Which is the best iPod for me?

dugsy

I have a radio in the kitchen which has a docking facility for an iPod. I've never had an iPod so everything related is new for me. All I want is an iPod that will dock in the kitchen radio and allow me to listen to my 9Gb of MP3 music. Don't need any other facility on the iPod at all. Can anyone tell me what the best model or make to go for is please? There are just so many to choose from and to be honest I'm a bit at a loss as to I should choose. Anyone any suggestions?
Many thanks.

penrhyn

Pick up an iPod Nano for peanuts off fleebay..

dugsy

penrhyn wrote: »

Pick up an iPod Nano for peanuts off fleebay..

Thanks penryn. I have never dealt with ebay but will look up the iPod Nano you suggest.

googler

There's only one 'make' of iPod, and that's Apple.

If you have 9Gb of mp3, get one with a little or lot over 9Gb, depending on how much more music you expect to accumulate.

If you buy an iPod, you need a PC with iTunes to load your mp3s onto it. When you have iTunes loaded, choose the 'import folder' option to tell iTunes merely to link to the current mp3s, not to duplicate them within the iTunes library.

dugsy

googler wrote: »

There's only one 'make' of iPod, and that's Apple.

If you have 9Gb of mp3, get one with a little or lot over 9Gb, depending on how much more music you expect to accumulate.

If you buy an iPod, you need a PC with iTunes to load your mp3s onto it. When you have iTunes loaded, choose the 'import folder' option to tell iTunes merely to link to the current mp3s, not to duplicate them within the iTunes library.

Thanks for that googler. I'm wondering if it might be better to buy a DAB radio which has a USB 2 facility as this might simplify things. Anyone any thoughts on this - or suggestions as to which radio might suit?
Many thanks.

googler

Beyond the fact that your new solution requires replacement of the current radio with a new one .... which seems the long way round.

I have no particular experience of DAB radios which allow USB playback, I'm afraid.

andy-smith

Clearly the DAB is the best approach.

SidP

Unfortunately, Apple's UK Store is offline at the moment as they update it for the newly-released iPhones. However, when that's done, you can see their current range by going here.

In the meantime, get an idea of prices by going to Amazon, here.

Someone previously recommended the Nano, but there are two other types that may suit: the iPod classic, and the iPod touch. The latter is one of the touch-screen types, and will be able to do much more than the others through the downloading of free and non-free apps (such as the ubiquitous Angry Birds); the former is much more like the Nano, but has the capacity for a great deal of music (80GB is the minimum I believe), or slightly less music at much higher quality.

All three are available on the Amazon store, at a wide variety of prices. I'd personally recommend you pop into a local branch of John Lewis, Currys or similar and try them out yourself, though, as most of these stores have fully-functional display models that you can fiddle with all you want.

Good luck!

Iain_L

What people haven't asked yet is what kind of dock has your radio got?

The reason is that Apple recently changed the type of connection from a fairly large 30 pin one to a smaller connection called a Lightning connection. If you let us know the make/model of radio we may be able to help more with what iPod would fit.

You can get an adaptor, but I personally wouldn't use one on my radio dock as it wouldn't allow the iPod to sit properly.

Iain

wba31

Iain_L wrote: »

What people haven't asked yet is what kind of dock has your radio got?

The reason is that Apple recently changed the type of connection from a fairly large 30 pin one to a smaller connection called a Lightning connection. If you let us know the make/model of radio we may be able to help more with what iPod would fit.

You can get an adaptor, but I personally wouldn't use one on my radio dock as it wouldn't allow the iPod to sit properly.

Iain

I've not seen any lightning connector docks yet, they all seem to still have 30 pin, however an adapter can be bought for £25.

I bought my wife a 16gb iPod Nano in July and she loves it. She had the previous nano and found it fiddly, but this new one is great. the new one is lightning connector so will need an adapter. Apple store says £129, i paid less in Argos so shop around for the iPod itself. Don't shop around for the adapter as there have been faults with the fake adapters and cables

http://www.apple.com/uk/ipod-nano/

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD823ZM/A/lightning-to-30-pin-adapter?fnode=72

dugsy

Iain_L wrote: »

What people haven't asked yet is what kind of dock has your radio got?

The reason is that Apple recently changed the type of connection from a fairly large 30 pin one to a smaller connection called a Lightning connection. If you let us know the make/model of radio we may be able to help more with what iPod would fit.

You can get an adaptor, but I personally wouldn't use one on my radio dock as it wouldn't allow the iPod to sit properly.

Iain

Thanks Iain. My older radio which I have in the kitchen has recently started having problems tuning in to stations and I figured this was because of the onset of digital output. To cope with this I figured I might buy a DAB radio and as I have just over 8Gb of music on my computer I also wondered about playing this on the new radio. My first thought was it need to be an iPod but then someone mentioned a USB input. So I am now wondering if it would be easier to get a DAB radio having a USB facility and if anyone can recommend anything suitable?