Ming the Merciless
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Get a Bluetooth transmitter. You can get Bluetooth 5 ones that plug into the 3.5mm headphone socket and work a treat.
Any mp3 player users?
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Get a Bluetooth transmitter. You can get Bluetooth 5 ones that plug into the 3.5mm headphone socket and work a treat.
fossyant
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Not used an MP3 player in years - just stream to bluetooth speakers now.
Jody
Stubborn git
TBF it might have changed in the last few years but it's the main reason I stopped using it. Each song was given a number and the songs would then be split over different folders. The folders were also numbered but not in any logical order.
I had to use I-SyncR to scavenge, rename and order everything.
Shame as I lost a portion of my library and probably 50% of what I'd purchased from them due to their historic DRM policy.
Never used it again after that.
Ming the Merciless
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Been like that since at least 2006.
Two-Wheels
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I use a 160GB 6th gen / 7th gen (depending how you see it) iPod Classic.
Not only do I use an 'ancient' mp3 player, I also use it with WIRED earphones. Yep you heard me.
I have it plugged in to my car connected to my Alpine CDE-126BT so I can control it from the head unit and it also keeps charged.
I'll then take it out for the gym. I don't use my phone for the gym as by the time I've finished work, my battery can be quite low so I don't want to reduce it further & have it run out of juice mid workout.
Not only do I use an 'ancient' mp3 player, I also use it with WIRED earphones. Yep you heard me.
I have it plugged in to my car connected to my Alpine CDE-126BT so I can control it from the head unit and it also keeps charged.
I'll then take it out for the gym. I don't use my phone for the gym as by the time I've finished work, my battery can be quite low so I don't want to reduce it further & have it run out of juice mid workout.
matticus
Guru
Sorry, had to change my batteries - could you repeat that?
Ming the Merciless
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Lot to be said for a dedicated player with superior battery life and easier controls than a phone.
vickster
Legendary Member
Not much good if sat on the Tube or in the gym
(I use my phone nowadays, not used an iPod for several years)
fossyant
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What's the tube or gym. My bike replaces bothNot much good if sat on the Tube or in the gym
(I use my phone nowadays, not used an iPod for several years)
vickster
Legendary Member
Good for youWhat's the tube or gym. My bike replaces both
Sometimes it would be wholly inappropriate/impractical to cycle home 15 miles after a night out on main roads...and there are many parts of my ongoing rehab that I can't do on the bike but need to use a gym/pool
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swee'pea99
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Not that I like 'em or anything...
Probably worth mentioning, the screens and navigation on older models like these (available on the bay for a song) may be a bit challenging to a very young type person. On the plus side, the sound quality tends to be very good (easily audibly better than a phone), battery life is good, and they seem to be pretty much indestructible. Batteries can be replaced too - a tenner off the bay, give or take. All in all, given postings above about brand new ones for 30 quid, that might be a better way to go. But if it was me I'd go Creative Zen Touch - the sound quality is tops!
Probably worth mentioning, the screens and navigation on older models like these (available on the bay for a song) may be a bit challenging to a very young type person. On the plus side, the sound quality tends to be very good (easily audibly better than a phone), battery life is good, and they seem to be pretty much indestructible. Batteries can be replaced too - a tenner off the bay, give or take. All in all, given postings above about brand new ones for 30 quid, that might be a better way to go. But if it was me I'd go Creative Zen Touch - the sound quality is tops!
wiggydiggy
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@swee'pea99
Those Sony Pebble ones were tough to use (had to use Sony's own ATRAC format and software) but really nice looking though mine ended up being used as a small portable hard drive after the battery life died on it and wouldn't hold a charge any more.
Those Sony Pebble ones were tough to use (had to use Sony's own ATRAC format and software) but really nice looking though mine ended up being used as a small portable hard drive after the battery life died on it and wouldn't hold a charge any more.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Sony's software is, by common consent, unmitigated crap. But there is a little program called Jsymphonic, which does the job much better.
