MP3 Players

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MP3 Players

• George Harding
• June 1, 2006

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MP3 Players

• Small about size of your hand
• Hold a lot of stuff
• Can be music, text, podcasts, etc.
• Some schools use to store lecture, study
  materials, etc.
• iPod has 75-80 of market!
• Usually flash memory-no moving parts

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Usage

• Can copy music files directly
• Too large
• Need compressed version
• MP3, WMA others

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Rio Carbon

• The Rio Carbon is capable of holding up to 80
  hours of MP3 (160 hours WMA) music, and holds up
  to 20 hours of battery life on a single charge.
• 5 GB flash memory
• I have about 20 CDs stored in about 1/3 the
  available memory!
• Sells for 130 or so

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Info Shown in Window

• Name of album
• Name of performer
• Total time and time remaining in song
• Date (month/day/year)
• Time of day
• Compression method
• File size

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Connections

• Provided cable connects the Carbon to either 110
  AC or USB port
• Takes a while to charge battery
• When connected to USB port on computer, looks
  like another disk drive
• Can manipulate files as you would with any drive

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Listening

• No speaker included
• Earbuds
• Anything with a 3.5 mm jack

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On the road

• Cassette
• FM tuner
• Boombox

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Getting Music Inside

• Rio Music Manager
• Comes with Rio
• Can use to tranfer files
• Just as easy to use Explorer
• Window Media Player
• Can rip music from CD
• Transfer with RMM or Explorer

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iTunes

• Developed to coordinate with iPod
• Free download at www.itunes.com
• Runs on PC or Mac
• Use to find, download and play music
• Downloaded files cannot be played on anything
  else
• Also podcasts, TV shows, video and more

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More

• 99 cents per song
• Can pick one or two songs or whole album
• Can make playlists
• Can rank and play certain rankings