essential ipod accessories
 

bought my girlfriend an ipod video for christmas - what are the essential accessories she should be getting to make the most of it..? -cheers - matt :)

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can i be your girlfriend?

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one of those cases would be nice. the iskin of whatever they call it.

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mp3, video's, pictures, that sort of stuff

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Get her some sort of car adapter. An IPod is no fun if you can't make your wheels bump with it.

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you absolutely have to get her a case for the iPod...

I'd recommend more of a sport case, as those have the most padding and cover f/ moisture the best.

also - iTrip is pretty worth it, although - depending on how big your town is, it might be a bit of a bitch to find an empty enough radio station.

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iTrips are illegal in the uk

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Whats an iTrip btw? new concept to me.

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itrip is basicallly uses empty radio frequency to play stuff from your ipod. i don't like it, the old fashion cassette to ipod works great for me. i know most of you guys probably have skins/protective cases for your ipod, but i say let it be free, baby! personally its a utility that needs to be used and not babied. the thing feels so much better without anything on it.

the biggest recommendation i can suggest is upgrading the earphones. $400 + a shitty $10 worth of white ear phones, does that make sense? i got shure e2c and its a world of difference, but i'm ready to upgrade to something better now

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its a fm radio transmitter, you plug it in to your iPod and tune in any radio within 10 metred or so to the correct frequency to listen in. basically saves on wires and connections illegal in uk cos of radio licensing laws

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Be careful when buying accessories right now... they've changed the format with the new IPODS and most accessories haven't been released for the new video versions as of yet.

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i need to get an iTrip or equivilent.

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I'm not entirely sure, but this thread is a joke, right?

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im pretty sure he's serious.

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Got the iTrip last night as a late (and cheap) Christmas pressy for the missus. Will test it out later today. Thanks for the suggestion. Wouldn't have bothered about it but for $20, it's worth it.

Cheers

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it feels nice to brake a rule from time to time

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you could get this ?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07...zmoville_buzz/
im still trying to figure out why this hasnt been moved into another room yet.

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I never wanted an iPod before. Quite happy with my Creative MuVo... until now... :confused:

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umm, no why?

me & my girlfriend have bever had an ipod before so i just wanted to know which accessories are worth getting and which ones are a waste of money...

be quite interested in something that can connect the ipod to our stereo - will the universal dock do that..?

cheers

matt

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get her some ace in-ear earphones from Shure or Etymotics. it will change the way you hear your music forever.

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Hehe...I saw a Ford Fiesta ad on a billboard a few days ago. You get a free iPod if you buy the new Fiesta, and the billboard said 'New accessory for your iPod'...I thought that was cool :)

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Well, if you want to make it play in your car, I'd recommend either getting one of those tape adapters or a direct line to an aux port in the CD player...FM transmitters (at least for me) tend to be pretty lo-fi and you have to move them around quite a bit to get them to work well.

If you want to play it on your home stereo, just get a line in cord. You can get them at Radio Shack, or anywhere really...just looks like a headphone jack with a double plug. Otherwise, there's a really cool docking station you can get...it's small, but it has GREAT sound, and charges while it's in there to boot.

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iv been thinking of buying a new cd player with line in for my car so i can plug my iPod in, cos my shitty cd player is old and dont have it...
but iTrip will probably be cheaper.. i dunno.

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line in will be higher quality than tape, but don't expect cd or even mp3 quality. the ipod just doesn't put out that kind of resolution.

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yeah, i dont care about sound quality when im driving.. aslong as its loud ;)