To my knowledge, they have never had a 128mb version.  The Shuffle comes in
either 512mb or 1gb.
 




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--Rick Alfaro
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of hank
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:02 AM
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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
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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.
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