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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
The Totally Awesome 1GB Car iPod Shuffle - $128Apparently, Random is the New Order, so I thought an iPod shuffle for the car would be in even newer order. If you're like me, you hate having too many adapters and plugs all over the car. I prefer to save space for empty Wendy's cups and dirty napkins.So to be honest, this little rig will use no iPods whatsoever. It'll be way cooler, and cheaper besides. I'm sorry if you feel I've misled you. For those brave enough, we continue... Step 1: 1GB USB Pen Drive $74  You could actually any USB drive for that matter, but we're trying to make a 1GB Car iPod shuffle, so don't please. There are cheaper drives, but they're those ugly double-wides, and you may end up using a USB extension cable to make it fit, so again, don't. Plus it looks like this one comes with a lanyard, try to get that from Apple without buying that $29 Sport Case.Step 2: Anydrive Car mp3 Transmitter $54  Plug in the USB drive. Plug in the lighter adapter. Press play. Jam out on air seat belt guitar. I don't see how this thing is FCC legal, it's got to be the most powerful FM transmitter I've used. There isn't a bunch of annoying fine-tuning to do, it comes out CRANKED. It will play mp3s from 64Kbps - 320Kbps, just fill your USB drive with songs, plug it into this little guy, and press play.You can change the transmission frequency if you like, but it's not necessary to do it more than once. It'll destroy just about any other signal it meets, so you don't have to ride the controls while you're driving. I've used the Anydrive successfully with just about any kind of USB drive, there must be decent power on the port. If it shows up automatically when you plug it into your computer, it'll probably work on this thing. You could potentially plug other audio players into the mini plug input on here and transmit too, but that would make it no better than all the other disgusting adapter-ridden devices out there. But no, you say, there shouldn't be just two steps to this process! Something must be wrong! Well, I did forget the awesome switch on the back of the iPod shuffle, it's raison d'etre as it were. It would seem the Anydrive is not advanced enough to play in a random order. So... Step 3: Download Renamer  Like your mp3s shuffled? Renamer will add a random postfix onto your music files to keep them totally mixed up for a true iPod shuffle experience. Set the source directory to your music files directory, set the destination to your USB drive, set the options as you see at the right, and enjoy life as Apple intended.So now you've got your 1GB player with no display, your FM transmitter, your patented shuffle switch, and your hot lanyard. You could sand the corners and spraypaint it all white, but I'd say it's time to roll out in search of femininas that appreciate you for who you are inside. Or for some that appreciate you for the 20 bones you just saved tricking out your wheels with some fresh new Apple-ish gear.
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