When I get my RRS I want my MP3 library to remain permanently in the car, so I'll have the option of either:

(a) buy a dedicated 16GB iPod Nano + the LR iPod cable, total cost = £163

(b) load up an old 16GB USB memory stick with all my MP3 files and plug it in, total cost = £0

Instinct tells me that the iPod solution will give a much better "user experience", but when I think about it I really can't see what it can offer above and beyond the USB option.

Can somebody enlighten my as to how and why using an iPod in my RRS is going to be £163 better than using a USB memory stick?

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Jimmy_75000 wrote:

iPod....

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cant comment on what you get from a stick cos never tried it, but would recommend ipod. MY10 has full touch screen menu on screen, brill, also cos i have 16G iphone dont need dedicated ipod, phone plugs into iphone connection, plays my music, then phone connects on bluetooth, muting music and has full phone menu on screen. perfect = get an iphone not an ipod, or get an ipod not a stick  purple people eater

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I've already got an iPhone and an iPod too, but I want something I can leave permanently in the car so I don't forget to take it in and out of the car every time.

However, as the iPod is just really a memory stick with a fancy user interface and from what I understand the LR system doesn't use this interface but uses its own instead, I can't see the advantage of an iPod over a memory stick. Is there one? Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.8::MG Montego Turbo::MGB GT::Rover Sterling::MGF::MG ZT 190+
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I'm about to embark on an explanation that I know little about............................

On the one hand the memory stick is cheaper, and providing that the files are saved correctly then you can call them up by artist etc.

The main issue which was demonstrated to us at launch was the quality. Hopefully someone with a little more MP3 knowledge than I (perhaps Kaine) can explain the difference, however from memory it was something to do with bit-rates and I believe the memory stick was 4 and the ipod 16. You can tell that I am clutching at straws here!

Anyway, we listened to the same track via an ipod and then again via a USB stick and the difference was very noticable. The USB stick file was very grainy in comparison.

Hope this helps?

James

Thanks James,

That would kind of make sense, as the memory stick has no audio processing hardware or software, so converting all the 1's and 0's would have to be done by the car, whereas the iPod has dedicated audio decoding hardware to do this - Based on what you've said I'm guessing that the output from the iPod's audio connection has already been processed by the iPod so all the car has to do is output it through the sound system.

I need to do a bit more research though to find out if the iPod output interface bypasses the iPod's audio decoder or not.

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Kaine wrote:

Get the iPod because Apple's products are the best available; even Shmoogle buys them.

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Wait until the summer to get an iphone 4G

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dazsear wrote:

Wait until the summer to get an iphone 4G

Is this true?

I think he's basing that on the fact that the iPhone has been updated every summer so far, and most people are assuming that this year will be no different. There's been no word from Apple yet though as is normal for Apple, but even the active rumour mills have been quiet as to what this years expected upgrade will bring.

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dazsear wrote:

Wait until the summer to get an iphone 4G

I went to get an iphone 3gs at an Orange shop and was told to wait as the 4g is coming out soon

Believe me, Apple are tighter than a duck's backside with information about what's coming out when. There's no way a lowly mobile phone salesman is going to be privy to any information that you or I aren't. Even the managers of Apple stores don't know what's coming until Apple make their public announcements at their keynote events.

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