Should I keep my ipod or get a new one?
Recently, I hooked my ipod up to the car system and noticed that whenever I moved my ipod, the sound was being distorted. When I used my earphones, every time I moved them, the sound disappeared in the left earbud and such. Normally, when I wear out my earphones, the sound tends to get distorted, meaning it’s time for some new ones, but this happens to anything my ipod is hooked up to: speakers, earphones, etc. Can this problem(whatever it may be) be solved, or would it just be easier to save my money and get a new ipod?
Can anyone help me?
I don’t know if it really matters, but I’ve had the current ipod for about a year now(it’s the new 120gb classic).
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It sounds like the jack has bit the dust. But it looks like you can get it fixed for about 40 dollars.
You could try cleaning it out with some alcohol and a pipe cleaner. Shame to throw out a perfectly good music player for a 50 cent part.
@IchtheosaurusRex Yeah, I remembered I had a can of compressed air, so I sprayed it, and it seems to be working fine again. :)
Never mind. I spoke too soon. :(
I was very disappointed to discover recently that the new generation of iPod doesn’t charge the way the old ones did. That is, when I plug in my new Nano into the car stereo / GPS, which has a direct feed and which used to charge to old iPod, the new iPod puts up a message as soon as it’s connected that “this iPod has been connected to equipment will not charge the iPod”. I talked to a sales rep for the Pioneer stereo, and he confirmed that this is so: Apple redesigned the iPod to be charged in a different way. I can’t even change the cable from the stereo: I would have to replace either the iPod (with a ‘first generation’ model) or the stereo itself.
Thanks a hell of a lot, Apple. As a stockholder and customer I’m doubly pissed off.
May i suggest you careful check if the earphone is good.
If so, it seems that there is some thing with jack, you would return it to seller for repair.
I returned my ipod to Apple and they replaced it. They tested it and said the earphone jack was indeed gone. :(
Ah well, I lost 80gbs of music, but I had most of it backed up, so it’s all good! :)
And sorry to hear about that @CyanoticWasp. :(
Yeah, I use a lot of smileys! lol
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@Peinrikudo , well, that sucks. You would think they’d plan ahead, make the mechanical components of the thing serviceable, but they don’t. And when your battery goes, so does your iPod, unless you want to take a chance on an indie technician with a soldering iron. I jack into mine twice a day, once with the headphones, once with the car adapter. Wonder how long it will last…
@IchtheosaurusRex My ipod lasted quite a long time. I plugged used headphones, car adapter, and even large speakers(which is probably the reason the headphone jack broke) for over a year, so it served me pretty well. I will be more careful with my new ipod. :)
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