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I Pod Touch Question
Posted by Springer Bell on 18 October 2008 - 12:22pm.
Dear Mrs S bought me a new Ipod Touch recently, because I'm such a wonderful husband etc.
Just a question, I've had numerous MP3 players in the past, this is my first i pod, but is it just me or is the max volume not really maxed out if you get my drift.
I've been told that the headphones are rubbish and should be replaced immediately and this might rectify the situation, however I doubt it. Is there a way of correcting this?
I've already gone into settings and volume limit is off.
Maybe my hearing is already kaput. Any ideas and while you are at it any ideas on headphones?
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There's an EU limit...
...on the volume of iPods (and the like). I seem to remember finding a bit of software on the Interwebs that over-rode it.
As regards headphones, I prefer squidgy 'in ear' earbuds to the Apple supplied ones. Try them both and see what style suits you before spending money on new ones.
Spend £40-50 on a pair of Sennheiser or Shures and you'll be fine. If you want to go higher, I tried a pair of Etymotic professional in-ear buds which were stunning but the wrong side of £150
Volume Limit
The powers that be in the EU worry about our hearing and as a result Apple have to limit volume on Ipods sold in the EU.
Best way to improve it is to go to itunes select all tracks by highlighting first one in blue, hold down shift and click on bottom track. This should highlight them all in blue and then right click or ctrl/click on mac and select get info. Go to options in the pop up and change volume level to your preference. I think 90% works fine for me. Then sync your ipod.
Hope that made sense and helps.
Done it
But it reverts to the middle of the volume bar automatically, so it didn't work.
Phones
I've tried a few pairs and I'd recommend the Sennheiser CX300 - great sounds, pretty good noise exclusion as they semi seal the ear - very comfy, with three sets of earpieces, and now they're cheap as chips.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-CX300-Eco-Headphones-Black/dp/B000S8E...
I have these and are very good
Thanks Twangothan
Ordered on Saturday.
Some advice taken from an Amazon review
Use two hands to put each ear piece in. Use a finger to lift the top of the ear canal up. With the other hand push the earphone into your ear. The earphone is meant to be INSIDE your ear, not sitting ON your ear. Hold the ear piece in place and let go of the ear canal so that it closes down on top of the earphone. Keep pushing the earphone in for a few seconds before releasing. The earphone should now be gripped in place. When you walk, talk or eat the sound should be as though it's happening inside your head.
What if you are eating a sandwich ?
Then it sounds like the best THX approved
audio demo ever made.
if any of the above works for you
let me know. I got my iPod classic about a year ago. There is no patch available online (as far as i can tell) that over-rides the volume limitation on recent machines.
The above suggestions worked on older machines - my other half has one, but don't work for me. As a result I can't listen to anything relatively quiet in a gym or anywhere where there is some other music playing or a reasonably high level of noise. Even at full volume I can hear the other stuff. It really pisses me off. Some phones are better than others at cutting out unwanted noise, but the low volume is the problem with me.
Do all EU players conform these days? Never had any such problem with my old cheapo Tesco mp3 player. Maybe I'll have to buy an American one next time.
Operating system
I read somewhere that it was the last O/S upgrade to the iPod that brought this limit in so I have robustly refused when Apple try to prompt me to install it. Good thing too by the sounds of it. Busybodies.
Nooo...
...my 2nd gen iPod had the limit from new. I used Go-Pod to unlimit it - this was a few years ago now so not sure if it's still do-able
http://gopod.free-go.net/
Odd
Well I'm pretty sure mine hasn't got a limiter - you can seriously damage your ears, as I discovered early in iPod usage before I got in the habit of putting Hold on all the time. What version is your o/s then?
errrr.... o/s?
Dunno, I took it out of the box a few years back and haven't updated it since
if you can be arsed..
Which I confess I can only because it happens to be on the desk in front of me...first option on Settings is About - "version" is what I mean - mine is 1.2.1. 1.2.2 apparently introduced a load of bugs which 1.2.3 removed. Thanks Apple!
Think
I'll stick to my dead-loud CD walkman.
EUpod
I've been using EUpod with my 3rd gen ipod (on it's fourth battery and second screen) for years and it works a treat. In a few seconds it adjusts the gain on all your mp3 files by up to 100%.
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/euPOD-Pro-Download-15460.html
It's free but I think the hero that wrote it has moved on and doesn't support it anymore...