Seriously, what if my glove box only had .01 inches of clearance left and I wanted got the old ipod instead. That would've been a disaster!!! Plus, if I put it in my pocket, it would totally stick out a bunch more
and that is the reason why I said "not quite" instead of "wrong"
Actually, a decrease of 0.02 for a thickness of 0.43 is significant (4.6%)
If it is 100 then 0.02 is insignificant.
Found an option in itunes which seemed to help. Under the music setting when you click on ipod is the option to turn off album art. I tested the d3 with it last night and no track freezing. Will report back in a few days what happens. 
Found an option in itunes which seemed to help. Under the music setting when you click on ipod is the option to turn off album art. I tested the d3 with it last night and no track freezing. Will report back in a few days what happens.
It seems it only freeze up when you click video tab, podcast tab or something like that. Make sure you test that out.
I went into video, back to music, podcast then back to music. And tried playing on shuffle for about 1 hour and it never locked up. Hopefully this is the workaround we've been looking for
hope so. mine just started acting up for the first time since the firmware update was released. i have the feeling there must be some setting that was reset with the update that i recently changed back. i would say changing to video and back to music is a good test, because i can pretty much freeze/unfreeze every time by switching to and from video mode
Since we know that video doesn't work, I would assume switching to video mode might be a bad idea. Right?
I can't imagine it would be any different than all the folks who forgot to turn on the tv out on the video ipod. The audio from the vids played, and the image would display on the ipod itself. Trying to play videos on the classic is pretty useless, but I wouldn't think it should do any harm.
What I did notice was that the intermittent problem with the song tags updating would happen every single time I touched the video button. It was also a quick way to repair a locked up tag, as I generally keep the glove compartment locked so unplugging and reconnecting the ipod isn't practical. When someone says that they can do that without track info locking up, I take that as a good sign. However, I won't believe it until it works more than a couple days without incident.
Alas it finally locked up on one track. My friend was busy pressing buttons so I dont know exactly what he did but when I looked at the track info it had froozen. By the time the next track came though it fixed itself. On a different topic, when I have the ipod classic hooked to headphones and turn the sound all the way to off I still can hear sound. Is this normal? I figured turning the sound all the way down would, *GASP*, actually turn the sound off. Maybe its an Apple thing...
doh, and i was just starting to think that the cover art was the problem. i swear i am going to get into an accident just staring at the track info just to see if it moves. it definately freezes less. i wonder if it doesnt have something to do witht the fact that the ipod gets reset when updating the firmware or disabling cover art. even new out of the box, it was fine for a few days. i remember when mac people would swear by apple because of all the bugs in windows.
i hadnt noticed the volume issue. if i had headphones with me, i'd try it right now. i'll let ya know what i get. some devices i have had don't mute when the vol goes all the way down. it does have a pause button after all, so this can just be a manufacturer's decision, and not a bug
For those looking for the Black 80GB Ipod Video 5.5gen, Apple has the refurb for $219 shipped free. Previously, they only have the white ones available.
Got the old 30G today. It works (video and tracking information update correctly). However, I got a few gliches/questions.
1. Sometimes everything is frozen and I see Error-11???
2. When playing video, I cannot switch back to music. I touch the screen and see the music button, click on it and nothing played, got Error-11. Do I have to use iPod to switch back to music?
3. Is there anyway to select to play all songs from D3? I see only Playlist, albums, artist, genres and none of these give me option to play all. The new ones (8G and 80G I returned) do have the option "All" to play all.
4. Is there any way to play a list of movies? I have a lot of short music videos and it a pain in the butt to click here and there for one video to play.
1 - I have no clue
2 - I have no idea
3 - Just add every track to one playlist and call that playlist "All" That way if you want to play all the songs, just select that playlist.
4 - Damned if I know.
3. Is there anyway to select to play all songs from D3? I see only Playlist, albums, artist, genres and none of these give me option to play all. The new ones (8G and 80G I returned) do have the option "All" to play all.
In the main screen you'll find a "shuffle all" button just below the simulated scroll wheel. I assume you want to shuffle all your songs, not play them all in order, right?
No, I don't want to shuffle. I want to play all songs. This is new and I only have about 100 songs.
Like I said above, make a playlist with every song in it. Problem solved.
Like I said above, make a playlist with every song in it. Problem solved.
Ok, ok, I heard you. That is what I did. I just want a quick one click thing.
Anyway, I just try to answer dsf3g's question.
You can make a playlist of your videos too if you want them all to play also
I just bought my D3 last week and will be installing this weekend. Thanks for the heads up because I nearly bought a new Ipod to go with it. I really wanted the new Classic, but thanks to you guys I bought the refurb black 80gb from Apple and it should be here in a few days.
Thanks again for the heads up, I am learning a lot and haven't even taken it out of the box yet.
When u get ur referb ipod you are gonna like it a lot , i don`t even use the disk slot on my d3 well only now and then because i use my referb 30 gig black ipod for all of my music movies and videos, i just leave the nav disk in the slot.
You can make a playlist of your videos too if you want them all to play also
Tried that and doesn't work.
Does for me. I just hit next and previous like it were a music playlist
Is there anyway to control Videos on the 5.5 gens through the D3?
Put them all in a playlist. Hit play on the ipod for the first one. Use the D3 to control from then on---Use track up and down to move to other videos. Use the touchscreen arrows to fast forward, etc.
Is there anyway to control Videos on the 5.5 gens through the D3?
sweet. thanks!
Got the old 30G today. It works (video and tracking information update correctly). However, I got a few gliches/questions.
3. Is there anyway to select to play all songs from D3? I see only Playlist, albums, artist, genres and none of these give me option to play all. The new ones (8G and 80G I returned) do have the option "All" to play all.
ARTIST, ALL, ALL. Plays all songs!!!