Why SD cards?
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Thanks guys for this thread...it motivated me to check into using the SD card slots...I couldn't be happier. And I would really be surprised if there is a car on the market today that makes it easier to transfer songs to the hard drive.
Transfer 300 songs to SD card...about 4 minutes.
Transfer those songs to hard drive via SD card...about 4 minutes.
Very nice.
In my Sync equiped Expedition...I have to burn CD's and then burn those CD's to the hard drive...such a hassle.
Transfer 300 songs to SD card...about 4 minutes.
Transfer those songs to hard drive via SD card...about 4 minutes.
Very nice.
In my Sync equiped Expedition...I have to burn CD's and then burn those CD's to the hard drive...such a hassle.
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Assuming using an external HD is the better-quality solution vice iPOD:
How does the browsing experience from a HD compare to the user-friendly iPOD control that I was so impressed with on my test drive?
How does the browsing experience from a HD compare to the user-friendly iPOD control that I was so impressed with on my test drive?
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iPods are generally incapable of outputting a digital signal over the standard dock interface. The only way it could conceivably be done (and not having studied the hardware I don't even know if this is possible) is with a complex app that would have to bypass the DAC and output a digital signal over the standard mini jack, or a custom app that would process and output the digital signal over other pins on the dock, but this would require custom wiring, and both of those would require a custom solution to receive the signal as it isn't the standard analog line out that the doc connection normally outputs.
The reason this is the case is because the recording industry would throw a fit if Apple sold a device that would allow a person to easily transport and output a perfect digital copy of a copyrighted work. In other words, this is just another form of copy protection.
So in summary, you cannot readily and easily output digital sound from an iPod or other MP3 player. It will always output an analog waveform subject to interference and the inherent loss in all analog transmission and conversion back and forth from analog to digital.
The reason this is the case is because the recording industry would throw a fit if Apple sold a device that would allow a person to easily transport and output a perfect digital copy of a copyrighted work. In other words, this is just another form of copy protection.
So in summary, you cannot readily and easily output digital sound from an iPod or other MP3 player. It will always output an analog waveform subject to interference and the inherent loss in all analog transmission and conversion back and forth from analog to digital.
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Now hold on a minute. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point, but you can certainly use an ipod as a disk drive. Sure, Ii's not possible to output from an ipod directly into the jukebox through the ipod dock, but it's very easy to output digital music from an ipod into itunes (except for music bought from the itunes store) on any computer and then output the music from the computer in whatever format you choose - for example onto CDs, onto SDs or onto another iPod. The most well-known programs are "Music Rescue" and "Senuti". Apple doesn't support these programs and tries to pretend you can't use an iPod in this fashion, but you definitely can do it.
Kind of splitting hairs, but I hope I made sense.
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