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I'm with you on being willing to pay for good CS. These days, it is a lost art.
The Speakeasy rep I spoke to today was quite helpful. And, the multiple emails I got 'from the president' (right), helped solidify at least their intention to provide good customer service in my mind. I appreciate that.
So any recommendations for aftermarket car stereos that have built-in iPod interfaces? 'Cuz I gotta buy a car stereo, so I figure I might as well get one that connects directly to an iPod, rather than buying a car stereo and then buying a separate iPod adaptor thingie.
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Oh, that statement was a slice of sarcasm pie, served with a tasty sauce of bitter experience.
A number of Macintouch readers shared their experience with aux in solutions for the iPod. [link]
So any recommendations for aftermarket car stereos that have built-in iPod interfaces?
I tried a bunch of those last year and found them all to be very very slow. From Spidra's link:
I installed a cheap 3rd party AM/FM/CD player in my ride. It's got a line input which I plug directly into the iPod, which I can fix to the dash by Velcro. Sounds great, works well, and the aftermarket stereo & all materials cost less than the iPod itself.
I did something like that, but fancier -- an Alpine stereo and a TransPod iPod bracket that attaches to the data port and lets you charge from the cigarette lighter: [link]
I haven't made use of iTune's Shuffle feature before but it's really pissing me off now. I have it drawing on the entire library and it's actually playing them in alphabetical order. I hit the Refresh button a couple times with no change and I've switched out of Shuffle and back in again trying to make sure it's really in Shuffle mode. No dice.
quit itunes and try it again. I've never had that happen.
Thanks for the suggestion, le nubian. Unfortunately, my iTunes is stubbornly doing the same thing. I checked to see if I had the latest version and I do. Guess it's just a glitch.
That is bizzare. I have no idea what's going on.
Just out of curiousity, could you go to iTunes / Preferences / Playback screen, and see what it says for the Smart Shuffle settings? Also, is it set to Shuffle on songs, albums, or groupings?
Smart Shuffle is set to Random and by songs.