Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:08:41 -0500
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
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I thought ipods came with vanagons?
I didn't realize they were mutually exclusive.
-Craig
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Annie <lsandrsn@gmail.com> wrote:
> I *really* must remember to hit the friggin' "reply all" button, damn it!
>
> See my response below . . .
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Annie <lsandrsn@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
>
>
> I do not have problems with more than one computer syncing an iPod. The
> trick is to DESELECT the auto sync options. Choose to manage everything
> manually.
>
> We have in our household 1 iPod touch, 2 iPod nano's and 1 iPod shuffle.
>
> I hope that helps someone.
>
> (not really an iPod guru either but pretty darn technical)
>
> ~Annie Anderson
> { writer <http://asamediagroup.com/copy.hmtl> *
> designer<http://asamediagroup.com/design.html>*
> blogger <http://annieandersonblog.com> }
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 26, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> >
> > My .02...When I sync my wife's IPOD on her laptop, all good. If I
> >> connect
> >> it to another PC, all data is lost. NOT an IPOD Guru, Michael.
> >>
> >
> > The I pod syncs to whatever computer you hook it up to & you will
> > loose everything not on the second computer. There are ways around
> > that, IIRC. I can sync to more than 1 of my computers & not loose
> > data if they are both authorized computers in your name-you are
> > limited to 5 different computers w/o having to de authorize one.
> >
> > Also NOT an I Pod Guru. Hopefully an I Pod Guru will speak up here?
> >
> > Mr. BZ-I Pod powered by lighter & Blaupunkt
> >
> >
> > Michael in San Antonio
> >> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> >> 73 Beetle
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Peter DiFalco <peter.difalco@gmail.com
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> *Hi Don,*
> >>>
> >>> *I would like to put in a plug for an iPod. I find that Apple's
> >>> iTunes is
> >>> a
> >>> very simple way to organize music and to decide which playlists
> >>> (ordered,
> >>> grouped songs) go onto the iPod and which don't, in the event that
> >>> you
> >>> choose not to carry around the entire shebang at once. I further
> >>> think
> >>> that
> >>> Apple's attention to detail yeilds clean sound reproduction whether
> >>> you're
> >>> using headphones or a docking solution (line out). *
> >>>
> >>> In general: any MP3 player will usually play MP3s, which can vary in
> >>> quality
> >>> from poor (96 kilobyte bitrate) to practically-as-good-as-CD (320
> >>> kilobyte
> >>> bitrate). They will also play WAV files which are exactly CD
> >>> quality but
> >>> take up far more space, 4 - 10X as much space per minute, as an
> >>> MP3. iPods
> >>> will also play Apple AAC files, which vary from near-CD quality (128
> >>> kilobyte bitrate) to instinguishable-from-CD quality (256 kilobyte,
> >>> so
> >>> called "iTunes plus") quality.
> >>>
> >>> You can use iTunes to "rip" (read: copy and convert) music from CD to
> >>> either
> >>> MP3 or AAC format to any of the different quality levels.
> >>> Personally I rip
> >>> CDs to 320k MP3 because it gives me the best sound quality and most
> >>> flexible
> >>> usage abilities, as I am also a DJ / sound manipulator.
> >>>
> >>> You can buy excellent quality MP3 or AAC files from Amazon or iTunes,
> >>> respectively. I personally consider it my right to create a
> >>> digital backup
> >>> copy of a CD that I have purchased at no additional cost but IANAL
> >>> so you
> >>> may feel differently. I also consider it my right to find and
> >>> download a
> >>> digital MP3 copy of something I have previously purchased on
> >>> cassette,
> >>> 8-track or LP because hey - I've already paid the artist and label
> >>> for the
> >>> right to play this music.
> >>>
> >>> While I currently just connect the headphone output of my iPod
> >>> directly to
> >>> the line-in port on my audio deck, this is not considered the
> >>> "cleanest
> >>> way"
> >>> because of problems involving matching impedance between headphone
> >>> and line
> >>> levels. A car stereo which includes a dangling iPod dock would be
> >>> better
> >>> because this ensures matching line-level impedance for cleanest sound
> >>> reproduction.
> >>>
> >>> I understand some car audio decks now come with a USB port so you can
> >>> simply
> >>> copy MP3 or WAV files directly to a USB stick drive and plug it
> >>> into your
> >>> car stereo. This sounds like a very tempting solution which
> >>> obviates the
> >>> need for a dedicated player, if you wouldn't otherwise use a
> >>> personal music
> >>> playback device.
> >>>
> >>> Obligatory Vanagon content: As soon as they're easily available
> >>> from eBay I
> >>> intend to build a robust iPod dock into my dashboard ash tray. I
> >>> believe
> >>> someone on Thesamba has done this. Will post pics if I get that off
> >>> the
> >>> ground.
> >>>
> >>> cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>> 89 Bluestar
> >>> iPod shuffle
> >>> iPhone
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *
> >>> *
> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> OK, can someone bring me into century 2000 when it comes to music
> >>>>
> >>> players
> >>>
> >>>> suitable for various enviornments? I have a CD changer, a Mini-disc
> >>>> player,
> >>>> a good sound reproducing amplifier in both house and van but I know
> >>>>
> >>> nothing
> >>>
> >>>> of digital players like everyone seems to be using now. Do I just
> >>>> go get
> >>>> an
> >>>> MP3 player from Best Buy or Wal Mart and plug that into my current
> >>>> stuff?
> >>>> Do
> >>>> I have to buy an I-pod (whatever that is) and then re-purchase
> >>>> every song
> >>>>
> >>> I
> >>>
> >>>> like? How do I get music I have on other mediums to go into a
> >>>> computer
> >>>>
> >>> file
> >>>
> >>>> so I can send it around to all my various mechanical reproducers
> >>>> in Van
> >>>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>>> home?
> >>>> Can you buy software to convert recorded music to MP 3 playable
> >>>> format?
> >>>> Is there a good site anyone can suggest that would be worthwhile
> >>>> for me
> >>>>
> >>> to
> >>>
> >>>> learn this stuff from? Should I just go to Fry's electronics or
> >>>> Car toys
> >>>> and listen to a salesman's rap? Help, lost in the world of CDs and
> >>>>
> >>> records
> >>>
> >>>> and tapes...
> >>>> Don Hanson
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
>
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