Ipod Classic is pretty slow

How much time does the ipod classic needs to open a song ? For me, it takes about3-4 seconds,i hear a noise and then it opens with the album art ..is it normal?
Thx for helping me!

You've got to remember that the Classic uses a physically small (1.8" I believe) and relatively slow drive. As the iPod access music files, artwork, etc. it must first retrieve it from the hard drive. This differs from the Nano, which uses flash memory (not a hard drive). Now, as data on the hard drive changes - adding and deleting music, playlists, podcasts, etc. - files on the drive will begin to fragment; this will also slow some things down.
If you find that the iPod is slowing over time, you can try restoring it then resyncing all of your music. This acts as a reformat and should eliminate fragmented files. *Make sure you have all of your music in iTunes before proceeding since the restore will completely wipe your iPod*.
Another thing you can try is removing your album artwork from the iPod. This means that it only needs to retrieve music, not graphics as well. This should speed up the starting of your songs.

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Cured the problem! Reinstalled an earlier version of itunes from oldapps.com (version 10) now everything works as it should. I would suggest that if you are experiencing these problems that you do the same. I must say that it is a brave business decision on behalf of apple to effectively lock out all windows 7 users from their products and sales channels and I can only wish them luck in this very shortsighted policy.

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I was playing with the iPod classic at the Apple store and it ran slow. The iPod touch runs fast. My old iPod video (5th gen) runs slow. Why doesn't the iPod classic run as fast as the iPod touch or not any faster than my old iPod video? I thought Apple cared about a fast easy user experience like on their iPhone. Don't people complain about Android phones running slow? The iPod classic is so sluggish it's annoying. Why do they want their iPod classics to run slower than an old Zune?

Well, it could just be that the processor in the Classic doesn't like the particular video you were using, although I did base my answer on your first post, which said I was playing with the iPod classic at the Apple store... . As far as I know, in-store demo videos are not included on purchased iPods. So your decision to purchase was presumably based on your tests of it in-store.
It's still a matter of "you makes your choice - you pays your money".
My choice was to stick with my 160GB Classic for it's capacity, but to buy an iPod Touch in addition, for it's other abilities (including widescreen for videos, compared to the Classic). I realise that's not an affordable option for many people. But it was my solution.
Maybe that's why Apple provide choices.

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I've encountered the same problem. For some reason either it be the Firmware on the iPod or iTunes program - it doesn't automatically sync updates to the iPod.
The only solution I've found is to have the Manually manage songs and videos in the Summary window checked.
That way I can add or delete off the iPod itself and update accordingly.
It's a more tedious process but it's not like the 'old days' when you could plug your iPod in and it did all the changes. I guess Apple is placing less and less value on these players.

Hi there, I have a problem with my iPod Classic (from 2009). Everytime I connect it to my computer (Windows), iTunes does not work anymore. Music is automatically deleted on my iPod. Any suggestions please?

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Thanks, for info, iPod Classic is a slower machine compared the Nano, unfortunately, if you read these discussions, majority of the freezes involved iTunes 10. Although if might be just slow and some impatient user just disconnect the iPod ands cause more problems. ( Yes I also did that but safely by doing a iPod Hard Reset, before disconnecting).
Here is the Apple support article that may help you.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
or my usual solution for Windows Users.
Antivirus has a tendency to freeze iTunes sync Operation with iPod Classic, causing a timeout, which corrupt your iPod filesystem, so when iTunes can't read the iPod, it is pointing to this problem. Other causes is when your iPod hardisk is dying, or your battery is dying causing hardisk crashes.
My suggestion.
Connect your iPod to the PC and run chkdsk, to fix any iPod diskerror, then disconnect it, after chkdsk complete.
Disconnect your PC from Internet. (just to make sure no nasties creep into your system while you syncing.
Stop the Antivirus program
Connect your iPod to the PC, using a high speed USB 2.0 port at the back of your PC, do not use any USB Hub.
When iTunes Open up, Restore your iPod please, this is for iTunes to map correctly, to fix the corrupted filesystem.
When Restore complete, eject the iPod and reconnect again.
Sync your ipod, preferably manually Manage in small batches and disconnect after every batch, to check that all is well.
When all sync is complete, and iPod disconnected, start back your Antivirus and connect back the Internet.
Good Luck!

IPod Classic 80gb SLOW in iTunes

Just wanted to add my voice to the growing number of people complaining that their new iPod Classics are causing iTunes to freeze, crash, not respond, etc.
I got mine yesterday, an 80gb one, and after a four hour synch I assumed the slowness I experienced when trying to disconnect was a result of the long first synch and thought nothing more of it.
Today though, I tried to update some podcasts and make a playlist and the entire process took about fifteen minutes because each time I tried to do ANYTHING, iTunes stopped responding for about a minute.
After a search of the web I see that a lot of people are reporting the same thing, even after getting replacement iPods. The Classic just isn't compatible with iTunes - which seems a pretty MAJOR oversight! Does anyone know if Apple are going to address this problem and sort it out with an update - or are us iPod Classic users simply stuck with a lame duck product that never should have been put on sale?
What annoys me the most about this, is that I didn't really want the Classic model anyway, I wanted a 5th gen 80gb iPod video, but by the time I'd gotten my money saved for it, the Classic replacement was out and I had to buy that for the 80gb of storage I need. I got my girlfriend a 5th gen for her birthday earlier in the year and it's been fantastic, so when my 2nd gen finally died a few months back, I looked forward to joining her with the new model.
If this problem isn't sorted out soon (either through a software update, or Apple publically apologizing for not testing their product and replacing everybody's flawed Classic with a comparable new 5th gen) this will be a real shame and a stain on a usually reliable company's reputation.

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First, iTunes is very slow. It seems to freeze for minutes at a time when performing any operations on it.
Secondly, I have a lot of Podcasts - both video and audio.
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In iTunes with my iPod connected they show up under both the iTunes directory and in the iPod Directory immediately after syncing. However, if I eject and then reconnect the iPod, upon reconnection they no longer show up in iTunes in the iPod directory.
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In addition to iTunes becoming completely unusable for a few minutes (completely frozen) when I plug in to sync and recharge, the unit itself seems to periodically hang for more than a few seconds as I navigate the menu.
My podcasts disappear from my iPod classic every time I sync, whether or not I listened to them.
Every once in a while it just shuts off and requires a manual restart to come back on.
The battery seems to drain far faster than what makes sense, and all I do is listen to music. Two hours into my listening time and the battery meter says its almost a quarter drained!
At this point the thing keeps randomly rebooting for no reason when I am using it. Also, as I'm typing this, I heard the click of death from the hard drive.
One thing of note though, I noticed that I had set up LastFM with the thing when I first got it. I doubt it would cause half the issues here, but it is a variable to consider.
I have restored this device three times since it arrived. In addition, I'm finding myself restarting it at least twice if not more per day.
I have put in a request to warranty this thing. This soon after ordering it, and after all the things I've done, my experience screams that this unit is defective. Either that, or Apple is gonna need to issue a recall. I really hope it is just the former.

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Note to Apple Management: When a customer pays $250 to $350 for and iPod, the customer has heightened expectation levels, especially if he/she has had success with prior successful products. Especially since the classic is the 6th generation machine. Please get on this Apple!!!!!

I solved my problem!! I just loaded my iPod classic 160GB with 40GB of music and one video file.
I upgraded to iTune 7.5.0.20 and iPod Software 1.0.2 with no major ill effects. (I had to install iTunes 7.5 a second time because it told me to.) Windows XP is at SP 2 level and appears to be fine.
I tried using msconfig to stop initally loading anything except iTunesHelper and qttask. Nothing major broken yet. This is good news.
I tried loading over one album at a time (Using the Manual button in the options) and iTunes started freezing up at weird places (but it usually came back after a while.)
So I set the iPod into Disk Mode and I went to the Summary screen and only checked the "Enable Disk Use" box. (The top box was already checked.)
I Clicked on the Music tab and chose Sync Music and All songs and playlists (I would suggest you try something less to test this; my whole list took almost 12 hours to copy over. But I'm running with 1.1 USB ports). It ran very smoothly and iTunes only got fussy when I asked it to eject the iPod, but it eventually did it.
After it said I could disconnect, I got the iPod out of Disk Mode by using Menu/Center buttons and presto, it was up and working. All my playlist present and accounted for.
It'll take me a couple of days to find any problems (I have 31 days of music to listen to), but it's looking good.
Thank you to all who have listened to my problems and provided help!!
Apple has managed to keep this customer.

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Had the same problem. Someone sent me these instructions and it worked, have a look:
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There is probably a better answer in the forum somewhere.
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