I picked up a set of Wired Remote Control & Earbuds at the local Apple Store last week. They rock. You can "lock" your iPod put it in you pocket and only make volume/song/play-pause changes with the remote. You can then "lock" the remote as well. There’s a small clip on the back of the remote to fasten it to a piece of clothing. I’m not an Earbuds kind of guy, but these puppies are comfortable, fit my ears pretty well and sound good. I recommend this accessory to anyone who has an iPod that didn’t ship with them originally.
Monthly Archive for October, 2002
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I just saw a new BMW Films commercial. I really enjoyed the first series, definitely the best of the web in 2001. The first new film Hostage directed by John Woo will be "released" on October 24th. It looks like they’ll only be releasing three films this time, in all fairness though, they’re free to view and they’ve got to be expensive to produce (even though they get written off as an advertising expense).
My Jeep has been in the Shop for a week now, so I’ve been driving a rented Sunfire. This left me with one small problem. How do I listen to the runes on my ‘Pod in this car which provides no direct (aux) input on the radio’s front panel. I’m pretty sure that most rental companies frown upon user modifications of the factory radios, so i was left with finding an alternative. Headphone listening is not safe, so that’s out. My cassette adaptor would have come in handy, but most rental cars these days have built in CD players rather than cassette decks the one I rented was no exception.
This left me with only one option, and FM transmitter. I’ve recommended these to friends before and I thought I knew a bit about the subject. Rather than follow my own advise and do a bit of research over lunch I when directly to Radio Shack and picked up an irock Wireless Music Adapter.
The irock isn’t a bad unit, it operates over 4 FM frequencies (88.1, 88.3, 88.5, 88.7 MHz) on 2 AAA batteries that see to last a while. I have a few issues with the unit, most of them can be worked around.
- Limited frequency selection - in NYC suburbs , this can be a bit of a problem.
- Limited "Range" - The unit likes to be very close to the radio it’s transmitting to. This is nothing that some velcro attached to the rear of the transmitter and the side of the car stereo won’t fix.
- Sensitivity - this isn’t a bad thing, I’m used to keeping my iPod on 11 when it’s plugged directly into my Blaupunkt. The irock seems to like it at 7 or 8 for optimum sound before clipping it’s input section.
All of that being said, I’m now able to get satisfying sound out of my iPod in a rented car which should come in handy next time I travel and is the subject of my next rant: iPod travel necessities
Apple posted an iPod 1.2.2 updater for the European iPods last week. I’m sure all European iPod users will be sure to in a rush "update" their units to full conformity (Read: Lower Output Volume).
I made all of the classic "I forgot it’s a National Holiday" mistakes today. It started with putting out the garbage this morning, and finished with checking my mailbox for postal devivery when I got home. Perhaps it’s becuase my employer decided that today is a work day and not a Company Holiday, I was thrown off.