Can you put music on from CD's and not just itunes? I was looking at the ipod nano 8 GB for my 12 year old daughter. Can we load songs from CD's she already has, or do you have to purchase songs from itunes only? Can you put music on from CD's and not just itunes? I was looking at the ipod nano 8 GB for my 12 year old daughter. Can we load songs from CD's she already has, or do you have to purchase... » Read More Can you put music on from CD's and not just itunes? I was looking at the ipod nano 8 GB for my 12 year old daughter. Can we load songs from CD's she already has, or do you have to purchase songs from itunes only? « Show Less
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the simple answer is yes, you can load them. you dont have to pay for what you already have on cd. and its very easy. also, i recommend using limewire to download music. i have more than a thousand songs on my ipod video and i've never paid for anything on itunes. you just download. and its legal. technically.
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Yes, using Limewire is legal, but using it to distribute or receive items to which you do not have the legal right to do so, can hit you with fines from the RIAA/MPAA in the (unlikely) scenario that you are caught.Furthermore, Limewire, along with any other filesharing program, can open your computer to a world of viruses, spyware, and other unwanted items. Please carefully configure your program if you do choose to use a file-sharing utility, and do not share content which you know you shouldn't.
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Just remember with Limewire, you have to download things via limewire and them import them into iTunes. So you will have two copies of these songs on your disk. Also, you can set up all the limewire songs to go to a specific folder and have iTunes monitor that folder. Then when iTunes starts up, it will automatically ask you if you want to import those songs or do it automatically.Limewire has a strange new setup where they charge you $25 for unlimited "legal" downloads. I'm not sure how this differs from regular limewire where people are downloading all the time for free. I guess if you believe them, they claim to pay royalties on the tracks you download and give you priority in terms of bandwidth. Just remember with Limewire, you have to download things via limewire and them import them into iTunes. So you will have two copies of these songs on your disk. Also, you can set up all the limewire songs to go to a specific folder and have iTunes monitor that folder. Then when iTunes starts up, it will automatically ask you if you want to import those songs or do it automatically.Limewire has a strange new setup where they charge you $25 for unlimited "legal" downloads. I'm not sure how this differs from regular limewire where people are downloading all the time for... » Read More Just remember with Limewire, you have to download things via limewire and them import them into iTunes. So you will have two copies of these songs on your disk. Also, you can set up all the limewire songs to go to a specific folder and have iTunes monitor that folder. Then when iTunes starts up, it will automatically ask you if you want to import those songs or do it automatically.Limewire has a strange new setup where they charge you $25 for unlimited "legal" downloads. I'm not sure how this differs from regular limewire where people are downloading all the time for free. I guess if you believe them, they claim to pay royalties on the tracks you download and give you priority in terms of bandwidth. « Show Less
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Thanks!! You answered the specific question I had in mind: downloads from limewire. Its one of the main reasons I was hestitating on the ipod. I wasn't sure how restrictive it was (like, can you only upload things onto it from itunes, etc.) But now I know. THANKS!!!
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After you downlaod the itunes software into your computer it is simple. Load the cd's in your computer. Download the cd to your itunes program. Then hookup your Ipod to your computer by the USB cable and start downloading. It's that simple. The Itunes sotftware will tell you and ask you certain questions. Your Ipod has certain setting features that you can play with to make downloading eaiser. But she's 12, I think let her have it and well, she will be done in no time.
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hmmm thanks for all the points y'all. this will help a lot of people too. By the way. speaking of FLAC I'm now looking into it. (I'm on the Mac.)How do you get your FLAC files? Do you rip them from CDs? also... I assume that it makes no sense to buy mp3s (lets say on iTunes) and then convert to FLAC as the mp3 is of lesser quality. Therefore to have FLAC files you would have to buy all your music on CD am I correct?if I can only buy iTunes music then hopefully the 256kbps files they sell will do these cans justice.Please enlighten me because having higher quality audio will definitely help my HD595s deliver their best. Thanks. hmmm thanks for all the points y'all. this will help a lot of people too. By the way. speaking of FLAC I'm now looking into it. (I'm on the Mac.)How do you get your FLAC files? Do you rip them from CDs? also... I assume that it makes no sense to buy mp3s (lets say on iTunes) and then convert to FLAC as the mp3 is of lesser quality. Therefore to have FLAC files you would have to buy all your music on CD am I correct?if I can only buy iTunes music then hopefully the 256kbps files they sell will do these cans justice.Please enlighten me because having higher... » Read More hmmm thanks for all the points y'all. this will help a lot of people too. By the way. speaking of FLAC I'm now looking into it. (I'm on the Mac.)How do you get your FLAC files? Do you rip them from CDs? also... I assume that it makes no sense to buy mp3s (lets say on iTunes) and then convert to FLAC as the mp3 is of lesser quality. Therefore to have FLAC files you would have to buy all your music on CD am I correct?if I can only buy iTunes music then hopefully the 256kbps files they sell will do these cans justice.Please enlighten me because having higher quality audio will definitely help my HD595s deliver their best. Thanks. « Show Less
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A 30GB Ipod uses a mechanical Hard Drive, not solid-state memory, so it is sensitive to drops. I would start a 12 year old on a solid-state memory device like a Shuffle or Nano. Smaller, much lighter, and most important more forgiving of drops, mishandling, etc.
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No, but you can import your CD music into your iTunes and listen to it that way. I've done that with all my old CDs as CDs are simply old technology.
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Yes the 8 GB flash drive will work with this CD player. The artists and song names will display on the head unit depending on how the files are transferred to the USB drive. For example if you take original not burnt CDs and rip them to your computer then copy them to your USB the artist and song names will appear normally..if you have multiple artists on a burnt mixed CD without any artist or track names then it will display as custom mix. If you use windows media player you can manually go into each song on your computer and change the artist and track info to the correct informAtion. Hope this helps Yes the 8 GB flash drive will work with this CD player. The artists and song names will display on the head unit depending on how the files are transferred to the USB drive. For example if you take original not burnt CDs and rip them to your computer then copy them to your USB the artist and song names will appear normally..if you have multiple artists on a burnt mixed CD without any artist or track names then it will display as custom mix. If you use windows media player you can manually go into each song on your computer and change the artist and track info to the correct informAtion.... » Read More Yes the 8 GB flash drive will work with this CD player. The artists and song names will display on the head unit depending on how the files are transferred to the USB drive. For example if you take original not burnt CDs and rip them to your computer then copy them to your USB the artist and song names will appear normally..if you have multiple artists on a burnt mixed CD without any artist or track names then it will display as custom mix. If you use windows media player you can manually go into each song on your computer and change the artist and track info to the correct informAtion. Hope this helps « Show Less
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Can you use any cd or does it have to be a karaoke cd.. meaning, can I use any reg song cd I buy or music I bought from ITunes?
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You can only use Ipod and Iphones 4th generation or older, no other :( you can look at the amazon recomendations for music cds. I hope this helps you :)
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My daughter played a CD with it just yesterday. It just played the CD and did not go to iTunes.
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With any iPod you have to first install iTunes on a personal computer. Then you load you cd into your iTunes program. Then you plug your iPod into the PC and download your music files. So the answer is yes.
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Sorry this answer is a few days late. I am not sure exactly about books. However, I have copied CDs onto the iPod with no trouble. I have also downloaded files from iTunes as well as other audio files onto the iPod and they work fine. My guess is that either a CD audio book or a purely digital audio file of a book would work perfectly fine.
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you really don't need it you can put all your music on a thumb drive and just plug it in to the face of it. I never used the CD player function since i bought this. i have a 64 gig thumb drive plugged in to mine which is more music than you can fit on 6 CD's. you can also plug in an ipod and any other mp3 player as long as you use the power and data feature.
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es open your door, put In the CD and once you have your Intunes account set up It open Itunes and ask you "DO YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE DISK" Well If you want the entire CD In your Itunes say yes. IF NOT and want a single or 2 off the cd? Say no , then slide just the tracks you want Into where It says "Music" on the top left on the Itunes page. And you only use space for the tracks you really want In there. Itunes Is VERY user friendly.
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Yes it will work. If i can operate this, so can you. Go to Itunes. com set up an account. Place your cd in the drive of your computer/laptop. Itunes will automatically read all the songs on the CD and ask you if you want to download it (you can uncheck any songs you want to) and bingo, they are put onto your ITunes library. Now plug your IPod into your computer/laptop and it will automatically sync the songs to your IPod, easy peasy!
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I don't entirely understand the question, but I'll give you my scenario. I have an old computer that was built in 2002, it has a 40 Gb hard drive that is partitioned, and it runs USB 1.1. I also have a new Dell Vista machine where my main iTunes library is stored, that is at a different location so networking isn't an option. I wanted to back up my music, and I wanted to play it on the old machine, so I bought one of these drives for that. Now I don't have to use 16 (or so, I think the actual capacity is 15.something Gb) Gb of space on that tiny hard drive, I can use the USB drive for all my music. It opened up the space on the old hard drive so I don't have to duplicate the music files there. ITunes reads just fine from the flash drive over USB 1.1; it took some work to copy all the files into iTunes from the flash drive though and get it all set up. As long as the drive letter stays the same, iTunes can find the music any time that flash drive is plugged in and play directly from it. I hope this helps.
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Yes, I've. Taken songs off my cd's and are now on my itunes account. I tranfered my music to my computer then opened them to play in itunes, itunes does the rest and stores them in your itunes account
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Any musuc I download whether through itunes or not can be added to my itunes library and in turn added to the ipod shuffle. In fact most songs I have were purchased through Napster or some place similar.
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For my purposes (to back up elderly LPs), I use CD-RWs (rewritable CDs) in my machine, then transfer them to my computer (into iTunes). Then, I can move them to my iPod, if desired.