How Do You Get Music Onto An Mp3 Player?
I know absolutely nothing about MP3 players. My 8 year old wants one for his birthday. Do you have to have a subscription to get the music on thme or can you use songs already on your computer? What’s a good size to get an 8 year old? I don’t want to spend a lot of money on one until he proves he will take care of it. What’s the difference between an MP3 player and an ipod?
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This answer depends a lot on the computer you have and the player you buy. If you’re working in Windows world, XP or later, most MP3 players connect via a USB cable. Once connected, the show up on your PC as a “Removal Storage Device” and are assigned a drive letter (usually F: or G: depending on what drives you have in your machine). Then, you can either use Microsoft Media Player to create a playlist to sync to the device, or you can just copy the individual music files directly to the device the same as copying files between any two drives.
The music has to be on your PC already to do this. You can get the music onto your PC by subscribing to an online service like Napster (don’t worry — they’re legal now). Unless you plan on getting an iPod, don’t bother with iTunes. You can also get the music on your computer by taking it off any CD you happen to pop into the CD drive.
The problem you’ll run into with your 8 yr old is that if you DON’T get him an iPod (or an iPod nano at the very least), he will just be horrified, because all those other players are just SO uncool!! He might prefer to have NOTHING than to have the WRONG player! (Trust me, I have kids too!!)
If you CAN get past the iPod barrier, I would suggest a 1 GB RCA Lyra player. They are small, they don’t use a disk so they are very rugged, and 1 GB is PLENTY of music for your 8 yr old (how much Kidz Bop can he listen to anyway???). This unit should be available for under $100 at most electronic stores or Costcos.
To answer your question about the iPod — an iPod IS an MP3 player. It is just designed to integrate well with the iTunes software. The regular iPod (20 GB or larger) uses a miniature hard drive to store the music, and so is rather fragile. I wouldn’t suggest it for an 8 yr old.
As a final note: when you do get the player, monitor your son’s usage of it. If YOU can hear the music when he has the earphones in, it is TOO loud and he will do permanent damage to his hearing.
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its depend on wht kind of mp3 player or what brand..
if its SONY, you have to install the player software to your computer to start transfering song….
some mp3 doenst require any software..so just copy and paste the song to your mp3..
An ipod is an mp3 player. Ipod is just one of many mp3 players in the market. ipod is the most popular and that is probably why you heard about it but i want to suggest creative. Creative has many Mp3 Players. If your son has about maby 250-500, i suggest the zen stone(has no screen) which comes in 1 and 2 gb. If maybe 250- 1000 songs try the zen v(no video) or the zen v plus(w/ video). If you want Ipod, try the ipod shuffle which is like the zen stone and the ipod nano which is like the zen v. You don’t need a subscription to have songs. With ipod, subscriptions(cheaper than itunes) don’t work, but with the zen you can. with ipod you have to buy from itunes(99c per song). You can also put songs from your cd’s and songs saved in your computer. I download from limewire which is free. I honestly prefer the creative brand than the apple brand. Hope this helps
P.S. Apple is coming out with new ipods FYI.
it’s so easy !!!just insert the usb mass of ur mp3 player 2 ur pc and copy any information on it.remember if u dont want to lose ur information on that try to remove it safely.
chinese mp3 players like sony and creative are cheap and siutable for ur kid.
the diferrence is that the mp3 player is just for playing music and transforming any data u want,but by an ipod u can also watch the videos and listen to the radio and more utillities
u’d better by an ipod for him cause it’s more usefull!!!!!
hey dad d best thing 2 buy fr ur son is ipod shuffle 1 or 2 gb
best go chek it out in appple shoroom