I thought my iPod had died

[Pale Rider]

I've not used my iPod Classic for a couple of years due to a general loss of interest in recorded music.

A recent long car journey motivated me to fire it up again.

This did not go well.

Despite being on charge for a couple of hours, it wouldn't play for more than a few minutes, even while still plugged in.

"Use it or lose it' is the perceived wisdom with lithium batteries, so I thought it was kaput.

I left it plugged into the car's usb socket, where it has been for the last couple of weeks.

The socket is only powered when the car is running, but the battery will have had quite a bit of on and off charging in that time.

A google of battery replacement revealed that was also a job that might not go well.

So I decided to give the iPod one last try, more in hope than expectation.

Great joy - it lives.

It's been playing in the house for the last hour or so on battery only with no drop of the charge indicator.

Two morals of the story.

Don't leave a rechargeable gadget unused, but if you do, charging it for ages might bring it back to life.

 

[Profpointy]

thanks for tip. Mine is getting a bit flaky and will only charge from a pc isb port and not from the proper, albeit not-apple plug. I'll leave it plugged in for a few days. Also i-tunes failes to mprl3-ise lots of stuff for it which is also a nuisance. My stuff is in lossless format on PC but far too little space on ipod unless compressed

 

[Pale Rider]

thanks for tip. Mine is getting a bit flaky and will only charge from a pc isb port and not from the proper, albeit not-apple plug. I'll leave it plugged in for a few days. Also i-tunes failes to mprl3-ise lots of stuff for it which is also a nuisance. My stuff is in lossless format on PC but far too little space on ipod unless compressed

Sound quality is a problem, although iPod Classics are supposed to be better than most mp3 players.

I'm not sure if 'lossless' was available when I loaded my CDs onto the iTunes about five years ago.

I find quality to be better when outputting via the docking plug rather than the headphone jack.

Looks like I've just lost one bar on the indicator after two hours of continuous play.

I can't remember how long the battery used to last, but current (ho-ho) performance looks quite good.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I consider myself one of my employers gadgets.

I will suggest a holiday of 39 months which will be enough to recharge me ready the day after for my retirement

 

[Pale Rider]

I consider myself one of my employers gadgets.

I didn't know you'd made inspector.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Gadget

 

[Globalti]

I once bought the kit to replace the battery in my iPod classic. It worked but I will never do it again; my eyes were squiffy for hours from squinting at the tiny solders and my fingers sore from trying to get the damned case open.

 

[Lonestar]

Are they good? I've got a Goodmans 8 gig mp3 player which runs on an AAA battery.

 

[Pale Rider]

Are they good? I've got a Goodmans 8 gig mp3 player which runs on an AAA battery.

One of the good things about iPod Classics is the large 160gb capacity.

My iTunes library is not huge - 28gb - but there are very few mp3 players bigger than 32gb and not many that size.

I don't often add to my library, but a 32gb player wouldn't give me much head room.

Classics, as I mentioned earlier, are also known for their good sound quality.

Not really important if you listen through 99p earphones, but I like to play mine through a compact hi-fi system or the car, where you can tell the difference.

Apple dropped the Classic a couple of years ago.

It appears 'new old stock' now fetches what the motor trade calls overs - more than list price.

They are going for about £500 on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-iPod-classic-160GB-Generation/dp/B002MRRROQ

 

[Lonestar]

Ah because of the screen I guess? Mines just a basic MP3 player for listening to while on the bike.I never listen to stuff when out walking.

 

[Pale Rider]

Ah because of the screen I guess? Mines just a basic MP3 player for listening to while on the bike.I never listen to stuff when out walking.

My stuff is all music, so not resource heavy.

I think the Classic will do video, but I've never tried it.

The Classic is quite big compared to the smaller capacity players, but it's not as big as Apple's replacement which is the size of an iPhone.

http://www.apple.com/uk/ipod/?afid=..._pcrid_79782677893_&cid=aos-uk-kwg-ipod-slid-

 

[w00hoo_kent]

My cheap one died at Upminster on a ride out to Colchester (that stopped for a train in Chelmsford because I was so wet, behind schedule and had somewhere to be) it'd rained constantly coming out North East from Greenwich and around Barking the music stopped. I carried on cycling and stopped at traffic lights in Upminsterabout 30 minutes down the road and it suddenly played the opening to A Scroobius Pip ft Dan Le Sac's song where he announces "I just can't take any more" twice. Then it was silent forever.

Just a little unsettling.

 

[Saluki]

One of the good things about iPod Classics is the large 160gb capacity.


Apple dropped the Classic a couple of years ago.

It appears 'new old stock' now fetches what the motor trade calls overs - more than list price.

They are going for about £500 on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-iPod-classic-160GB-Generation/dp/B002MRRROQ

Bloody Hell.
We have an iPod Touch each and the classic is our back up pod that goes in the car. I had no idea that they were fetching that much. We barely use it, I might sell it on!

 

[AndyRM]

Love my Classic. A triumph of design in so many ways. I hadn't realosed they'd been phased out, I'll have to look after mine more carefully, it suffers all manner of abuse!

 

[Pale Rider]

Bloody Hell.
We have an iPod Touch each and the classic is our back up pod that goes in the car. I had no idea that they were fetching that much. We barely use it, I might sell it on!

I was quite surprised.

There can't be many gadgets that fetch more second hand than when they were new.

Most you can't give away.

When I searched I was sent first to Amazon in the US.

Same story there, new old stock is making six or seven hundred dollars, and second hand ones are a few hundred.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

It's because people love the design parameters and nobody does anything quite like them any more. Couple that with electric stuff dying periodically and the ability to buy from anywhere in the world and you get an appreciating gadget. It's possible someone will fill the gap, although because of its appleness probably unlikely.