Comments on: Listen to music while charging iPod

By: manex

manex — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:28:18 +0000

hey Rahmansaher, thnx for the site but eish i did read all the posts in there bt not even one of them could even help me at all, infact i think jus like many other ipod holders on that site, i think that apple sucks, and it has the poorest customer care i have ever seen or heard. i jus dont know what to do next bcoz i own a 30 gig ipod and to me its an expensive thing, cant even afford another1(not apple)

By: Rahmansaher

Rahmansaher — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:48:04 +0000

Manex, Try the link given below. You might be able to find the solution .

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3677902

By: manex

manex — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:40:17 +0000

with mine i can listen to music while playing but i have a serious problem and dont know what to do .i have a 30gb ipod that charges when connected to the laptop(dell latitude) but does not show the ipod as a drive in my computer. it stil plays all the songs that where added before bt now does not even show that a usb item is added to the computer but it is charging.
what shud b done???????????????????

By: ritesh

ritesh — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:03:24 +0000

You can listetn to songs while charging it through computer. You have to eject your ipod and standard menu appears. Charging also does not stop. Enjoy!!

By: P

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:07:53 +0000

works excellent with bill’s comment (ejecting from My Computer) on XP sp1. and a 30GB iPod Vid.

Thanks!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:08:52 +0000

You’re running windows 2k you idiot. Get with the times at least.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:17:04 +0000

None of these methods work for me I’m afraid. Win 2k latest ipod video (5th gen?)

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:50:14 +0000

HA, sorry Bill, I didn’t see your comment. You are completely 100% correct. I tried that and it works fantastically! Thanks a million.

EVERYONE>>> SEE BILL’S COMMENT!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:48:40 +0000

I don’t know the specifics, but it seems to be an issue where the computer is turning off power to the USB port. This sounds like it is OS dependent, not iPod dependent. I just tried my 2G Nano and when I stop the device, it stops charging.

If someone has one where it stops charging and wants to get brave, cut open a wire, find the VCC+ and GND, and see if there’s a voltage across them. If there’s a voltage, then you know is the iPod. If not, it’s the OS.

The way I get around this is with a small piece of electrical tape doubled over and put in the connector to insulate the two middle conductors of the USB connector, but it’s dangerous as it could get stuck in your computer. A better solution is to open the connector, find the DATA+, and install a switch.

By: Bill Branski

Bill Branski — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:02:46 +0000

It works with the new iPod classic without iTunes. Eject from the my computer screen and not from the icon in the system tray and it doesn’t kill the power to the usb