want and choose to play, and ignore that other stuff that made me switch off the radio years ago. Ipods are so easy to operate, that even the tech challenged, will find them usable, right out of the box. I would suggest getting an extended warranty for it though. This is the one item that I would make that recommendation for. The reason is that they are so small and prone to damage when they are dropped. The other thing you should get is after market software that allows you to upload songs back to another computer or disk from your Ipod. I learned the hard way then my Ipod screwed up and I had to reformat it back to it's original settings and lost my entire music library. I did not have any of the songs stored in Itunes, as I didn't think I needed to do that, and I didn't want to load up my hard drive with a duplication. Bad decision. I now have the entire contents of my Ipod stored in a supplemental backup hard drive. That is how important my Ipod is to me. I would also tell you to think about getting the Classic rather than the shuffle. The Classic allows you to view video or text that you might want to load and read rather than just listen to. It also stores and plays just music if that is what you want, and far more of it than the shuffle. The shuffle is just for music, and does not have a viewing screen. The combination of choices, with the viewing screen, makes the Classic, a better choice for me, along with the vastly increased storage capacity. But which ever one you choose, you should be happy and enjoy your own choice of music for a pleasurable ride to work. I might suggest looking at a better set of ear phones than the ones come with the Apple. They are just not comfortable, for me, and I have some other ones that are better for my application. In fact, I have about 3 different headphones for different uses. One set for riding bicycles, one set for listening in bed, and another set for use in the sewing room. Each one is an improvement, over the others, for it's intended purpose. You can see if the Apple ones work for you, and if they do, then fine, you will save some money.Then there are the speaker systems that can be used in conjunction with your Ipod. I don't even use my component sound system any more. I have a couple of JBL speaker units, and just put the Ipod in them and listen to the music spilling out and filing the room I am in. They stay in place in various areas of the house and my wife has her own in the kitchen and her office. Whatever you do, I think you will love the Ipod, and you will make Steve Jobs, a much richer man. He thanks you in advance.
My Ipod came with a factory supplied charger that does not require you to plug it into a computer. It is a Classic, so that might be different than the Shuffle. Either way, you could buy the charger from apple and use it with the shuffle if you didn't want to use your computer. They all use the same plug on the bottom of the Ipod, to my knowledge.
iPods do indeed load from PC's. I got a big one (30 gig) for my anniversary last year (wow, that's TODAY!! Gotta get a card...) and love it. iTunes is easy to use and all iPods load and charge from your computer's...whatchamacallit port, where the Flash drive plugs in... my gosh, my brain is GONE this morning! Anyway, I love mine and it sounds like a Shuffle is ideal for what you want.
I just ordered the 80GB Zune. Yes, it does more than what I will probably ever need, but I wanted that particular one. I had researched all the data from PC World and other magazines for the last 2-3 months, and it got the best reviews. I also liked it better than the ipod because of it's Wi Fi capability. Both our computers are Wi Fi so I wanted one that had that capability. My brand new 2008 Ford Fusion has SYNC so I can give it voice commands to tell it what songs/artist to play. We will probably go get our blue tooth enabled phones next week, and I can give it voice commands to make phone calls. Don't you just love all the new technology!
I have a small stereo system with a USB port, so I can plug a flash drive into it and play MP3s from the flash drive. How do I get music from a CD into MP3 format so that I can put it on the flash drive?
Julia in MN
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I have an Ipod mini.. 4 gig..got it about 5yrs ago.. I use it a lot. I download cd's into I-Tunes.. or buy music from I-Tunes or download music using Limewire and import that into I-Tunes and on my I-Pod.. I charge my I-Pod the normal way ( charger was included ) and it can also be charched through my Laptop, but that takes longer.. I used the "retrieve" button on I-Tunes and stored all my music on recovery disks ( you never know .. don't want to lose my music..) and made extra folders.. (i got thousands of songs stored in the libraryfolder..way too much for that 4 gig) and when i log my I-Pod on to my I-Tunes i tell it which folder(s) i want to have put on my I-Pod. I also us I-Tunes to play my music without my I-Pod.. i connected my Laptop on to Harman Kardon speakers with Subwoofer and boy.. does that sound goooood! uhmm yes.. i am kind of a music junky.. lol Oh and i got In-ear headphones.. the original headphone doesn't fit my ears.... I-Pod is my best friend.. in my car..while walking..sometimes at work.. while waiting on my turn in hospital and so on.. i LOVE it!
I got a Shuffle for Christmas from DH and I absolutely LOVE IT! We had/have an older iPod (music only, no video) that he was given as a work thank you, but it is just too big for me to carry comfortably around. The Shuffle clips to what ever I am wearing. This is, of course, now the joke of the household, because I will be up in my formerly quiet sewing room, stitching up a storm and rocking out. Annie Lennox's newer album is the current hit for me. But it's so hard to stitch a straight line when I'm bobbing my head up and down and belting out the tunes LOL. I am on a Windows Media Center (XP) computer and have no issues. Lorraine in WA
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