11-29-2005, 04:44 AM
My wife got an iPod Shuffle as an early Christmas bonus this year. That's kinda cool. It has a TD Canada Trust logo on it, but hey free iPod :wub:
Since she has no interest in using it, she gave it to me. I briefly considered putting it up on eBay, but then I noticed that I could also use it as a 512MB USB storage drive. I figured what the heck, I'll keep it and put some songs on it and carry it around for the usefullness of a USB storage drive. It might come in handy.
I read the thin manual front to back before I did anything. It said not to connect the iPod until I inserted the iTunes installation disk, so I obeyed. I installed the iPod software and iTunes, set up an account, claimed my free tune of the week (Two for Joy by Electrelane - nice song), and then I plugged in the iPod. Everything went okay. Windows detected it, iTunes detected it - everything seemed peachy. Eager to hear what this sounded like, I downloaded the free song to the iPod.
When I tried to play the song, I got nothing. I tried another set of headphones, I checked the battery level, I ripped another CD to mp3 format and tried that - everything was useless. My iPod absolutely refused to give me music until I downloaded the latest iPod software from apple.com and reset it. Why couldn't this thing work right out of the box with the software provided? It was kinda infuriating :angry:
It seems to be working nicely now. I've never had the need to rip my CDs to mp3s before, so now I'm in the process of ripping my entire collection of Nine Inch Nails to put on my little iPod Shuffle :)
Also - is there any real reason to convert my playlist to AAC format the way iTunes seems to want me to do?
Since she has no interest in using it, she gave it to me. I briefly considered putting it up on eBay, but then I noticed that I could also use it as a 512MB USB storage drive. I figured what the heck, I'll keep it and put some songs on it and carry it around for the usefullness of a USB storage drive. It might come in handy.
I read the thin manual front to back before I did anything. It said not to connect the iPod until I inserted the iTunes installation disk, so I obeyed. I installed the iPod software and iTunes, set up an account, claimed my free tune of the week (Two for Joy by Electrelane - nice song), and then I plugged in the iPod. Everything went okay. Windows detected it, iTunes detected it - everything seemed peachy. Eager to hear what this sounded like, I downloaded the free song to the iPod.
When I tried to play the song, I got nothing. I tried another set of headphones, I checked the battery level, I ripped another CD to mp3 format and tried that - everything was useless. My iPod absolutely refused to give me music until I downloaded the latest iPod software from apple.com and reset it. Why couldn't this thing work right out of the box with the software provided? It was kinda infuriating :angry:
It seems to be working nicely now. I've never had the need to rip my CDs to mp3s before, so now I'm in the process of ripping my entire collection of Nine Inch Nails to put on my little iPod Shuffle :)
Also - is there any real reason to convert my playlist to AAC format the way iTunes seems to want me to do?