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Hi Guys

As my name on here suggests, I've got myself into another issue :shock:

I've been after an MP3 player for a while to use at the gym and on the go, so today after approx 2 seconds deliberation I bought an Apple iPOD mini.

The bloke in the store gave me the details and calmly said " It'll charge up from the usb lead while it's downloading the music from the PC."

Now here's the bit that wound me up!!!

I got home and opened the box to find that I need a USB 2.0 port......and not a normal one at that....it needs to be a high power port!!!:censored:

My laptop has plain old USB 1.1 so thats that taken a nose dive!

The book also says I can use a firewire port, but it says it must be a powered 6 pin port.

Now my main PC is old now and has usb 1 but it does have a firewire card I use with my DV camcorder......how do I tell if it's powered?

The other cruddy bit of the deal is that I need to spend MORE money on the firewire lead :angryfire

Next time i see that sales guy, it's :nunu: time.


Anyone else on here had experience with ipods and old pc's?
 
Plug it in and see if it charges, if it doesn't then the port is not powered :)

As for usb the ipod should work fine with usb1.1 but it will be just a lot slower downloading tunes, it may even charge for you. Have you tried plugging it in?
 
Steep said:
Plug it in and see if it charges, if it doesn't then the port is not powered :)

As for usb the ipod should work fine with usb1.1 but it will be just a lot slower downloading tunes, it may even charge for you. Have you tried plugging it in?
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And try that too ! ;)
 
Try the USB 1.1 port, and see if it works.
Does it not charge any other way? Does it *have* to charge via the USB.

Failing that, if you want to try the firewire and not shell out for a cable, let me know which firewire cable it is (how many pins either end), and I'll see if it matches to the couple I have in my box o tricks.
If it matches, you can have it gratis, save you buying one :)
 
Thanks for the replies chaps.

It says in the booklet that USB1.1 won't work, which rather annoyed me.

Marcel, I have a 6 pin to 6 pin lead I use with the DV cam, but that would be too easy :censored: you need to have a cable with the special ipod connector on one end.

Tell me more about this powered USB pcimcia card......cause that means I can still sit in the lounge and watch TV instead of having to go upstairs and use the main pc :naughty:
 
i have a USB2 pci card in my old box, but the fecking thing still tells me it will work quicker on a usb2 when i turn the printer on...

/kicks machine
 
i'll probably find one of the powered USB 2 hubs and keep it im my lappy case, :)
 
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