Personal Audio

Although the iPod was introduced in 2001, many consumers are still buying their first one. If you have an iPod Nano, you may be wondering how to put songs on it. Use iTunes, the software...

The Zune is a small hand held media player. It is capable of audio playback, video playback, and photo viewing. Video formats supported by the Zune are H.264 (MP4), MPEG-4, and WMV. Any video in...

Say you have an iPod with countless music, video and image files, when your computer decides that now would be a great time to die. Normally, all your files would be lost forever as you wipe your...

Have you just bought an iPod and have got it all setup but you have songs in your iTunes library that you don't want on your iPod? or Do you want to put music from another itunes on your iPod...

With the vast amount of storage available on today's iPods, it is natural that you might end up with some songs included on the iPod more than once. This can mean you hear the same song too often...

You might know you can view album art on your iPod if the iPod has a screen. Those who own iPods that have screens can also add lyrics to files and place those files on the iPod. The lyrics that...

Music files on the computer contain embedded information about the artists, song names and albums featured on the recordings. This system is called "tagging," and it works very well for keeping...

Kindles are digital book readers that can hold thousands of books. They have many other features as well, including audio books, a built-in dictionary and wireless capabilities. One of these...

Is it hard for you to read a map? Are all of the streets to confusing to understand. Even if you don't have a GPS you can still get directions from your ipod touch. Even though you don't have...

Getting songs onto an iPod is quick and easy with the iTunes application. However, the process of retrieving songs from an iPod and transferring them to a computer is not quite as simple....

While listening to your iPod, you might find that some songs are too loud and others are too quiet. Such variations are usually attributable to the way the song file was created. The most obvious...

Losing files can be frustrating. The iPod doesn't allow you to automatically transfer your data back onto your computer after a meltdown, but it's possible to do it manually. Your songs aren't...

The Apple iPod Touch is a fun multi-use device that allows you to play music and games, access the Internet, watch videos and much more. There are specific applications that will play video on the...

Sometimes your iPod needs to be restored to its factory settings. This process, unfortunately, erases all of your music, videos and photos. Instead of syncing all of your data back onto your iPod,...

IncrediMail is a popular Windows email client program, famous for its use of colorful animated clip art that can be added to emails. If you use your iPod to sync your contacts from another email...

iBoy is a free iPod application that contains 13 iPod games and can be used to manage other iPod games. Users can download the application and play full versions of the games on their iPods, and...

One of the best-loved features of the Microsoft Zune audio player is the ability to customize the experience of using it, and a simple aspect that can be customized is the name of the device....

Samsung MP3 players such as the P2 and P3 allow you to play videos of different formats. They include high-resolution displays and a built-in media player that allows you to watch your favorite...

Synchronizing iPhone contacts to Microsoft Outlook is not only a convenient way of backing up your contacts, it also saves you the time and effort needed to retype every one of them on your email...

This article will explain in detail how to download music onto your Ipod that you did not get from ITunes.

IPod Wizard is a free, open-source application that allows you to change your iPod's interface graphics. You can change your iPod's font, text, graphics and layout by uploading graphics files from...

Apple's iPod is one of the highest selling MP3 players out there because of its extreme ease of use and support for many different file formats. One aspect that people don't really like is the...

iPods run on software that controls what they can do, just like a computer. If you are having trouble with your IPOD, first update the iPod's software and use the Run Diagnostic tools in iTunes...

MP3 players are small audio devices that can play digitalized music. MP3 players come in all shapes and sizes and usually include other media based features including: FM radio, FM recording-and...

When you first purchase an an iPod and put music onto it, there are simple ways to increase the volume. You can manually adjust the volume directly on your iPod and set a maximum volume level. You...

Depending on which model of iPod you have, you've got the ability to store thousands of songs and hundreds of hours of video. While having this much music and video is a good way to keep you from...

An iPod is a personal media player created by Apple Computer. Although earlier generations of the iPod with monochromatic displays were not able to display pictures, all versions of iPods with...

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...

The Microsoft Zune is a much beloved portable audio player among its many users, but it is missing a key feature that would make it even better: the ability to be used as a portable hard drive....

The Phillips GoGear is a personal audio player similar to the Apple iPod. You cannot delete songs manually from the GoGear--you must connect the player to your computer. to do so.

Apple's iPod is a popular MP3 player for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is that you can easily add MP3 files on an iPod using the iTunes software. You can upload (or transfer) an MP3...

The iPod, the most popular personal audio player in the world, is an extremely capable video player, as well. However, many videos must go through a conversion process in order to display properly...

One of the cool features of the iPod nano is its capability to play games. Transferring games to your iPod nano can be tricky if you don't know how, but once you do, you will find it to be a...

GPX MP3 players come in a variety of styles, shapes, sizes and memory. They allow you to play back MP3 music files on the go. If you are running out of memory space, you can delete songs you no...

To deter the illegal copying of music, iTunes does not have the ability to copy music from an iPod. It can only move files from the computer to the iPod. However, you may experience a situation in...

If you are traveling away from home or visiting a friend's house, you might wish or need to plug your iPod into a computer that is not yours. When you sync an iPod to a different computer, the...

An iPod works as easily with the Windows XP operating system as it does with the Mac operating system. Transferring music to an iPod on a Windows XP-based computer is quick since iTunes, the iPod...

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...

Transferring iPod songs back to your Mac is a convenient way of backing up your music files should you decide to use them for other purposes. Apple does not supply a readily available tool that...

Music is typically copied from an iPod to iTunes by connecting the iPod to your computer and syncing it with the iTunes software. However, if you install the iTunes software on a new computer and...

MySpace is a popular social networking offering music from upcoming and already established bands. Music of different genres such as rock, hip hop, R&B and more are available for you to...

Apple didn't create the portable, digital music player, but the company's iPod captured the market and changed the way the world buys and listens to music for a reason: the elegant device features...

iPod Nanos are multimedia players that allow you to play back music, videos and other media. They support large memory sizes such as 8GB and 16GB. For music, a larger memory size means you can...

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...

Besides storing music, videos and pictures, iPods also allow you to save and store contacts. These multimedia portable players allow you to store phone numbers, addresses, emails and more on...

Since it burst onto the scene in 2001, the iPod has helped revolutionize the world of digital music. Digital-music players---including the iPod---have made carrying a portable CD player and a...

Skins for the iPod are layers designed to protect your device from dirt, grease and elements that can cause damage. Customizing your iPod skin allows you to create a unique and exciting design. It...

The iPod lock is a four-digit code that prevents unauthorized users from changing settings and configurations on your device. When your iPod is locked, it does not display contents onscreen and is...

The Zune software enables access to the Zune Marketplace from your computer. From the marketplace, you can download or stream music, rent or buy movies, buy episodes of TV shows, watch free...

Several websites, such as Metacafe and You Tube, allow users to watch videos while browsing the Internet. You might want to watch these videos while offline or you may want to add an Internet...