Few Questions!

[iPod Marc]

1. Im going to buy a usb 2.0 cable for my iPod, does it have to be the apple brand one? i found a belkin one that seems to do the same.

2. How does the iPod charge? i thought it was just normally through a plug socket in the wall but i keep hearing about this firewire thing, someone explain Lol.

[afalconsvick]

ok

1) You can use the belkin usb cable, it does the same thing as the apple one!

2) If you have a dock you should keep the firewire for charging, you plug the firewire in the the adaptor and plug the adaptor into the wall for charging, simple as that.

[iPod Marc]

so if i dont have firewire on my computer i cant charge my iPod at all?.

[afalconsvick]

That is right, if you have a adator to plug the firewire into then plug the adaptor into teh wall then u can charge the ipod!

[iPod Marc]

so i can charge my iPod if i dont have firwire?

[afalconsvick]

You can not charge your ipod unless u have the firewire! and an adaptor.

[Lew]

Sheesh, you're confusing the poor guy.

Marc -- you can charge an ipod in a variety of ways...

(1) Use the included AC power brick.

(2) Plug the iPod into a computer with a powered Firewire port

(3) only with the Mini plug it into a USB port.


If you buy the USB2.0 combo cable it has the wide connector on one end and two wires -- one has a USB connector the other has a firewire connector. You can use the USB connector by itself, but if you want to also charge you connect the firewire end to the socket on the AC power brick.

I think this is all in the FAQ, have you checked there?

[afalconsvick]

without the firewire ur ipod wont charge!!!!!!!!!!

[Shadow]

afalconsvick, you are certainly confusing this guy. You do NOT need firewire on your PC to charge your iPod. However, you DO have to use a firewire cable to charge your iPod. You can either connect the firewire cable to a powered firewire port on your PC to charge OR you can plug it into the AC adapter that comes with your iPod to charge.

So, iPod Marc, I'm assuming you don't have a firewire port on your PC since you want to use the USB cable. Just do as Lew said. The USB cable has two connectors on it. One USB and one Firewire. Connect the USB connector to your PC for syncing purposes and connect the Firewire connector to your iPod's AC adapter to charge it. You can have both connected at the same time so you can charge and sync at the same time. Or, you can use one of the other (charge only or sync only).

[iPod Marc]

Thank you Shadow.