Originally Posted by WNA

Well my parents bought me one of these little beauties this afternoon, and i must say i am ideed impressed with it. The onlt mishap i had first time round was the software issue, the ipod wasn't configured properly so i gad to reonstall it again. Oh and i didn't have any firewire ports so my dad spend £55 in PC World for a longer lead and a PCI firewire card. All in all im very happy with my new ipod. (20GB model)

Originally Posted by WNA

Well my parents bought me one of these little beauties this afternoon, and i must say i am ideed impressed with it. The onlt mishap i had first time round was the software issue, the ipod wasn't configured properly so i gad to reonstall it again. Oh and i didn't have any firewire ports so my dad spend £55 in PC World for a longer lead and a PCI firewire card. All in all im very happy with my new ipod. (20GB model)

Originally Posted by Bifta

What a generous father you have, I'm impressed.

And don't forget, 8pm, Call of Duty, server address is in your sig.

Originally Posted by Neil

You will love it even more once you start using iTunes!

Theres a recent update for both iTunes & the iPod/Mini, have a look at www.apple.com/itunes for more info. :)

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by Charlie_Bubble

Yeah, hope you thanked your dad for the additional expense! :)

Is CoD any good online?

Originally Posted by WNA

Well my parents bought me one of these little beauties this afternoon, and i must say i am ideed impressed with it. The onlt mishap i had first time round was the software issue, the ipod wasn't configured properly so i gad to reonstall it again. Oh and i didn't have any firewire ports so my dad spend £55 in PC World for a longer lead and a PCI firewire card. All in all im very happy with my new ipod. (20GB model)

Originally Posted by Bifta

Exceptionally good! We're hoping to get a few people online this evening, our server address is in my sig.

Originally Posted by Charlie_Bubble

Can't tonight. Watching superleague on SS1. When do you reckon you will be on again?

Originally Posted by WNA

Well my parents bought me one of these little beauties this afternoon, and i must say i am ideed impressed with it. The onlt mishap i had first time round was the software issue, the ipod wasn't configured properly so i gad to reonstall it again. Oh and i didn't have any firewire ports so my dad spend £55 in PC World for a longer lead and a PCI firewire card. All in all im very happy with my new ipod. (20GB model)

Originally Posted by tkiely

is it true that when the battery dies you have to bin them?

not being sarcky, just looked at one the other day and it looked a bit, well,, sealed!

Originally Posted by bulkylad

yep, can't wait to get one of these myself, i'm after the 20gb model also :) , my mum and dad are off to America for a month so in exchange for pet sitting my dad says he'll bring me one back :),
how resistant are they to water/dust are they???, work in an extremely dusty workplace (joinery workshop) just wondered if it will do it any harm or whether they are quite hard wearing??

Originally Posted by towny

No, but you do have to send them back to Apple to get a new battery installed. :(

Originally Posted by Charlie_Bubble

Can't tonight. Watching superleague on SS1. When do you reckon you will be on again?

Originally Posted by Neil

Some useful links Wayne.....

http://www.info.apple.com/support/ap...d_service.html

http://www.ipodbattery.com/

www.ipodhacks.com/

http://www.ipodbatteryfaq.com/

http://home.no/deep/ipod/disassembly/

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/

http://www.ipodlounge.com/index.php

http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/articl...acks/index.stm

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore

http://www.everythingipod.co.uk/

HTH.

[Edit]-Forgot this one

http://www.ipodbatteryfaq.com/#resources

Originally Posted by towny

Welcome to the brotherhood :D If many more members get one of these little beauties we'll have to start campaigning for an iPod sub-forum in here. ;)

You should find 20gb is plenty of space. I have an original 5gb model and still haven't quite managed to fill it.

Originally Posted by bulkylad

how resistant are they to water/dust are they???, work in an extremely dusty workplace (joinery workshop) just wondered if it will do it any harm or whether they are quite hard wearing??

Originally Posted by tkiely

is it true that when the battery dies you have to bin them?

not being sarcky, just looked at one the other day and it looked a bit, well,, sealed!

Originally Posted by WNA

Im having trouble registering the current version of itunes. Can someone please help me on this?

Originally Posted by andygrif

Agreed, an iPod forum would be good....I'm a member of iPodlounge which is a huge expanse of discussion...a bit too big, but very helpful.... http://www.ipodlounge.com

I went for the 40gb....but then I do have a lot of CDs....currently up to over 1,000 tracks....long way to go yet!



I would get yourself one of those condom-like iSkins to be sure...and added protection from dust. With regards to water...well I wouldn't take it in the shower ;)

Also you do need to be careful with the unit....dropping them, especially when the disk is spinning is a good way to finish it off apparently.



No you don't have to bin them. Apple offer a battery replacement plan, for about 70 quid I think, or you can take out the Apple Extended Warranty for another two years for about the same price, which covers to battery too.

There are a few other people that offer battery replacement programmes for less money, and some that offer kits to do it yourself. Although it should be noted that the battery 'problem' is reported on the 1st & 2nd generation models - those of us with 3rd gen ones have a different make of battery inside it (Hitachi rather than Sony I think) so I guess we need to wait and see how it does!



What's the problem? By the way, registering iTunes is not a requirement.

Originally Posted by WNA

My next problem is as follows:

When i copy a new album onto the ipod all is well, but when i copy another album it overwrites the songs that were on the ipod in the first place. What can i do?

Originally Posted by tkiely

is it true that when the battery dies you have to bin them?

not being sarcky, just looked at one the other day and it looked a bit, well,, sealed!

Originally Posted by bulkylad

yep, can't wait to get one of these myself, i'm after the 20gb model also :) , my mum and dad are off to America for a month so in exchange for pet sitting my dad says he'll bring me one back :),
how resistant are they to water/dust are they???, work in an extremely dusty workplace (joinery workshop) just wondered if it will do it any harm or whether they are quite hard wearing??

Originally Posted by WNA

I have ran into a spot of trouble with my earphones. They were working fine this morning but now i can't skip between tracks or turn the volume up or down. What am i doing wrong?

Originally Posted by towny

'fraid the 1st generation iPods don't come with in-line controls. Can't really help you!

General advice I would give is to try wiggling the wire gently and seeing if that makes a difference, to establish if there's a loose connection. Overall, I don't see how there could be any complex electronics involved. It may be simpler to just go back to the shop with it and get a replacement.

Originally Posted by WNA

Right stupid me, on the control for the earphones, there is a little switch at the side that allows you to hold so you only use the ipods controls and vice versa. Well i accidently activated this and that stopped the crontrol from working. I then deactivated it and hey presto we're back to normal.