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| Thread ID: 114168 | 2010-11-20 22:37:00 | Buying an iPod | Beemer (6956) | PC World Chat |
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| 1154951 | 2010-11-20 22:37:00 | We want to get an iPod so we can load heaps of music on it and play it in the car rather than having to lug around piles of CDs (we only have a single CD player and nowhere to put a stacker in the Corvette as it has no boot!). My husband and I are both total novices when it comes to technology like this (I think we're described as digital immigrants...) so we have no idea what model to go for. We don't need - or want - video, photos, etc, just music and it doesn't have to have huge storage or exceptional quality, for instance. So can anyone suggest what model we should be looking at? I've seen iPod Nano, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod shuffle - and I know if I go into the local stores, I am likely to be sold more than what I need, but I also don't want to get the most basic one and find it's too limited. I have no idea of how many songs or albums most people have stored on an iPod - what is the average? At present we probably have about 20-30 CDs that we carry with us in a storage case but it's a pain having to change them when each CD ends. Also, how does it work using it in the car? Does it connect to the accessory socket? A few clues on that side of it would also be appreciated! |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 1154952 | 2010-11-20 22:46:00 | I bought an FM transmitter for mine, Its proved to be useless, Not even close to usable if any powerlines are within 100m of the wagon. I don't know if they are all this bad but this one was a total waste of money. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1154953 | 2010-11-20 22:51:00 | some of the car stereo's have a ipod dock or AUX - line in from the earphones jack on the iPod, a work colleague did that. do you want a portable music player? you could just get a car stereo head that supports USB. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1154954 | 2010-11-20 22:52:00 | An alternative idea here as I don't want or have an iPod. A stereo player in the car that plays MP3s. I can put around 200 on one CD so I guess it would be near enough possible to get your whole collection on 2 CDs. 10 hours of music on one CD sound attractive at 3 minutes a track? Probably better quality too. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1154955 | 2010-11-20 22:58:00 | The problem I have found with a CD of MP3's is the time taken for the head unit to read the entire CD before it can start playing, sometimes 6 or 7 minutes, and the damn things (at least the ones I used) always reverted back to the start of the disc when the ignition was turned off and played the same pattern when on "random". Meaning I never got to hear 90% of the tracks. I have had a much better experience with a head unit that had an SD slot, But I never loaded her with more then a GB of tracks. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1154956 | 2010-11-20 23:28:00 | Hmmm. Have not had either of those problems. I have a Sony unit I bought about 3 years ago. Turn it off and it restarts from where it left off. About 20 secs to read the CD. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1154957 | 2010-11-21 03:00:00 | You turn the wagon off completely and it still remembers where it was when you were last playing that mp3 cd? If so then its good to know they have that sorted, it was a right bugger when the CD had 200 songs on her. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1154958 | 2010-11-21 03:52:00 | As far as ipods go at approx 200mb per CD (converted to MP3) by 20 discs, that gives you a around 4gb, to be safe 8gb (I don't think they have a 4gb unit now anyway) So, 8gb is your ideal target but consider a 16gb if you decide to add more tracks ect. Ipod version? well, you only want to listen to songs so the nano will do fine, you could even get a "refurbished" nano from the apple store, reason being is the new ones are a bit more expensive and the only real add in them is the new camera, so unless you want the cam, save some $$ and get a refurbished version Here is a 16gb version (there are other sizes and colours available) store.apple.com |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1154959 | 2010-11-21 03:53:00 | I too looked at an ipod along with various mp3 players for the wifes new (second hand) car. Ended up buying a car stereo that takes SD cards. They hold a lot of music and are small enough to keep in a plastic bag or ash tray. CDs what are they? | porkster (6331) | ||
| 1154960 | 2010-11-21 04:22:00 | You turn the wagon off completely and it still remembers where it was when you were last playing that mp3 cd? If so then its good to know they have that sorted, it was a right bugger when the CD had 200 songs on her. Yep. The only time it didn't was when I changed the battery thus being disconnected from power. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
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