Lemon Grrrrrl
New Yorker
My sister gave me an iPod 2GB nano for my birthday. (I love my sister!) When I first got it, I was so happy - it was so easy to use; I already had iTunes on my PC, it just opened right up and I added whatever I wanted and all was good. My new car has an MP3 player hookup so I could play my iPod in my new car. Life was good. I even considered buying a Mac for my next computer purchase.
Then last week, I went to turn on my iPod and listen to it on the way to work, and it seemed to be running some kind of diagnostic or something. It was on a DOS-like screen and I couldn't turn it off or do anything to it; all it said was something like "the report may take awhile..." so I figured when I got to work I'd try to mess with it some more. But when I got to work, I still couldn't turn it off or do anything to it, so I figured, it'll turn off on its own and I'll turn it back on from there. So a few hours later I went to play it, and it didn't turn on. I thought that was odd; I'd just charged it the day before, so there's no way it was out of juice. I was frustrated but I figured it'd be better when I could get home and plug it in to my PC (Windows XP Media Edition).
Nothing happens when I plug it into my PC. iTunes doesn't do anything special when I connect iPod to it. No screen on the iPod. iPod help didn't help either - I did the toggle hold thing about a dozen times, held it on a flat surface, didn't touch the click wheel when I put it on hold, held the menu and select buttons down at the same time while repeatedly chanting "Abba-Zabba" and stretching my right foot out at a 35 degree angle. Nothing. Not a fucking thing. It's dead. And it's brand new!
Has this happened to anybody? I've (briefly) checked around in this forum and couldn't find this particular situation. I've filled out a product replacement form but I'd much rather just have my iPod back without having to have it replaced. I'm also wondering if weird things like this happen with Macs too...this experience has made me want to stick with a PC.
And by the way, just before this happened, I downloaded the latest version of iTunes. After I downloaded it, iTunes started distorting and skipping around whenever I used my mouse. It pissed me off. I re-downloaded, and it still happened. I stopped listening to iTunes for awhile; it seems like it's playing okay now but I swear I still hear some intermittent skipping.
Then last week, I went to turn on my iPod and listen to it on the way to work, and it seemed to be running some kind of diagnostic or something. It was on a DOS-like screen and I couldn't turn it off or do anything to it; all it said was something like "the report may take awhile..." so I figured when I got to work I'd try to mess with it some more. But when I got to work, I still couldn't turn it off or do anything to it, so I figured, it'll turn off on its own and I'll turn it back on from there. So a few hours later I went to play it, and it didn't turn on. I thought that was odd; I'd just charged it the day before, so there's no way it was out of juice. I was frustrated but I figured it'd be better when I could get home and plug it in to my PC (Windows XP Media Edition).
Nothing happens when I plug it into my PC. iTunes doesn't do anything special when I connect iPod to it. No screen on the iPod. iPod help didn't help either - I did the toggle hold thing about a dozen times, held it on a flat surface, didn't touch the click wheel when I put it on hold, held the menu and select buttons down at the same time while repeatedly chanting "Abba-Zabba" and stretching my right foot out at a 35 degree angle. Nothing. Not a fucking thing. It's dead. And it's brand new!
Has this happened to anybody? I've (briefly) checked around in this forum and couldn't find this particular situation. I've filled out a product replacement form but I'd much rather just have my iPod back without having to have it replaced. I'm also wondering if weird things like this happen with Macs too...this experience has made me want to stick with a PC.
And by the way, just before this happened, I downloaded the latest version of iTunes. After I downloaded it, iTunes started distorting and skipping around whenever I used my mouse. It pissed me off. I re-downloaded, and it still happened. I stopped listening to iTunes for awhile; it seems like it's playing okay now but I swear I still hear some intermittent skipping.
Hopefully my new one will work smoothly. *crosses fingers*
And I looked into finding an Apple store nearby, but wouldn't ya know it, I couldn't find one up in Seattle. Wonder why? 
(Actually I looked online to see if I could find a physical store somewhere, and all I could find was a phone number to call, and I decided I didn't want to do that because I'd get stuck in answering machine hell - "For English, press 1. If you would like more information about the iPod nano, press 2. If you would like to press more buttons, press 3.")
Thanks Mimi!
