Buying a shuffle

I currently use a 4G 40GB iPod that has been in the "shop" too many times,,, I'm stuck without my 'pod' and about to go on a weeklong business trip. This is not acceptable.
I'm going to purchase a Shuffle as a backup to the iPod - Will installation guide me easily to give the Shuffle its own name and not be confused with the other iPod that runs off my library? I'll continue to use the one library on my PC for both .... THanks for the reply....

BP,
I assume you already have iTunes on your Sony (to service your 4G iPod), and that it's the latest version (4.7.1). If so, don't bother loading the program again from the CD that comes with your Shuffle. Just plug in the Shuffle and iTunes should ask you to register it, and then name it -- give it a different name from the 4G iPod. Once that's done both iPods should appear in iTune's Source List -- I'd suggest not having them both plugged in at the same time.
Roger
Roger

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So my 20gb iPod kicked the bucket a few days ago and I go out and buy a shuffle. I get it home and find the shuffle cant connect to my eMac due to its design. My keyboard is a MacAlly keyboard with USB 1.0 so that wont work either. I go and pull out the keyboard that came with the computer. It has USB 1.1 ... anyway it allowed me to connect the iPod to the computer and transfer songs. Except the keyboard's USB ports aren't high power so it wont charge the shuffle. So I go out and buy a USB extender so I can plug my shuffle into the computer's port. Well it didn't work in 2 of the 3 ports, but the last one i tried worked. Funny thing is it charges but the computer doesnt recognize the shuffle no matter what I do. So I have to charge it with the computer's port and transfer songs through the keyboard port. A bit of a pain in the arse.
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Hehe... gotta love technology.

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Since buying my Shuffle, I have been very disappointed in a couple of things. First, When I shut my Shuffle OFF, the voume seems to default back to very low, when I turn it back on. In iTunes,it is set and locked to MAX allowable volume. is there any way to correct this, so the Volume returns to the level when turned off?
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Odd, my new 4th Gen Shuffle seems to do both things you want it to do in that it starts up where ever it last left off and the volume remains set the same as well.
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