Driving With an Ipod

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By jim10

Ipod Nano

My new Ipod Nano

I recently purchased my first Ipod. I got the Black Nano and it has made listening to music in the car so much more enjoyable. The Nano works seemlessly with my Mac. I purchased a cassette adapter since I have an older car and have heard some people have trouble with static and an FM Transmitter. Plus I don't really mind the wires. I always hated switching CD's while driving and with the Ipod I have nothing to worry about.


Works Great with the Kids

I have 3 boys and the 2 older ones are always asking me to find different songs whenever I take my wife's car. My wife has 2 visors full of CDs and more CDs take up most of the console. My boys are 8 and 5 and don't give me much of a starting point for where to find the song they are asking for. Normally I never find it and need to start driving.

But now with the Ipod we just went on a long trip and it went very smoothly. I loaded my MAC with lots of their favorite songs. Then created a playlist for them on my Ipod. My boys were happily surprised to hear all of their favorite songs on the long car ride. It also saved me lots of frustration trying to find song number 10 on that CD we listend to a few days ago.

Ipod Nano

Apple iPod nano 4 GB Silver (3rd Generation) Apple iPod nano 4 GB Silver (3rd Generation)
Price: $115.00
List Price: $149.00
Apple iPod nano 8 GB Green (3rd Generation) Apple iPod nano 8 GB Green (3rd Generation)
Price: $125.00
List Price: $199.00
Apple iPod nano 8 GB Blue (3rd Generation) Apple iPod nano 8 GB Blue (3rd Generation)
Price: $132.99
List Price: $199.00
Apple iPod nano 8 GB Pink (3rd Generation) Apple iPod nano 8 GB Pink (3rd Generation)
Price: $132.49
List Price: $199.00

For Lots of Music Go with the Classic

Apple iPod classic 80 GB Black (6th Generation) Apple iPod classic 80 GB Black (6th Generation)
Price: $230.00
List Price: $249.00
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (6th Generation) Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (6th Generation)
Price: $279.94
List Price: $349.00

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solarshingles  says:
3 months ago

Jim, I love your story about the practical use of iPod in the car. I still remember how many times I was seeking for CDs all over the large SUV, but I hadn't found the right one. I also like, how you have managed to please your very demanding (music-wise) young sons by uploading the right music at home from your home Mac computer. (I have an iPod, but I somehow cannot get used to it).

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driverslicense  says:
4 weeks ago

I also enjoy driving with my Ipod. I have a 30GB Ipod Video. It's great, I love it.I use to have a radio adapter that just plugged right into the bottom of it and I could find a radio frequency to have it float through my speakers. Although I found that often it would come in and sound well, like crap.I went out and purchased an adapter to plug my Ipod in so it wouldn't die and ended up using a tape cassette, the ones we use to use for our CD Walkmans and it worked GREAT!I just recently bought a new stereo for my car and it came with a USB adapter built right into it. I can easily plug my Ipod into that and it picks it up almost instantly and begins playing. One thing I do not like about it, is that I don't have control of my Ipod when I do it. I have to set it to shuffle and just let it go, however I can change tracks on my Stereo.Another great feature is if my Ipod is plugged in and charging if I'm not using it, it can also be hooked up to the stereo using the AUX channel with the adapter that came with the stereo.It's pretty sweet. I enjoy it a lot.

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