To my knowledge, they have never had a 128mb version. The Shuffle comes in either 512mb or 1gb.
--Best regards, --Rick Alfaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hank Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:02 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: I conquered the iPod shuffle!!! what is the biggest they have out in this ipod shuffle? last I checked they only had a 128 mb version ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:57 AM Subject: I conquered the iPod shuffle!!! > Hi all! > > This is going to be a rather long post, so if you're really not > interested, feel free to move along to the next message or whatever you'd > like to do. For those who are interested though, I'd like to share a few > tips as to how I got the shuffle to work for me. I gotta give a big > thanks to Anna Dresner, who just wrote a great book on this whole thing. I > haven't purchased iit yet but will do so soon. > Ok, here goes! > > The iPod shuffle is probably the most accessible version of the iPod out > there. It's a very small device, about the size of a pack of gum, but > maybe just a little bit wider and a bit thicker as well. It's white in > color but if you have any vision you can buy skins for it which will > change it all kinds of colors. It also comes with earbuds, and a little > lanyard for hanging it around your neck. > It's very light, weighing in at all about 1 7th of an ounce! > So this is a tiny lil thing, lol. > On one end you have a headphone jack. You just plug the included earbuds > into it or if you have another pare of headphones with a similar plug, > those will work as well. > On the opposite end, you have the USB connection. It is covered up by a > little removable piece of plastic that you can take off and put back on. > Don't lose this little baby, because you only get one. > You can plug the shuffle directly into the USB port on the back of your > computer. The internal battery is charged when you do this. So you'll > probably want to keep it plugged in there for about 4 hours or so. I'm > sure you can probably use the shuffle while the battery is charging, but > for the very first time I wanted to give it a full charge. With the unit > you get a software cd containing the iPod updater software and a copy of > iTunes. As you guys read before, I was originally dead set against > installing iTunes. I didn't want it on my computer because I didn't think > I would ever use it. Then I found out about Brian's scripts, which may > change my mind about that. The first time I installed the software, I > chose not to install iTunes directly afterwords. You'll want to do this, > especially if you'll be using alternative software to transfer your files. > Like others have said on the list, for some unknown reason, iTunes must be > present on your system in order for everything to work. Without it > installed, Anapod Explorer wouldn't even find my iPod. > Windows found it, but not Anapod. > One very perplexing thing in all this. In order to continue with the > install of your iPod software, the instalation program is going to ask for > the 11 digit serial number found on the box for your iPod. Write this > number down, because you're going to need it. The other problem I had > with this, at least with JAWS 6, is that when it presents this dialogue, > the edit box to type the number into is not immediately available. The > only way i was able to get it typed in is to have sighted help moving the > mouse to the specific spot on the screen so that JAWS would find the focus > in the edit field. You can then type in the serial number and continue > with the install. > > So, after this, you just install the iPod updater software, at which time, > it should tell you if your iPod needs to be formatted. Mine didn't need > to be, but the updater program will let you re-initialize the iPod if you > need to do it. > If all goes well with this, then it's time to install the iTunes > software. You may be asked to reboot when you're finished. If you are, > please do so. When you come back up, you'll probably be asked to register > your iPod with Apple. You'll want to do that, in case you run into any > technicle problems, and they can find your information in their database a > little easier. Just connect your iPod to your computer via the USB Port if > you haven't already done so, and follow the onscreen prompts and > you'll first give your iPod a name and set a few other preferences. > Now, open up iTunes, and go to the edit menu. You'll need to use your > screenreader's review cursor a lot for this, but it can most certainly be > done. Once in the edit menu, choose preferences. You'll want to make > sure that the setting for iTunes to load when this iPod is connected is > not! checked. so uncheck that box, and in the iPod tab, make sure you > check the box for disc use mode. there'll be a dialogue that comes up > letting you know that doing this makes it like a drive in windows, but > this is ok so just press the ok button. > > After that, you can install Anapod explorer. All of the default settings > it gives you are fine, so there probably isn't much of a need to change > any of them. > When you install it, you'll want to go to your system tray. you should > see an item there that says, Anapod Manager iPod shuffle. Press enter > and from the menu, choose the item that says, connect iPod shuffle. This > prepares the Shuffle and the computer to send data back and forth. > Now, here's the really important part. Now, you're ready to transfer data > to your shuffle. To do this, locate any music you'd like to copy to your > shuffle. > So go to the directory where your music is and do a simple copy operation > there. > Note that if you have the trial version of Anapod, it'll only let you copy > one song at a time. This lets you at least figure out if it'll work for > you. Ok, now that you've copied your track or tracks to your clipboard, > it's time to paste them. I learned through experience that it's important > to paste the tracks in a specific place, rather than just in the route > directory of the drive itself. You can do this til the end of time and it > won't work. So, instead, open up Anapod Explorer via the context menu in > the system tray icon menu and arrow down to the part of the tree that > says,iPod shuffler. The item we're actually interested in is in this > section and is called shuffle memory. > Arrow down one time to get to this. On some systems you may have to press > enter to get the song list to appear, but on mine curiously, i only had to > press the tab key. and maybe it's just my system in particular, but for > some strange reason, JAWS would not read the list viw to me unless i did a > bit of cursor routing. > But after that, you should be able to paste your tracks there. so go > ahead and do that now. if you read your status line, you'll be able to > tell how fast the files are transfering and if there's space on the > shuffle being taken up by the files. these are good indicators to tell if > you're doing it correctly. Eventually your transfer will complete, > hopefully successfully! So now, you'll have to go back to the system > tray, choose anapod manager again and press enter on disconnect iPod > shuffle. This indicates that the file transfers are over. Now, you'll > also need to remove your shuffle from the computer. Don't just yank it > out of the USB port though. First, go back to the anapod manager menu and > choose eject iPod shuffle and then after a few seconds you'll get a > dialogue box saying that the operation is complete and it's safe to remove > the player. so press the space bar to make it go away. Now it's ok to > remove it from the USB port, so go ahead and do that. Don't forget to > replace the piece of plastic that goes on top of the USB port. Now, find > your headphones and plug them in. > > You'll need to turn your shuffle on, next. on the under side you'll find a > switch that has 3 different positions. Move this switch one place forward > for the shuffle to be turned on and in shuffle mode. move it once more to > have it in regular mode. Now that it'son, press the play button, which > you'll find on top of the player, it's the round circular button there. > Hold it down for about 5 seconds. If you hear music, you're good to go! > You can adjust the volume by pressing the buttons just above and below > the play button. to switch tracks, the button to the right moves you > forward and the one to the left moves you back. Holding these buttons down > will let you fast forward or rewind within a track. > The only real complaint I have about the shuffle is its lack of controls > to adjust the sound. On my awesome $35 radio shack headphones, this thing > sounded really tinny. Not a lot of bass or trebble, but the sound was > certainly good enough when you're out and about. I think of it as the > no-frills iPod. In fact it's the cheepest of all of them. and wouldn't > you know it, just as an aside, I bought it last Thursday for around $150 > at Target, and today I found out that Apple just dropped the price of it > by $30. That always seems to happen, oh well. In any case, I hope this > helps a perspective, or new iPod shuffle user get going. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
