I am a grandma that knows nothing about these electronic devices. my 7 yr old grandson asked for an I-pod for his birthday. he wants to use it to play games. suggestions please. and no insults please...
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Hello Lindsay, Don't feel bad about not knowing anything about these electronic devices, if you don't you use them you would have no reason to know anything about them. Let me start by addressing the question at hand of playing games. The version that you have selected, the nano, does not have any games available for it. This version of an ipod would not work for what you need. That being said, the version that you would need will need to have these things in its description or even title, "TOUCH." This means it'd be for a version of ipod that you operate by touching the screen the same as you would with a smart phone. Also, you would need one that is any of the following Generations. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 7th. The best way to look at these is like cars. Each year the newest model will come out and it just improves on the previous years model. For an Ipod, what that generally means is more storage space on the device and they tend to get smaller and sleeker. These devices do not come with the games. To actually get games on the device, you will need to download from the itunes store online. Remember you do not want a Nano, and it has to be a "touch" version of the generations that we mentioned. We hope this helps and please feel free to ask any other questions!
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I purchased it as a gift and playing his iPod was his main focus. All I remember him asking me was was there a piece missing...he called the customer service number from the manufacture and was told he had to buy a separate adapter to use his iPod. But, he loves the product. If you Contact pioneer and give them the product number they can Answer any questions you have about any of their products as long as you have the product name n number. Good luck!
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No. And you're better off getting a bluetooth speaker now. The batteries die quick, and it won't charge iPods when they're playing.
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I wanted to know this as well, and as I was going through the reviews one person said: "I purchased two of these, and the LCD display did not work on one. They do not charge an iPod touch (fourth-generation), so if you were planning to listen to your tunes for hours while driving down the road; you had better make a different plan. Hours later, your battery will be dead. On the other hand, the FM transmitter seems to work okay without the plug-in attachment. "
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I agree wholeheartedly that it depends on the child. Our daughter received her ds at 5 and had no problems using it right away. Our son just turned 3 and we're considering purchasing something similar for him because he already knows how to do some things on the computer and work portions of my iphone. If you think the stylus may be too difficult for him to handle at this age, go with the leapster or let them try an old gameboy perhaps.
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I put my external hard drive and didnt play anything because it didnt recognized it, maybe you can just put pen drives , you can controll it with your ipod ipad android thats a cool thing
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Yes is would work fine for that. You can turn the volume down so low that it is not annoying to anyone else and it would just play and play. I love that you can download the music you want just like any iPod. You can have different folders for different types of music. I have not been sorry we bought this. It is my grandsons favorite thing. It is built well and stands up to being carried around, dropped on the floor, and having water splashed on it. (don't put it in the tub but it can handle spills and such)
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I'm thinking so was looking at it for a 6 year old rather then innotab or leap pad. I also checked out the getjar markplace and they have several games we can get for them all free as well. Other reveiwers also said that you can put amazon market place on to it.
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I purchased the singing machines for my grandchildren. I know that their ipods can be plugged in but don't know about ipads. I don't think there is room for an ipad.
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Wish I could help. Got mine for my grandson last Christmas. It worked right away, was a huge hit, and a year later it's still working. Sorry I can't offer any advice.
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I had good experience connecting IPod to Logitech Boom Box player (around 300$) You can play everything you have on the Pod. But......If you qould install wireless, or wired, eathernet connection, you have all the music you can handle with thousands radio stations available (the Boom Box has great speakers on board). Enjoy It!
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I connected my Ipod to a guitar amp. Crank it up in the a.m. Wakes up the kids. That is why I got it. Most PCs have a stereo jack for headphones, so this will work. The smaller end goes in the PC, bigger end in the amp. Crank the tunes, dude. Or movies, if that is what you like.
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I wanted to know this as well, and as I was going through the reviews one person said:"I purchased two of these, and the LCD display did not work on one. They do not charge an iPod touch (fourth-generation), so if you were planning to listen to your tunes for hours while driving down the road; you had better make a different plan. Hours later, your battery will be dead. On the other hand, the FM transmitter seems to work okay without the plug-in attachment. "
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Hi One thing about these I-Pod players is they don't a have long life. Mine only lasted a 1 1/2 Years and It quit on the I-pod dock the radio still worked and I never tried the Aux Cable. I went and spent a little moremoney on the next one. I bought the Sony and it has held up for almost 3 years. But the reviews about the Sony said the same not a very long life. Just waiting on this one to go out. I know this isn't much help, just my problems with the same player you have.
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This device requires a "player" of some kind (IE: IPOD, MP3, Walkman,....) as it is just speakers with a small amplifier of some kind. *I have been using an IPOD and this lasts about a week on a single charge using it every day for about 2 hours! My IPOD I have to charge every 3 days!! Both of mine work great!!
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Same exact thing happened to us! Ooohs & Ahhhs opening the I-pod classic and Philips DCP850 at the same time. Its been almost a week now and I'm still absolutely no where on getting helpful answers from Philips or Apple on trying to use their products. What portable DVD player will work with the I-pod classic?? with no extra cords, cables or anything?
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Below is my review, I would go with an unopened gen4! ============================================= Last year for Christmas, my wife gave me a gen4 Nano that I absolutly love. This year, I decided to return the favor and get her an ipod for Christmas. I gave it to her early so she could enjoy our Christmas cd's on it. I have to say that while my wife does like it, there are obvious issues with gen5. Fist off, the outputs on the base of the unit have been reversed so the gen5 requires it's own mount to use it on any docking station! Why csn't Apple stick with one body style for the nano. So now all the included adaptors in home theater systems are obsolete once again; makes no sense what-so-ever. The gen5 has a built in speaker that is completly useless! Sound is emitted out of the base of the unit. At best it sounds like and old time transistor radio, only without the volume! The video recoder is very awkward to use with little relivence to listing to your favorite tunes. The genius is still with us, another useless feature if you have an eclectic musical taste. The playlist feature works alot better and is much more fun. The unit works ok and we did not find any defects with it. We did not have any of the click-wheel issues that other reviwers have commented on. For me the bottom line is that Apple has takin a good thing and cluttered it with a bunch of new features. The Ipod classic would of been a much better platform for this stuff with it's 160gb's of storage. All of these features that have been added to gen5 take up precious storage space for your rockin tunes or arias, whatever the case my be.