What if you have two iPods and one iTunes? I am considering buying the Nano 5th Gen for my husband for his birthday. I own an old iPod Classic. We have both been using this up to now. So if I plug his new iPod into my iMac, what will iTunes do? Will it recognize this as a different iPod and we will be able to manage music on both? Or will he need his own iTunes to manage his music? What if you have two iPods and one iTunes? I am considering buying the Nano 5th Gen for my husband for his birthday. I own an old iPod Classic. We have both been using this up to now. So if I... » Read More What if you have two iPods and one iTunes? I am considering buying the Nano 5th Gen for my husband for his birthday. I own an old iPod Classic. We have both been using this up to now. So if I plug his new iPod into my iMac, what will iTunes do? Will it recognize this as a different iPod and we will be able to manage music on both? Or will he need his own iTunes to manage his music? « Show Less
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You can indeed add the Nano to your existing Itunes account. It will recognize it as a new Ipod and you just have to answer a few set up questions and you will be good to go.
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Yeah, there's no worries about that at all. You can have as many iPods as you want with one iTunes. It's when you use a single iPod with multiple iTunes that you get problems.
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You can listen to anything you would normally be able to download to your iPod shuffle. If you already have another iPod shuffle then it will act exactly the same. Does that make sense?
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Also, PC iTunes can stream to numerous units simultaneously as well as Macs. I swap the audio back and forth from my Mac to the PC, depending on whose computer I'm wishing to use.
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i have a large Classic that lives out of site in the car.I also have an iPhone and touch that I use for calls/games and development (respectively)iTunes 8.x makes managing multiple iPods much easier than the old versions.
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NO, you have got to specify which one he has. The Ipod 5th generation is longer and not as wide as the 4th generation that I have. I do not no if there is a difference between the other generations.
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I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product but this one is reconditioned and it must not have been done right. :/ I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product... » Read More I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product but this one is reconditioned and it must not have been done right. :/ « Show Less
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Please use this link provided. Apparently for this generation of iPod classic, there was an enhanced kind and an original kind, this also depends on whether your iPod is a U.S model or not. A forum member within this link provides a link as well to a list to help determine that your iPod is the 5th generation of its kind, please read their discussion.https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4949914?start=0&tstart;=0
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I have the exact same problem, my 2nd Gen just broke and the new shuffle appear to be worthless. Some people recommend buying a reconditioned 2nd Gen from Apple but they appear to be out of stock. Not sure where to turn! Ipod Nano is popular but heavier than I'd prefer. Bring back the 2nd Gen Apple!
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Hey - I too am in Birgitta's position, trying to decide whether I should stick with iPods or go over to Zune. I currently own a iPod Mini and did not like how the battery went bad and now can only be played once before the iPod says that the battery is low and goes out. I am trying to decide whether to get a 80G Zune or an 80G iPod classic. My main question is - being an iPod owner, I have put so much time into my iTunes organizing it, putting in cover art, etc.If I was to buy a Zune, can I get everything out of the iTunes, including cover art?thanks
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Depends on what you really want, yes if this is your first ipod I'd go for it, but since it is Hard drive based it will have skipping issues if your jogging or walking sometimes, otherwise if you sit at your desk and listen to it, it will be fine. Then again if you want something that will go anywhere and handle anything, go for the ipod nano, it does everything the classic does, but it's just smaller in size and storage, if you want a bigger screen that will handle anything also go for the ipod touch.When I say handle anything, I mean jogging running, being dropped, because they are flash based and wont skip. Depends on what you really want, yes if this is your first ipod I'd go for it, but since it is Hard drive based it will have skipping issues if your jogging or walking sometimes, otherwise if you sit at your desk and listen to it, it will be fine. Then again if you want something that will go anywhere and handle anything, go for the ipod nano, it does everything the classic does, but it's just smaller in size and storage, if you want a bigger screen that will handle anything also go for the ipod touch.When I say handle anything, I mean jogging running, being dropped,... » Read More Depends on what you really want, yes if this is your first ipod I'd go for it, but since it is Hard drive based it will have skipping issues if your jogging or walking sometimes, otherwise if you sit at your desk and listen to it, it will be fine. Then again if you want something that will go anywhere and handle anything, go for the ipod nano, it does everything the classic does, but it's just smaller in size and storage, if you want a bigger screen that will handle anything also go for the ipod touch.When I say handle anything, I mean jogging running, being dropped, because they are flash based and wont skip. « Show Less
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Yes! It's cslled the IPod classic. I belave Apple just stopped production of these. No idea what they are gonna introduced to replace it, because it holds a lot of songs.
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i never had a chance to use it with itunes. It crashed within the first two weeks of purchase. If you never forget to shut it down properly before unpluging from your computer you may be alright. I purchased two at the same time and they both stopped working right away.
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The X5 shows up as a storage device on the PC and acts as any storage device would. To sync, you need an application that will do that for you and none are provided by Fiio. That is the beauty of proprietary software like iTunes as it works wonderfully, until you try to use it with a non-Apple device where its beastly side appears. I haven't researched it, but there are probably other music programs like iTunes that will work with non-proprietary devices if you need the management functionality. But I find it easier to just drag the entire file on top of the old and chose not to replace identical files which simplifies adding new, but that is a one way method as it doesn't delete. The X5 shows up as a storage device on the PC and acts as any storage device would. To sync, you need an application that will do that for you and none are provided by Fiio. That is the beauty of proprietary software like iTunes as it works wonderfully, until you try to use it with a non-Apple device where its beastly side appears. I haven't researched it, but there are probably other music programs like iTunes that will work with non-proprietary devices if you need the management functionality. But I find it easier to just drag the entire file on top of the old and chose not to replace... » Read More The X5 shows up as a storage device on the PC and acts as any storage device would. To sync, you need an application that will do that for you and none are provided by Fiio. That is the beauty of proprietary software like iTunes as it works wonderfully, until you try to use it with a non-Apple device where its beastly side appears. I haven't researched it, but there are probably other music programs like iTunes that will work with non-proprietary devices if you need the management functionality. But I find it easier to just drag the entire file on top of the old and chose not to replace identical files which simplifies adding new, but that is a one way method as it doesn't delete. « Show Less
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Connect it to your computer. iTunes will come up and tell you what to do. If you don't have iTunes, you can download it for free. I always set my iPods up through iTunes and have never had a problem. When I come across things I don't know how to do, I just google it.
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Thank you for your advice. That's something they don't list in the instructions. I went and got one and love it. I suppose I still have to keep it in "manual" and not in "auto sync" ? Or does it matter as long as I keep it in the iTunes playlist?
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I bought a 4GB Nano 2 years ago because I only had 3GBs of music. Now I have 16GBs. Getting an iPod may give you the bug to listen to more music. With the ease of switching between songs and creating playlists, any mp3 player will drive you to experiment a little with your music taste. I also could not have cared less about the pictures or video (still don't) - but I got really into podcasts, and those take up space (if you like radio, check out podcasts - better quality, fewer interruptions). Bottom line - you will probably regret not spending the extra $50. The 80GB is a little more delicate than the nano (spinning hard drive vs. flash memory), but if you are just going to keep it at home it should not be an issue.
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I tried for over 3 hours to get 2 different 2nd gen ipod shuffles to work in windows vista home premium desktop hp. I updated firmware on shuffles and restored to factory shipping setting. Restarted PC. Itunes version 7.3. Will not sync individual songs to shuffle. Will sync whole library. But cannot see ipod shuffle contents in itunes. Then ipod shuffle would not work in itunes.Tried a new ipod nano purchased in dec 2006 blue colored ipod nano. Same difficulty.Any suggestions. Does the ipod shuffle work in windows vista??? Does the Ipod nano work in windows vista??