IPOD Nano

[CCI]

We have the IPod Shuffle, which with Itunes I am having a difficult time putting the songs I want on the Shuffle. I think I am doing something wrong, so I printed the shuffle manual and I still can not get the songs off.

 

[jlb1705]

By default, the Shuffle will load songs randomly from your Music Library. If you want to load it with specific songs, you will have to create a playlist for them. After you create the playlist with the songs you want, connect your iPod Shuffle. While syncing, there are a few options you can change at the bottom of the screen. One of them is where your iPod syncs from. Use the drop-down list to select the playlist you just created. From now on, it should sync the songs you put on the playlist to the Shuffle.

Please note however that if you put more songs in that playlist than what the Shuffle will hold, it will still sync songs randomly from that playlist. For example, if you have 1000 songs in your library, and you create a playlist of 300 of those songs to sync from, but your Shuffle can only hold about 185 songs at a time, then it will randomly select 185 of the 300 songs. If you create a playlist that has 125 songs in it and have room for 185, it will take all 125 on the playlist and you will have the same songs on the Shuffle every time you sync.

 

[jlb1705]

Besides not being able to shuffle individual playlists, the only other negative I see with iPods is that there is no radio in the device.

At my gym, the only way to listen to the televisions is to tune a radio to something like 90.1, 92.1 etc...

Any idea if that is coming down the pike any day soon?

This came down the pike 2 years ago. $50 seems a little steep for an FM iPod plug-in gadget, but if you really want it...

I'm probably what you'd call an iPod fanboy. I own three of them now, and have an iPod dock in every room (yes, including the bathroom.) Even with all the iPod-related crap I've bought, I see little need for a built-in radio and even less need to buy one of those $50 radio tuner attachments. Thump, I can see how somebody would want the option to use both player and radio without having to carry two devices. For most people though, why not just buy a real radio? Seriously, you can get one for $15. It strikes me as rather absurd that people have spent upwards of $350 for an iPod, and then spent an additional $50 to convert it into a $15 radio.

I totally agree about not being able to shuffle individual playlists. I guess unlike most iPod/mp3 users, I still consume music by collecting and listening to full albums. I do have playlists that have mixes of singles and such as well though. Having to navigate the menus to turn shuffling on and off is a pain, and worse yet is trying to take in a new album while inadvertantly leaving the shuffle on. I'd be even be OK with another slide switch similar to the HOLD switch. I know Apple's m.o. is to keep things as simple-looking as possible, but I think this really would be the more user-friendly thing to do.

 

[CCI]

By default, the Shuffle will load songs randomly from your Music Library. If you want to load it with specific songs, you will have to create a playlist for them. After you create the playlist with the songs you want, connect your iPod Shuffle. While syncing, there are a few options you can change at the bottom of the screen. One of them is where your iPod syncs from. Use the drop-down list to select the playlist you just created. From now on, it should sync the songs you put on the playlist to the Shuffle.

Please note however that if you put more songs in that playlist than what the Shuffle will hold, it will still sync songs randomly from that playlist. For example, if you have 1000 songs in your library, and you create a playlist of 300 of those songs to sync from, but your Shuffle can only hold about 185 songs at a time, then it will randomly select 185 of the 300 songs. If you create a playlist that has 125 songs in it and have room for 185, it will take all 125 on the playlist and you will have the same songs on the Shuffle every time you sync.

Greenies for helping me out. Thanks bro, so much help there and I fixed my IPOD, I have all the songs that I want on it now.

 

[iambrutus]

i've got a blackberry 8830 with a 2gb SD card, a sirius stiletto, and a scandisk 1gb mp3 player with an fm transmitter for the gym to listen to the tvs

somebody get on inventing a smartphone with sirius/xm and an fm transmitter....

 

[jwinslow]

It just seems a little ridiculous that they can make a tremendously advanced listening device... but can't spend the miniscule dollars to add an FM feature. If you can buy a FM radio and all the components for $15, then how much does the FM portion actually cost, since the ipod already has the rest of the equipment on board? Charge an extra $10 to cover it if need be.

 

[Taosman]

Many feel terrestrial radio is a dead end. iTunes software is not the most intuitive either. The Nano does sound amazing!(high quality DACs). And being a flash drive it has good play life.(it better as the battery is non-replaceable. Pretty amazing gear for the price($50-60).

I strongly suggest a nice pair of headphones, like the Grado SR70.

 

[Taosman]

The End Of Terrestrial Radio?[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]le:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Is Satellite Radio Becoming Terrestrial Radio (And Does It Matter?)[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]written by:[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Jerry Del Colliano[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]date:[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]September 15, 2005[/FONT]

The more I listen to satellite radio, the more it sounds like terrestrial radio.

I have personally owned both XM and Sirius for years now. Ultimately, I prefer Sirius for superior programming despite XM?s more powerful signal, but I have become concerned with a noticeable slip in Sirius? programming style. In the early days of satellite radio, the media had vast amounts of channels that allowed a listener to get much more specific with what he or she wanted to jam to. While there are still many times more programming choices on both XM and Sirius compared to terrestrial radio, there is also now the same kind of mindless chatter, blabbering, goofy anecdotes and even commercials on a growing number of satellite radio stations.

Sirius is now run by ex-Infinity head Mel Karmazin, who sheparded Howard Stern at Infinity and who will once again be his boss at Sirius. Karmazin?s track record for increasing profits at Infinity during radio?s boom in the late 1990s is impressive. The thinking is that Mel is going to make Sirius look more like Infinity than Sirius. The commercials are coming ? at least on the non-music channels. Revenue is up, according to Karmazin?s own recent report to Wall Street. Karmazin has never been known as a content guy. A programmer he is not. The fortunate meet-up with Howard Stern has gone a long way to creating the false impression that Karmazin knows programming, but industry insiders know otherwise. He is a salesman. And a dealmaker. It?s not likely he?s the man to create new formats to distinguish satellite from radio.

Terrestrial Radio Can?t Fix Their Programming
Satellite radio needs to not fear terrestrial radio. The ?Jack? format is the best example of the radio?s industry inability to come up with a new format that will be successful long-term. Industry insiders know this. Can you say, ?Jammin? Oldies?? What?s Jammin? Oldies? Not too long ago, it was another radio industry attempt at reinventing the oldies station. It failed. Now ?Jack? is apparently the best terrestrial radio has come up with since consolidation started in 1996. It?s same-old, same-old. Sweeps, promos, attitude, no jocks, arrogance (?We play what we want?). And even though the format is aimed at Generation X, don?t look now, but the college campuses show masses of the next generation who can?t stomach ?Jack,? let alone terrestrial radio. Oh, and ?Jill? is reportedly on the way ? aimed at women. Only in radio can you declare your only new format in years a winner without an enduring ratings track record while creating another one just like it. ?Jack,? by the way, took off like an arrow (sorry) on Infinity?s Arrow in L.A., but the last month of recent rating trends show that listening has begun to decline, far too early for a lasting winner.

The idea of Four Non-Blondes paired in a musical set with George Thorougood, along with Hotel California, isn?t really that riveting. Moreover, if you want something to sound like it is shuffling, you?ll plug your iPod into your car stereo. Music industry students at the University of Southern California (my alma mater) have said as much. They now ask their professors, ?Why is radio doing this? Why is radio so arrogant? Why don?t they get it??
Is Satellite Radio Becoming Terrestrial Radio (And Does It Matter?)

 

[buckeyefool]

One why is this in the nano question thread when there is a satellite radio thread and two....this article is over 2 and a half years old.

The End Of Terrestrial Radio?[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]le:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Is Satellite Radio Becoming Terrestrial Radio (And Does It Matter?)[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]written by:[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Jerry Del Colliano[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]date:[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]September 15, 2005[/FONT]

The more I listen to satellite radio, the more it sounds like terrestrial radio.

I have personally owned both XM and Sirius for years now. Ultimately, I prefer Sirius for superior programming despite XM?s more powerful signal, but I have become concerned with a noticeable slip in Sirius? programming style. In the early days of satellite radio, the media had vast amounts of channels that allowed a listener to get much more specific with what he or she wanted to jam to. While there are still many times more programming choices on both XM and Sirius compared to terrestrial radio, there is also now the same kind of mindless chatter, blabbering, goofy anecdotes and even commercials on a growing number of satellite radio stations.

Sirius is now run by ex-Infinity head Mel Karmazin, who sheparded Howard Stern at Infinity and who will once again be his boss at Sirius. Karmazin?s track record for increasing profits at Infinity during radio?s boom in the late 1990s is impressive. The thinking is that Mel is going to make Sirius look more like Infinity than Sirius. The commercials are coming ? at least on the non-music channels. Revenue is up, according to Karmazin?s own recent report to Wall Street. Karmazin has never been known as a content guy. A programmer he is not. The fortunate meet-up with Howard Stern has gone a long way to creating the false impression that Karmazin knows programming, but industry insiders know otherwise. He is a salesman. And a dealmaker. It?s not likely he?s the man to create new formats to distinguish satellite from radio.

Terrestrial Radio Can?t Fix Their Programming
Satellite radio needs to not fear terrestrial radio. The ?Jack? format is the best example of the radio?s industry inability to come up with a new format that will be successful long-term. Industry insiders know this. Can you say, ?Jammin? Oldies?? What?s Jammin? Oldies? Not too long ago, it was another radio industry attempt at reinventing the oldies station. It failed. Now ?Jack? is apparently the best terrestrial radio has come up with since consolidation started in 1996. It?s same-old, same-old. Sweeps, promos, attitude, no jocks, arrogance (?We play what we want?). And even though the format is aimed at Generation X, don?t look now, but the college campuses show masses of the next generation who can?t stomach ?Jack,? let alone terrestrial radio. Oh, and ?Jill? is reportedly on the way ? aimed at women. Only in radio can you declare your only new format in years a winner without an enduring ratings track record while creating another one just like it. ?Jack,? by the way, took off like an arrow (sorry) on Infinity?s Arrow in L.A., but the last month of recent rating trends show that listening has begun to decline, far too early for a lasting winner.

The idea of Four Non-Blondes paired in a musical set with George Thorougood, along with Hotel California, isn?t really that riveting. Moreover, if you want something to sound like it is shuffling, you?ll plug your iPod into your car stereo. Music industry students at the University of Southern California (my alma mater) have said as much. They now ask their professors, ?Why is radio doing this? Why is radio so arrogant? Why don?t they get it??
Is Satellite Radio Becoming Terrestrial Radio (And Does It Matter?)

 

[OSUsushichic]

I use an iPod so I don't have to listen to the friggin' radio. I was back in Ohio a few weekends ago and forgot my iPod adapter for the car and wanted to tear my eyes out. I can't stand the radio anymore (and my parents' CD collection sucks). That's the last time I travel without the iTrip!

 

[Thump]

I use an iPod so I don't have to listen to the friggin' radio. I was back in Ohio a few weekends ago and forgot my iPod adapter for the car and wanted to tear my eyes out. I can't stand the radio anymore (and my parents' CD collection sucks). That's the last time I travel without the iTrip!

Yeah, I don't listen to the radio either, it would just come in handy at the gym when I'd like to tune to the FM stations, 90.1 etc.. to listen to the audio on some of the TV's when the closed captioning isn't on.

 

[Thump]

Finally figured out how to shuffle my individual playlists.

Tell me if anyone else hasthis issue with their earbuds?

There's a rubber ring that goes around the ear bud that keeps the bud from sliding out of your ear. Mine has already totally worn off after only a year of medium use at the gym.

 

[3074326]

There's a rubber ring that goes around the ear bud that keeps the bud from sliding out of your ear. Mine has already totally worn off after only a year of medium use at the gym.

It's been a year and you've not had any problems with those headphones until now? Consider yourself lucky! :tongue2:

 

[Thump]

It's been a year and you've not had any problems with those headphones until now? Consider yourself lucky! :tongue2:

You mean other problems or just that problem?

Surprised they don't just make the entire earbud out of rubber.

 

[3074326]

Problems in general. Those headphones are pretty flimsy.