There was no confusion. I plug mine into my boes companion 5 system sometimes and wish I had a longer cord.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Gilland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:17 PM Subject: Re: Update on Nano issue. No dude, what I meant was, I have a mini component stereo hooked up out in my den. All I've done, is plug a cable which is stereo RCA on one end, and 8th inch on the other, so I went from the stereo A U X input RCA jacks, to the stereo ear phone jack of the IPod. This way I can play my IPod externally and not have to use headphones. By power, all I meant was that my stereo was 300 watz two channels. Sorry for the confusion. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:15 AM Subject: Re: Update on Nano issue. > you must have a big pocket and power source to carry around all that power > for your nano <g> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Gilland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:51 AM > Subject: Re: Update on Nano issue. > > > I love mine too! In fact, yall know what I just did? I hooked mine up > via > stereo red/white RCA cables to my RCA mini component system out in my den. > That thing's pushing 300 watz for both speakers, and both channels, so > basicly 150 wats per speaker. Sure beats the heck outta those little > Gateway PC speakers I did! have it going through. > > Chris. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob Schmude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: Update on Nano issue. > > >>I just got my 4th gen nano yesterday (finally). I can confirm that with >>iTunes 8.0.1 and firmware 1.0.2 it is generating spoken entries whenever >>something is moved to the iPod, regardless of whether it is synched or >>manually dragged. This is with the Mac version of iTunes of course, no >>idea about Windows. Also this is the 16gb model, though I doubt that >>would >>matter. I absolutely love my nano! >> >> >> On Nov 4, 2008, at 18:34, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Maybe this is a new feature!<smile> >>> >>> On Nov 4, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Christopher Gilland wrote: >>> >>>> Ester, that is really weird, as I just tried with my Nano doing a drag >>>> and rop, and actually, it spoke perfectly. >>>> >>>> Oddness. >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I'm not sure what is going on with your Nano, but when I tried dragging >>> and dropping new content that had never been placed on my iPod >>> before -- >>> in any incarnation of the iTunes data base or player, whether restored >>> or not --- I didn't get spoken menus. Sounds as though you managed to >>> trigger something across the boundary of what syncs and what gets >>> transferred. >>> >>> Is your iPod still configured for data mode? >>> >>> Incidentally, I don't think that David's explanations work for what has >>> been going on with your iPod, but I'm not sure which files keep track >>> of >>> recognizing the device. That could be in the binary file that we can't >>> get to directly. Only the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file is used to >>> communicate with other programs, and that may not be where the weird >>> things are happening. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X >>>> by theblind" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:24 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Update on Nano issue. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 4, 2008, at 3:22 AM, Christopher Gilland wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ester, as for your mis-understanding, no, my father is probably >>>>>> gonna wind up using his laptop which is a Windows machine to manage >>>>>> his music. The only reason that I synced it with my Mac, was >>>>>> because >>>>>> it was his bd, and I wanted to open the thing up, and have it >>>>>> pre-loaded for him with some of his favorite tracks. Yeah, I know: >>>>>> he only can sync it with one library, which awe great! means now, >>>>>> he >>>>>> can't sync it with his Inspiron 1000 unless he first erases the >>>>>> content currently on it. Now, Apple did! tell me, of a work >>>>>> around. >>>>>> I dono how true it is though. I don't have another IPod to test it >>>>>> with. Apparently, when it says it's synced with another library, >>>>>> do >>>>>> I wanna erase and sync with the new computer, someone told me if >>>>>> you >>>>>> click on cancel, then go to the settings of the IPod, and switch it >>>>>> to manually manage in the summary tab, then, I can actually at that >>>>>> point use the drag drop option, and just manage it that way, yet >>>>>> not >>>>>> delete anything. I dono how true that is, but anyway, that's what >>>>>> they told me, at least. >>>>>> >>>>> This trick doesn't work for your father, because you formatted the >>>>> iPod on a Mac. He's not going to be able to "see" these files on his >>>>> PC unless he goes through a third party tool. Traditional tools, >>>>> like >>>>> MacOpener, got discontinued last year. In any case, he should >>>>> restore >>>>> his iPod on the PC. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, the work-around Apple told you about can let him add content >>>>> manually to his iPod from other PCs that he isn't sync'd to. When he >>>>> connects his iPod (which is now synced to his iTunes account on his >>>>> PC) to another Windows iTunes installation (say, your account on your >>>>> Windows machine), he'll get prompted with a message that tells him >>>>> that his iPod is synced to another machine, and asks him whether he >>>>> wants to erase and sync to this new library. (In the past, this is >>>>> where knowing about overriding the autosync by holding down the >>>>> Command and Option keys on a Mac, or the Control and Shift keys on a >>>>> PC, really paid off -- because you didn't used to get prompted about >>>>> this!). At this point he can set up the options to manually manage >>>>> the iPod in the summary tab, and those settings will be applied >>>>> whenever he connects the iPod to that iTunes account. He (or you) >>>>> can >>>>> drag and drop playlists onto that iPod. The playlists can even >>>>> contain DRM'd tracks (from iTunes or Audible) provided that his iPod >>>>> is authorized to play them (this gets tricky if you've set him up as >>>>> a >>>>> separate account in iTunes; it's less tricky for Audible since you >>>>> can >>>>> have content from up to two different Audible accounts authorized to >>>>> play on a single iPod). >>>>> >>>>> For older iPods, you could play them cross-platform provided they >>>>> were >>>>> formatted for Windows. The rule is that Macs can read Windows FAT >>>>> formatted files, but Windows can't read Mac file formats. So if >>>>> iPods >>>>> were formatted for Windows, you could add content to them from both >>>>> Windows and Macs iTunes installations, provided that you only used >>>>> manual file transfers and not auto-sync (which assumes that you can >>>>> overwrite the files on the device with files on your computer). The >>>>> way to think about this is that you can easily use USB memory sticks >>>>> cross-platform, and these are FAT32 format files. The first >>>>> generation >>>>> iPod Shuffle is basically like a USB memory stick with expanded play >>>>> capability. These cross-platform iPod systems start to become >>>>> unstable when you try to handle things like videos or extensive album >>>>> artwork cross-platform. There are also issues about maximum character >>>>> length in Window file names and forbidden characters. Non-English >>>>> characters (accents, symbols) don't always get handled correctly >>>>> under >>>>> the Windows format. Still, if you stick to simple music and >>>>> audiobook files (and audio podcasts), it's pretty straightforward. >>>>> I >>>>> manually transfer content from my Mac to a first generation iPod >>>>> Nano >>>>> that was formatted for Windows and has never been updated. (It's >>>>> associated with someone else's machine, but has always been left in >>>>> manual mode). This kind of cross-platform use is probably not >>>>> possible with the 4G Nanos -- certainly not if you want speakable >>>>> menus, which relies on the "sync" to generate the spoken bits. In >>>>> the >>>>> (distant) past iPods (especially hard-drive iPods) used to come >>>>> pre-formatted, and you would run "updates". Now the original >>>>> format/install is done automatically through iTunes, so the way the >>>>> device is formatted depends on your operating system, adn this is >>>>> automatically detected. >>>>> >>>>> The more general trick, of setting iPods to manual mode and >>>>> transferring additional content (via VoiceOver drag and drop) when >>>>> these iPods are not connected to the accounts they sync with, will >>>>> work for both Mac and PC platforms. However, the down side is that >>>>> unless they "sync" you won't get spoken menu clips generated for the >>>>> content. If I drag and drop additional tracks to a 4G Nano they will >>>>> appear on the disk. Sighted users will see their entries under >>>>> playlists, artist, etc. on the Nano screen. You just won't hear any >>>>> spoken content for these entries. To generate the spoken clips, >>>>> you'd >>>>> have to add these files to your iTunes library and sync them. >>>>> >>>>> HTH >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
