Screen Discoloration
[1241 byte] By [zync] at [2007-11-9 12:19:27] 
I have a 20GB Windows iPod (only until I get a slightly older TiBook :) but don't move me yet because this is mac related) but I was in my electronic media class and hooked my iPod up to an older iMac and the screen, normally nice and clear, (indeed one of the best 20GB screen/backlight combinations I've seen) started to turn brown. I immediately disconnected my, ever so slightly warmer than normal iPod, and allowed it to cool. The screen reverted. It's starting to show small signs of damage to the screen under it's intense backlight (my backlight can light up my room brighter than daylight through the window), like the side black will be a different color, I probably never noticed before but I figure that's because the LEDs are mounted on the sides. Anyway, my question is has anyone experienced this with any iPod and does anyone know why this would happen? It gets that warm with charging but the screen never discolors. I did have it in the case though, but even when I tried it out of the case on even another iMac it did the same. Kind of makes me afraid to use it on any Powerbook I'd get, but I have a feeling that the older firewire ports on those computers supply more voltage. Is this true?
# 1 Re: Screen Discoloration
LCD screens will discolour if they get hot - there are posts by folk who have left them in hot cars and the screen goes brown.Your iPod will heat up when connected via FW as the HD is constantly spinning and it will be recharging at the same time. The spinning may well have been worse as you connected a WiPod up to a Mac.
You also left it in its case. Tsk tsk...
100 lines now, "I must not connect my iPod in its case"
The 'small damage' that you feel you have may just be the spread pattern of the LED's along the edge of the screen.
Not being an Apple techy kinda guy I can't answer with 100% certainty your query about voltage outputs of older FW ports but I would hazard a guess that older iMacs will use the same voltage out as newer ones.
The iPod is quite forgiving in its voltage range for charging (just read some of the threads on charging iPods).
The bottom line appears to be that you are attempting to connect (sync) an Windows formatted iPod on to Macs and this could be where you problem is. You cannot do this as a matter of course - it is either an Windows iPod OR a Mac iPod - it cannot be both once you have decided on you platform. (except for a MiPod on a Windows PC with the correct software if my memory is correct - sure someone will pick me up!)
Bob at 2007-11-15 16:51:23 >
# 2 Re: Screen Discoloration
Actually it worked quite well between both machines, though I was at my class so I never tried to put music on it with the mac, but it worked really well for file transfer. And like we both said I think it is the LED pattern on the sides of the screen. Just wondering if it was something else. Thanks:)zync at 2007-11-15 16:52:23 >
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