Recent content by palmfish

You hit the nail on the head edy. My Alpine iPod cable was in my glovebox (right where the installer left it). My iPod and X100 work perfectly together now. Thanks!

As far as I know, mine didn't come with that shorter cable. I guess I need to call the shop that I purchased my HU from. Thanks for the tip!

Are you talking about the KCE-422i "full-speed" cable or is there an Alpine USB cable I don't know about?

Yes, I restored it using iTunes. It works just great as an MP3 player. I've tried both iTunes and MediaMonkey and your right, MediaMonkey is great - I'm sticking with it. I haven't tried a reset yet. I'll give your method a shot. If that doesn't work, then I'm afraid it's likely the latest...

OK Jr, got another one for you. I just got my iPod and loaded all my music onto it without a hitch. Thing is, when I plug it into the X100, the HU displays, "USB Device Error." Is this the software version problem I've read about? My iPod is a 30GB gen 5 unit (late 2006 model) with software...

Thanks Jr, I knew you'd have the answers. My iPod should arrive any day now and I'll definitely check out the MediaMonkey website and start learning about ID Tags. That, or I'll just stick with the HD and forget all this other nonsense that I don't have time for...

I have a few questions for you Apple/iPod experts (JrVtecAccord)... 1. I've tried importing compilation CD's into iTunes and instead of being listed as an album with the album title associated, the individual songs get spread out throughout the library. Is there a way to make iTunes keep this...

As for iTunes, one thing I don't like is the ripping process. After a little experimenting, I prefer using WMP to rip and save an album in "My Music" and then importing it into iTunes manually. I tried MediaMonkey but the webpage wouldn't load. I then downloaded version 3 from CNet and the...

Just installed it and tried it out. Drivesort works perfectly. Darn it - now I may have to keep the HD and the iPod

JrVtec - I did download iTunes and begin transferring my music into it. So far, I like the way it works and I look forward to experimenting with playlists and the other features. I will also check out Mediamonkey and see how I like it. Thanks. Reggie - That's great info - and now that you...

Thanks Kai, that's what I thought. Oh well, I've flip-flopped again. Last night I took JrVtecAccord's advice and bought a used 30GB iPod (5th gen) off eBay for $115. I figured just the storage alone is worth about that right now. The seamless integration (file system, cover art, etc.) with...

So Kai, have you noticed how your 8GB USB drives alphabetize your music? Used 30gb iPods are selling for about $150 so I reconsidering getting a 16GB USB thumb drive for about half that and being done with it.

I think I can make the 14th. I'm sure my system doesn't hold a candle (performance/volume wise) to your enthusiast setups, but now that I've got it put back together and working again (long story), you might enjoy seeing/hearing some "old school" equipment: 1988 BMW M3 Front Amp - a/d/s PS5.2...

It takes about 5 seconds for my X100 to access my HD, and then it starts playing the first song of the first album automatically. Scrolling through albums and selecting tracks is instantaneous with mine (though I only have maybe 500 songs). Here's one fix for alphabetizing my files. Yesterday...

So, I've been out of town for the past three weeks. I finally got back and picked up a Western Digital USB HD and loaded it with about 40 albums. If you're still around Kai, I've got a question for you... The drive works great - the HU reads it perfectly. When I loaded all my initial albums...