Personal Audio

The Ford Taurus has long been one of the more popular cars in the Ford lineup. The later releases have come with a CD changer, but if most of your music is stored on an iPod, then you may rarely...

Although MP3 players are becoming more and more popular, CDs are still the standard form of recording and distributing hard copies of music. In order for the CD to play at its optimum level, the...

To make an audio CD that can play in your car stereo system or in your home stereo system you have to convert the MP3 files on your computer. You can use Windows Media Player to burn an AUDIO CD.

Cleaning a dvd or cd disc with scratches can be quite a pain. It all depends on how bad the dvd or cd is scratched. They get scratched quite easily and it's frustrating when you can't watch, or...

When you purchase a CD, regardless of the content on the disk, it is protected by copyright laws. This means you can not duplicate the content for profits or give copies of the CD to other...

Good news for you, transfering songs from a computer to an mp3 player is one of the easiest things to do! In this article I will walk you through the process, step by step.

Good news for you, transfering songs from a CD to an mp3 player is one of the easiest things to do! In this article I will walk you through the process, step by step.

The Apple iPod is a great platform for listening to audiobooks. If you have audiobooks on CD, however, you can easily import them into iTunes. While you can import them and manage them as music...

Apple's iTunes software has made purchasing music online for your iPod a very simple task. However, buying all new music for your iPod--some of which can hold up to 40,000 songs--would be a very...

U.S.-based audio equipment manufacturer Bose is known for its high quality audio products. Among the popular products from Bose are home theater systems, clock radios, and sound systems used in...

Transferring CD songs to your iPod allows you to play back wherever you take your media player. This process involves digitizing music to the MP3 or AAC format that iPods use. iPods support large...

This article was written for people who legally purchased and downloaded MP3s that are protected or in different formats and want to be able to play those songs on their MP3 player for personal...

If you have a CD player and would like to connect a cassette player to it, there is a very simple way to do this involving the auxiliary inputs and outputs in the CD and cassette players. Once you...

Many people have a collection of CDs of their favorite music and want to be able to enjoy listening to them as long as they possibly can. A CD laser lens cleaner will go a long way toward keeping...

You might have a collection of CDs that you wish to listen to all at the same time. An easy way for you to do this is to place the songs on those CDs onto an MP3 player. But first you must first...

The iPod is a digital music player made by Apple Computers. If you've recently purchased your first iPod and want to upload songs from your CD collection onto it, there are just a few steps to...

If you have a CD of music that you would like to load onto your iPod, you must first transfer the songs onto your computer. Once the songs have been moved to your computer's hard drive, the...

JVC CD players allow users to listen to CDs and the radio from one standalone unit. Switching between the functions of the player is easy with well marked buttons on the device and through the...

With the transition to the digital age, MP3s are beginning to overtake CDs as the medium for music delivery. While many people now own digital music devices such as the iPod, they still have...

Whether for a long road trip, waiting time for an appointment or as a gift for the one you love, a music mix works. Mix tapes have been thought the standard since they became popular in movies...

One of the bad things about advances in audio and video technology is that you have to repurchase your entire library of songs or videos when the next generation of technology appears. If you...

Audio software programs such as Windows Media Player can be used to burn music onto CDs. You may own an MP3 CD player and wish to place a large amount of these files onto one CD. One way to add...

The ease and portability of MP3 players has attracted many people. Where people once listened to extensive CD music collections, the trend now is to create playlists on a computer or MP3 player...

Owners of iPod portable media players can download songs or full albums using the iTunes software. As with other audio software, you can also use iTunes to rip songs from audio CDs onto your...

Converting songs from a CD into MP3 format gives you the option of adding those songs to a portable MP3 player. The software program Windows Media Player can be used to rip songs from a CD onto...

There are many people who have either never given up their vinyl record collection or believe that vinyl records are the best way to listen to music. While this can be great for your home, vinyl...

Now that you have just brought a Zune, it’s time to set it up. Today, I’m going to setup my Zune. So let’s get started, just follow the steps below to continue.

Songs found on audio CDs you purchase in music stores can be played in your CD player or on a computer using programs such as Windows Media Player. You might wish to add these songs to an mp3 CD...

The smallest iPod, the iPod shuffle, has come in several different models, though they all update the same way. Older generation iPod shuffles have a USB port built right into them, similar to a...

CD packaging began in 1982, one year after the compact disc was invented. Since then, CD packaging has seen a few different styles and evolutions. Even the very first CD packaging design is still...

In an age in which tiny portable media devices abound and when a compact disc has begun to seem like an inefficient use of space, it is hard to appreciate the CD player as a new and exciting...

Apple's iPod device is arguably the most popular portable media player on the market. The iTunes Music Store is said to provide about 80 percent of all online music purchases. A cottage industry...

A CD player or compact disc player is an electronic device that can read audio data on a CD. The player reads the data on the disc and decodes it into audio sounds that are then transmitted to the...

With the advancement of technology came new products geared toward the enjoyment of musical recordings. Not only has the quality of such devices sky rocketed in the past few years, but also the...

The Disney Mix Stick is a portable media player that stores and plays both MP3 and WMA files. There may be songs on your Mix Stick that you would like to share with a friend or family member. One...

The Sansa Clip is a portable MP3 player that can be used to play your favorite MP3s and radio stations. You can also use the clip to record your own voice and listen to your playlist. The Sansa...

The Sony Discman is a portable CD player that allows users to listen to CDs wherever they go. When it was released in 1984, the Discman gained widespread popularity and helped establish the CD as...

Whether you are backing up files for work or making extra copies of a photo CD for family members, there are various reasons to duplicate a CD. In order to make sure your CD transfers at the best...

Over time, compact disc players become dirty, causing your music to skip. Cleaning is required after about every 20 hours of use. But most modern home audio players and most CD ROM drives do not...

When using a portable CD player, an internal error is often reported to you on the information screen using the abbreviation "ER." Several different causes generate this error in portable CD...

There may be an occasion when you play a song or a CD for a friend and she absolutely loves the song or the disk. There are two easy ways to share the music with your friend without giving her...

The iPod is synonymous with the personal music player, and is often credited with bringing the world into the digital music age. If you are downloading music to your iPod for the first time, the...

James T. Russell, a senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, invented the technology for the compact disc in 1965. By 1985, Russell had earned 26 patents for various innovations with...

The Creative ZEN Nano Plus is a personal audio player that is intended for the cost-conscious consumer. Although this model isn't the most glamorous of the Creative ZEN line of players, it is very...

Now that you've purchased an iPod, you're probably ready to start using it. If you've read over the User's Manual, then the process of uploading music and syncing your iPod may seem a little...

Zune is Microsoft's entry into the MP3 player market. Designed to do most everything an iPod can do, the Zune has quickly gained popularity since its initial release. When you transfer licensed...

The compact disc player is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of modern electronic technology. Despite its relatively obscure beginning as a product for audiophiles in the 1980s, the CD player can...

The radio plays a wide variety of music. You may want to hear your own favorites sometimes. Using the music in your personal collection can provide hours of enjoyment. A six CD changer can make...

There are many ways to store and listen to music. That still does not eliminate the need to care for the expansive libraries of CDs that many still use. In order to add music from your CDs to...

Even with iPods increasing in popularity, many people still rely on portable CD players for on-the-go tunes. Unfortunately, this older technology is susceptible to malfunctions not common to newer...