USB Cable Confusion - Please Help
I'm sorry if this is old stuff, but someone please answer my questions:
1. Can I connect and use a new iPod with my Win XP USB 2.0 PC without buying anything other than what comes with the iPod?
2. If I want to occasionally use my iPod to transfer data files from various different USB PCs, do I need to buy a special cable and do I need to carry the dock around with me?
3. Do I need the $20 Apple Firewire/USB2.0 three connector cable? And does anyone sell this other than Apple?
4. Are there generic off-the-shelf USB2 cables that work for the above questions, or only proprietary stuff from Apple?
Thanks for anyone who can straighten out my confusion.
Tom
[719 byte] By [
tfisher] at [2007-11-9 12:40:33]
# 1 Re: USB Cable Confusion - Please Help
1. No.
2. You don't need to carry the Dock around with you. You just need the iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0/FireWire cable.
3. Yes you do. I think Apple is the only company that's manufacturing/selling them.
4. Nope, generic USB 2.0 cables/FireWire cables will not work with the new iPods. Generic FireWire cables will work with past generation iPods, however.
Alternatively, you can just install a FireWire PCI card in your system. That might make things easier, since you can just use the Dock connector cable that was included with the iPod.
# 2 Re: USB Cable Confusion - Please Help
Zoidberg D, thank you so much for your clear, concise answers. Now I'm finally going to buy an iPod!
Tom
