Playing iPod Nano through my Stereo

What can I buy to be able to connect my iPod Nano 6th gen to my tuner/stereo and play through my living room speakers?

If you have not already, try doing a Reset (restart) on the iPod
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Playing ipod nano through home sound system

I want to play my ipod (nano) through my panasonic dvd player + sound system. Ive tried heaps of leads into every plug socket in the dvd player, but no tunes!
What type of lead do i need?
Where do i plug it into in the player??
Do i just press play to start playing?
Chukka
ipod new nano Windows 2000

Just to expand on what Chris said.
The phono inputs of a stereo amp are designed to accept the inputs of a moving magnet (or sometimes a moving coil) phono cartridge on a turntable. These are low output devices and so the phono input is engineered to amplify the signal.
A line level output such as the iPod doesn't need such amplification and so, if you connect the iPod to the phono input of your stereo you will overload that input. The sound will be distorted and in many instances may cause damage to the speakers. The phono input is for turntables only. Connect the iPod to a line level input as previously mentioned.
The reason you will get a better sound from the iPod when connected to a stereo and using the line out port from the dock (and not the headphone jack on the iPod itself), is that the headhpone socket is powered by a low quality amp. It's meant to drive an easy load like headphones and not the input of a stereo.

I can't acces my new iPod nano through iTunes..it seems to have been barred

I just installed my new iPod nano.. I already had an iPod and so I still had all my old music saved in my iTunes library.. I added that music to my new iPod. So it appears in the column alongside the 'Library', 'Store' and 'Playlists' tabs (underneath the 'Devices' tab) but it wont allow me to select any music or play music from my iPod whilst in iTunes.. It seems like its all barred.. I have no idea why.. I can still acces music from my library but I cant through my iPod.
I've downloaded the newest version of iTunes.. what other settings should I change?

If the contents of iPod Nano appeared to be "greyed out", you have the Nano set to autosync. If you wish to manage the iPod content directly, you will have to set you iPod preferences to manually manage. Manually manage will also allow you to play iPod content through iTunes.

I downloaded 2 cds onto my ipod nano through itunes. Recently my itunes account changed and now it doesn't recognize the songs from the cds. How to transfer from ipod back to itunes? I don't have the cds anymore.

I downloaded 2 cds onto my ipod nano through itunes. Recently my itunes account changed for some unknown reason and now it doesn't recognize the songs from the cds. The songs are still on my ipod. I am affraid to sync now because the songs may be deleated, and I don't have the cds anymore. How can I transfer the songs from the cds on my ipod back to itunes so that I don't lose them?

What you have on your computer is your iTunes library, not your "account." The "account" you have for iTunes is your Apple ID, which you use when purchasing or downloading from the iTunes Store. If these songs came from music CDs that you imported into iTunes, those songs are not related to your Apple ID.
Recently my itunes account changed for some unknown reason and now it doesn't recognize the songs from the cds
How are they not "recognized"? Are the songs still listed in your iTunes music library, but grayed out? They no longer appear in your iTunes library at all?
If you search your computer (not in iTunes) for the song files, using one of the song names, can you find the song files?

Shuffle Playing iPod Nano Playlist

I was wondering if it was possible to play iPod Nano playlists in a "shuffle" mode. I can successfully play my entire music archive that is on the iPod in "shuffle" mode, but I would like to be able to just play a certain playlist in "shuffle" mode. Thanks for any information on this question.

Yes it can be done.
Menu, Settings, Shuffle - Off, Songs, Albums
Then go back and select your playlist and start it going.
Regards,
Colin R.

TS3700 After synched with PC, verified song played perfectly at PC. Once played IPOD NANO by itself, song stopped after about one minute. Happens to every song. Why?

After synched with PC with all songs transferred via iTunes, I verified all songs played perfectly at the PC. Once played IPOD NANO (6th generation) by itself, the song stopped after about one minute. This happens to every song. Why? I checked the IPOD NANO setting, but do not see anything need to be changed.

After synched with PC with all songs transferred via iTunes, I verified all songs played perfectly at the PC. Once played IPOD NANO (6th generation) by itself, the song stopped after about one minute. This happens to every song. Why? I checked the IPOD NANO setting, but do not see anything need to be changed.

Playing ipod nano 3rd generation through stereo using ipod dock

Hubby gave me an ipod dock for xmas so i can play the ipod through the stereo, we connected it all up and for a while it was fine. A couple of times recently the ipod has frozen, the screen distorted and it wouldn't play. I have had to reset it a couple of times which is so annoying, can you tell me why this is happening?

Is the dock an Apple product or third party? Look closely at the metal connectors on both the dock and ipod. Have any become bent or crooked?

I had an Ipod 5th Gen that died.....it fit my Bose Sounddock perfectly. Now I have an Ipod Nano,16GB....What kind of adapter do I have to buy to play the Nano through the Sounddock????

I had an Ipod 5th Gen. that died.....it fit my Bose Sounddock perfectly. Now I have an Ipod Nano (16GB).
What kind of adapter do I have to buy to play the Nano throught the Sounddock again?

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Using the Nano through a stereo

Not sure if this is the right forum, but we have a line to hook our nanos into a stereo and play back. We have a pretty good Panasonic rack system and the ipod playback is horrible. I tried it on a Aiwas system that is not as old as the other, and it sounds better. Is it best to use these types of cords, or use an FM modulator?

The previous poster was right; at 128k, the music is OK to listen in the car and other places where the environment or equipment won't show as many imperfections.
Apple makes a little docking station that has a power input and an output that you can run to your stereo. I use a Monster Y-cable to take the output from the Docking Station to my stereo, which works just great.
However, I've found I had to re-encode my music collection (all 1500 CD's) for different uses. For home use, I don't use Joint Stereo, and I record at a minimum of 192k. It takes more space to hold the music, but it's worth it!! Even my non-audiophile friends can hear imperfections when listening to the 128k versions of my music through my home stereo.
The 160k AAC encoding is a nice option, but I like using non-Apple proprietary encoding, and am thus forced to use the higher bitrate.
HTH!!
David

Play other apps through car stereo like pandora an aol music

With the increasing number of music apps other than the ipod I'm looking for a way to play those through my car stereo. I have an 06 VW Jetta that has a built in ipod player, when I plug it in it goes directly to the ipod and only plays ipod if I'm in another app switch to another one it always goes back to the ipod. I would like to play pandora or aol music or flycast any of them throuigh the car stereo and I wanted to know if anyone knows a product that can allow me to do that. Or how I can do that now. I have the cassette player through the headphone jack but my car doesn't have a cassette player. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Apple has an accesory that transmits from your phone to any stereo/radio via the FM band...just pick an unused spot on the dial.

Playing ipod shuffle through second computer

I want to play my ipod shuffle through a second computer. I downloaded iTunes but the message "the ipod "mhc shuffle" is synched with another computer...." comes up - is there any way to just play the songs on shuffle through another laptop????

AFAIK, the whole deal is designed to prevent ppl from using Pods to circumvent the DRM crappola, so they make it difficult or impossible to do things like this and share digital copies w/ others.
However, if you really only wanna play the tunes, as opposed to copy them, connect a cable between the pod's headphone jack and the audio in of another computer, it should yield a pretty hi-fidelity sound even though it's no longer digital. With the right cable, you can connect a Pod to a stereo system and use it like a tape player w/ better sound.

Listening to iPod Nano through Laptop audio system

I sync my iPod Nano to my home desktop computer, and while on the road like to listen to my iPod's music library through my notebook's audio system while my iPod is charging.
This use to be easy; just connect my iPod to my notebook, click on my iPod's name in the devices column, and the music library on my iPod would show up to be played on my notebook. However, after upgrading to the latest version of iTunes on both my systems, the music library on my iPod is greyed out and I am unable to listen to the music on my iPod through my notebooks audio system.
The above are on Windows XP systems.
Is there something that I am missing? Thanks for your help!

Chances are when you upgraded your iPod sync preferences got re-set to the default which is auto sync. In order to listen to the iPod's content through your PC, you will have to have your iPod set for "manually manage.".

Does iPod nano work with Stereo Connection Kit?

Does anyone know if the iPod nano will work with the Stereo Connection Kit w/ monster cables? Someone bought both for me but the connection kit doesn't say it works with the nano anywhere on the box or in the instructions. Thanks for your help

The dock should work if you line it up right but everything else will work just fine. Realise you need USB to sync with a computer but Firewire is fine for charging.

Using ipod nano with car stereo?

sorry if this is a blonde question, but I have just got a new (to me) car which has a sony gtx cd300 stero in with an ipod connection. Ive bought a new ipod nano, plug it in, nano says "OK to disconnect". stereo display does not seem to recognise. Dont suppose anyone can advise me? Nano works fine on its own. stereo works fine as cd and tuner, just cant get it to work with the ipod? arrgh! Very very grateful for any help or advice. Kind regards Lindsay

As long as your headset is 3.5 mm jack, you can use it with your ipod. Same goes with an auxilliary cable to your car if it is not bluetooth enabled.

How to install the itunes on windows ME for play ipod nano

I buy the ipod nano,but i don't know how to save the music my ipod nano by itunes,because i cannot install the disc on windows ME,PLEASE HELP

Sorry, but itunes cant be installed onto a windows ME machine, it is too old an operating system. You can:
1) Take the nano back if its within your stores money back time and buy another player thats compatable.
2) Upgrade to a better OS, windows XP is usually the one thats most available.
3) Install another player. Through one of Bruce Hoover's posts i learned of XPlay2, a free trial program downloadable from MediaFour.com that will let you do most things with your ipod that itunes would, including updating and restoring software. The only thing you cant do is buy from the itunes music store.
Hope this helps
P.S Thanks to Bruce Hoover for info on a previous post

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