![]() I’m mildly disappointed that they didn’t put a standard dock connector on the thing, though. But it definitely grew on me just what little I held it and used it in the store. Maybe it was the somewhat enimic spring on the clip (though in my testing, it’s strength was sufficient to keep the player on my clothes thanks to the well-designed teeth), or maybe the small and cheesy switches they used on the top, or perhaps just the light weight… but it just didn’t feel like an Apple product, in all honesty. The unit felt a little cheaper than the 1Gen Shuffle. I still have my 3Gen standard iPod for carrying around the bulk of our music library when we need it. I think the Shuffle will be perfect for her since she’ll use it mainly when she’s working out or hiking. I put the new Shuffle through it’s paces in the store, and was completely satisfied with the sound quality and the interface. It is interesting to note that the earbuds included with the shuffle are the original type and not the new improved ones shipping with the new iPod second generation nano.Īfter reading many reviews, I bought a 2Gen Shuffle for my wife for Christmas. Crisp, clear, and with enough bass to make thumpy songs sound good. Sound quality with this player is on par with other players that I’ve tested in the past. Even though it takes some time to do the conversion and recopy, it was worth it when I had 317 megabytes of extra space to copy more songs into. When I turned the convert to 128kpbs feature on, it converted and recopied all the music. Without this using this feature, I was only able to copy 166 songs to the shuffle before the memory completely filled up. I always rip my music at 192kpbs, so this feature is useful to me and doesn’t effect the original songs stored in my iTunes library. This allows you to cram more songs into the shuffle’s memory. One nice feature is the ability to convert higher bit rate songs to 128kps AAC format before copying them to the shuffle. Do you want iTunes to pick a random selection of songs from your entire library and fill the shuffle? Or do you want to create a playlist of certain songs and just copy that over? You can also just drag and drop songs/albums. Other settings that you can customize have to do with your music. You have the option of using all the memory (1GB) for music, or partioning it for part music and part data. Then you can decide how you want to configure the player. For those of you that don’t have iTunes on your computers, you have to download it as it is not included with the player.Ĭlick thumbnails to see full-size screenshotsĪfter iTunes has been installed, all you need to do is plug the dock into a free USB port, plug the shuffle into the dock and wait for iTunes to recognize it. Fortunately for me, I already had it installed since I’m a self confessed iPod maniac. Now let’s get some music in this little puppy! In order to do so, you need iTunes. ![]() A cable is easier to pack in a gear bag in my opinion and I predict such a cable will be available soon. Isn’t the dock cute? Admittedly, I would rather have a retractable cable instead of the little dock though. It uses this same connector for earphones, charging the battery and syncing with your computer. ![]() In fact, it plugs directly into the earphone jack on the player. It looks like the same plug that most earphones use. This is done with the included mini USB dock. This would make a great player for use while working out, running, etc.īefore you can start enjoying this player, you have to first charge the battery. It’s so light weight that I don’t even notice it’s there. Most of the time, I keep the shuffle clipped on the neck of my sweater or my jeans. The spring isn’t super strong, but the two offset teeth allow it to keep a relatively good grip on things. The shuffle has a spring loaded metal clip built into the back side of the player. Pretty nice as you can clip it in either orientation and still view the status. That’s right, the LED is duplicated on both sides of the player. On the bottom you will find the 3.5mm earphone / sync / charge jack and the other side, the status LED. The button on the Right is the power switch, and the small LED beside it, gives you status for battery, hold, pause, etc. The switch on the Left toggles between shuffle-play mode and play-in-order mode. The top edge of the shuffle has two small metal switches and a tiny LED.
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