"RCE" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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RCE wrote:
Speaking of Ipods (or iPod) ...

Following my winter time rants about having no use for them (whatever
they are), Mrs.E decided to get one for me.
I have to admit, it seems to be well made ... bright shiny back with
the Apple logo and a nice looking black front panel and screen.
Heavy little thing too.

Problem is .... I don't have a clue what you do with it. Somehow I
turned it on and couldn't shut it off until I sat down and read the
manual. I was looking for where you put the batteries, but the
manual says it charges an internal battery from the USB port on the
computer .... except it warns you to only use type 2.0 USB ports or
something bad might happen. What the heck is a 2.0 USB port?

I assume once I figure out how to hook it up to a computer I will
need to spend hours downloading music from CDs or something to use
this thing. Isn't it easier to just bring the CD to where ever you
want to play it? I just don't get the concept

RCE


If you want, you can call me on the phone and I will be delighted to
talk you through the preliminaries. It will recharge with a wall plug
accessory, but you need to load music on it through your computer. I
don't believe you need USB 2.0 for that.

It only takes a minute or so to dump a CD into a library file on your
computer and then upload it to the iPOD.

Of course, you have to like music to want to mess with an iPOD.


Thanks. I might take you up on that. I think I am going to put it
aside for now and wait until the next batch of rainy, cold weather
hits. That'll give me something to do.

RCE

Most computers from the last few years are usb2. USB1 is dog slow in
comparison. You can buy a USB2 card for your computer if it is too old.
And a CD turns into about 30 or 40 MB of MP3. Maybe less of the Apple
format. So a 30 GB Ipod holds the equivilent of 7-800 CDs. You don't
have to change disks every 30 or 40 minutes and you don't have to carry a
crate of CDs around.

del cecchi