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liam.mccaffrey - 12/10/05 at 05:54 PM

just bought ipod from my brother
software suggested i update the ipods version and somethings gone wrong. now can all i have is an apple on the screen of the ipod. is it beyond repair?

can't get rid of it. pc can't see it

can anyone help???????

[Edited on 12/10/05 by liam.mccaffrey]

CommanderAce - 12/10/05 at 05:56 PM

there are about 6 billion versions of the iPod, do you know what one exactly?

liam.mccaffrey - 12/10/05 at 05:58 PM

its a 40 GB one, is it 4th gen?
its got 4 buttons as well as touch wheel

Danozeman - 12/10/05 at 06:09 PM

Is there anything on here that might help??

Maybe it need different drivers or something.

Tim 45 - 12/10/05 at 06:11 PM

Its a 3rd gen.

4th gen have a click-wheel and no buttons

CommanderAce - 12/10/05 at 06:15 PM

yes if it looks like this then its a 3rd gen or G3 as they're known

flak monkey - 12/10/05 at 06:23 PM

I hate those things (IPods)...

If you dont know what up with it, just email Apple.

Usually in the software for the thing you can reset it back to default. Probably called 'initialise' or something similar

David

PS:
I got me one of these, below (Sony NWHD5). Look better in the flesh. Nice anodised ali case and the usual high Sony quality.

I dont know anyone who has an IPod thats lasted more than a year because something has knackered up on it. And they always feel tacky to me (just to upset a few people )



[Edited on 12/10/05 by flak monkey]

greggors84 - 12/10/05 at 06:27 PM

This happened to a mates, he gave it to me to have a look at, i found something on the forum on the apple website, you have to reset it by pressing and holding 2 buttons (menu and play i think), do a search on the website to find out as it was a while ago.

I think its caused by disconnecting the ipod too early. But could be other things.

BKLOCO - 12/10/05 at 06:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Nice anodised ali case and the usual high Sony quality.

I


And the usual high Sony price

CommanderAce - 12/10/05 at 06:45 PM

I have to agree with flak monkey, I personally dont like iPods, better off with an Archos.

Although I have a pair of Thumps!!

flak monkey - 12/10/05 at 07:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BKLOCO

And the usual high Sony price


Well they are £175. And you get a 20Gb HDD player for that (actually cheaper than the 20Gb IPod which is £185). Theya re smaller than the equivalent IPod as well... And like I said the casing is made of Ali (instead of plastic), the screen auto rotates depending on which way up the player is, and it supports ATRAC files which is nice. And you get a decent pair of headphones as well, not the crappy aweful sounding IPod ones

The IPod always looked a bit girly to me . Who wants an MP3 player in Pastel shades?

David

[Edited on 12/10/05 by flak monkey]

dnmalc - 12/10/05 at 07:21 PM

Information from my daughter is that the 4th gen Ipod is meant to come up with an apple every time you turn it on, and then you press a button that sends you to the menu.
We had problems early on but details on the apple web site allowed us to reset it and clear the problem.

Other daughter has a zen seems as good but software seems less prone to problems

liam.mccaffrey - 12/10/05 at 07:56 PM

tried the 2 button thing it just restarts and the apple comes back

benji106 - 12/10/05 at 08:15 PM

has to be said itunes is easily the best software for transfering music that i have come across.

tomkidd - 12/10/05 at 08:27 PM

This happened to mine the other day.

This is what I did with mine

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705

If you are still unable to reset your iPod, use only one finger from one hand to press the Select button, and one finger from the other hand to press the Menu button.

Then I had to totally wipe it and reinstall everything using the ipod update software.

_Aero_ - 12/10/05 at 11:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BKLOCO
quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Nice anodised ali case and the usual high Sony quality.

I


And the usual high Sony price


But at least they work!