MP3 Players Which one ?

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gotta be easy to use and be able to be plugged into the jeep radio.
 
Get an iPod Nano. It probably has the features you're looking for (the ability to create play lists, select the songs you want to hear *now*, etc.). I resisted for a long time, but they sell a bazillion of them for a reason.
 
I would check your cell phone feature set. It likely has a mp3 player build in and you carry it around anyway.
 
At the risk of starting a war, I find iTunes a real pita and would avoid it at all cost. Sorry apple-lovers (I love y'all) but even tonight I do battle with control over MY music on iTurds.
 
I agree with the cell phone suggestion. I had an iPod I hardly ever used but I carry my Droid everywhere and it's easier to move songs around different players.
 
Does the Jeep have a USB port? Just use a thumb drive...
 
no USB port, but it does have a 1/8" input port which the owners manual is for a MP3 player....... remember it's a 2007
 
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Areeda said:
I agree with the cell phone suggestion. I had an iPod I hardly ever used but I carry my Droid everywhere and it's easier to move songs around different players.
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My cell only makes phone calls.
 
At the risk of sounding like an Apple Fan, if you're a runner or walker I'd say Nano. (Nike+)

Otherwise anything that will play mp3s...
 
kyleb said:
Get an iPod Nano. It probably has the features you're looking for (the ability to create play lists, select the songs you want to hear *now*, etc.). I resisted for a long time, but they sell a bazillion of them for a reason.
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+1. The other thing is that since they sell a bazillion of them, there are a bazillion accessories available, and you'll probably want to use a few of them for mounting/charging/hooking up in the Jeep.
 
Tom-D said:
Its not the phone.
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I got that. So what you really need is a phone/MP3 player/pill dispenser/appointment calendar that's so automatic it chooses, loads, and plays the right music at the right time without any effort on your part, right?
 
gismo said:
I got that. So what you really need is a phone/MP3 player/pill dispenser/appointment calendar that's so automatic it chooses, loads, and plays the right music at the right time without any effort on your part, right?
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That would work, but is gotta be cheap.

best buy here we come.

better yet, the kids might have one there are not using.
 
My wife uses Droid as MP3 player. It works, but has to be supported by the procedure, e.g. if you are a person who carries a purse and/or is in a habit of placing phone into a cubicle in your car, then by go for it. Also, you must consider what to do when you want to use your phone as a phone and it's plugged in.

In my 2006 RAV4 I experimented with AUX input a bit and found dangling wires too annoying, so I gave up and started burning MP3s on CDs. Most CDs from going that far back support MP3. Of course you have to live with the space limits of about 8 hours per CD. After 3 years of such use CD drive started to die. I simply replaced it with a deck from Crutchfield for $110 that had USB input.
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
At the risk of starting a war, I find iTunes a real pita and would avoid it at all cost. Sorry apple-lovers (I love y'all) but even tonight I do battle with control over MY music on iTurds.
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The iPods can run anyone's mp3's. You're not locked into iTunes.
 
kyleb said:
The iPods can run anyone's mp3's. You're not locked into iTunes.
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As long as you upload them with gtkpod? The problem here is not the format compatibility, it's the way iTunes insists of "managing" a "library" of tracks.
-- Pete
 
I'm considering upgrading the radio with a Rubicon Nav radio with all the goodies.

Should be a plug and play installation.
 
zaitcev said:
As long as you upload them with gtkpod? The problem here is not the format compatibility, it's the way iTunes insists of "managing" a "library" of tracks.
-- Pete
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iTunes does not have to manage your library if you don't want it to - If you want to have songs scattered all over your hard drive, iTunes is OK with that.

I'm not sure what the issue is with using iTunes to sync. Dave, what is iTunes doing that you disagree with?
 
I like my Nano, but don't like iTunes (too "helpful", if that makes any sense to anybody).


I also hate that you can't edit playlists or delete songs using only the device... didn't realize, when I bought it, how much that would annoy me... oh well. Got to bring it home and use the PC to do that stuff.... but NOT with iTunes. I like to have more control... most of my stuff is ripped from vinyl, edited and EQ'd "by hand"... I'm one of those people, I guess. When I'm adding, deleting, or rearranging stuff on my iPod I like it to be a more analog experience.

I use a nifty free (and clean) program called Sharepod, which allows you to access the iPod as if it were any USB device. Drag and drop, and all playlists shown spreadsheet-style. No prompts, no going online, none of that stuff (that I loathe).
Much more intutitive editing, and it works flawlessly on my setup.

http://www.getsharepod.com/
 
rottydaddy said:
I use a nifty free (and clean) program called Sharepod, which allows you to access the iPod as if it were any USB device. Drag and drop, and all playlists shown spreadsheet-style. No prompts, no going online, none of that stuff (that I loathe).
Much more intutitive editing, and it works flawlessly on my setup.

http://www.getsharepod.com/
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With my cheap MP3 player from Meijer all I do is plug in the USB cable and drop things on it.

I don't bother with play lists and stuff. Just let it play start to end / repeat.
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
With my cheap MP3 player from Meijer all I do is plug in the USB cable and drop things on it.

I don't bother with play lists and stuff. Just let it play start to end / repeat.
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I'm still a little undecided about playlists, but with a big enough library, it has potential. I haven't used the iPod in flight yet, but I have playlists for different scenarios: unobtrusive background music for reading or resting, hard rock or dramatic stuff for battling road or mass-transit traffic, inspiring but laid-back stuff for taking a long, easy drive, walk, or bike ride. I probably should have a workout playlist, too, but there's not much of that going on these days, LOL.
 
rottydaddy said:
I'm still a little undecided about playlists, but with a big enough library, it has potential. I haven't used the iPod in flight yet, but I have playlists for different scenarios: unobtrusive background music for reading or resting, hard rock or dramatic stuff for battling road or mass-transit traffic, inspiring but laid-back stuff for taking a long, easy drive, walk, or bike ride. I probably should have a workout playlist, too, but there's not much of that going on these days, LOL.
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Yep. Playlist for audiobooks, for classical, for flying, and for general listening.
I also vote for the Nano. Buy your open MP3s from Amazon, save them to the PC, let ITunes put them on your IPod.
 
PilotAlan said:
Yep. Playlist for audiobooks, for classical, for flying, and for general listening.
I also vote for the Nano. Buy your open MP3s from Amazon, save them to the PC, let ITunes put them on your IPod.
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I really liked the Creative Zen Video that Leslie got me a few years back, but I admit it's been totally replaced by my Droid.
 
gprellwitz said:
I really liked the Creative Zen Video that Leslie got me a few years back, but I admit it's been totally replaced by my Droid.
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Yes. I don't use my Ipod anymore, everything's on my Nexus One. But if I didn't have a smartphone, I'd still be using my Nano.
 
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