Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra **UPDATED WITH REVIEW**

Question for iPod users:

Does the iPod software allow you to store your music files on either the PC, the iPod, or both at the same time?

~OR~

Does it have some kind of system where you have to "check out" the file to the iPod, and then it\'s not available on the PC while it\'s on the iPod?

I seem to remember hearing about such a system on some piece of hardware, and I don\'t remember if it was the iPod or something else.

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The iPod doesn\'t delete the files on the puter, only copies them. However you can\'t copy music back to the pc, without some trickery.

I don\'t quite understand your answer.

Say you have some mp3 files on your PC.  You copy them to the iPod.  Can the mp3s be played on the PC while they\'re on the iPod?  What if you want to delete the files from the PC to conserve space, and store them only on the iPod?  Can they be moved back to the PC later, if you want to use them in a different device?

Reads thread, bows head and slinks away. Lowly I-River 256megs. But I can encode to mp3 right through unit.

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Originally posted by Coredweller
I don\'t quite understand your answer.

Say you have some mp3 files on your PC.  You copy them to the iPod.  Can the mp3s be played on the PC while they\'re on the iPod?  What if you want to delete the files from the PC to conserve space, and store them only on the iPod?  Can they be moved back to the PC later, if you want to use them in a different device?

You can play them on your computer while they are on the iPod - however, without some trickery you cannot copy from your iPod to your PC.

Well that sort of blows.  

I don\'t find that to be true either.  I handle it right through itunes without any problem.  Just drag and drop from ipod to library.

OK, the Batmans better get their story straight.  

[Living-In-Clip]

I\'m right.
He\'s wrong.

Or ...

He\'s right.
I\'m wrong?

If you manually update yoru songs through itunes without letting itunes manage the transfer on its own as soon as you plug the ipod into the dock, you can exchange songs between the pc -><- ipod

well buddies, the purchase is done. They dropped the price a little and I got my little Zen XT for €299. I expect to receive it next week. Tell ya later

Adan,

Please give us a review of the Zen after you\'ve played with it.  I\'m considering one of these, and I\'d like to hear what you thought of it.

As soon as I get it, i\'ll write a review for you dude I hope to get it on thursday-friday.

I bought a 10GB Ipod a few months ago and it came with a USB adapter - though I use the Firewire instead.  The only gripe I have is the that the battery drains even when off for a few days.  Over the weekend I rarely use it and by Monday its dead if I haven\'t charged it (it had half a charge when I left it on Friday).  

I am also have a hell of a time finding out how to play this thing in the Mustang.  I have the Mach 460 sound system and FM transmitters suck a$$ so I need to find some sort of plug in for the head unit.

I think there are some new Alpine headunits coming out that are designed to interface with the iPod.  That would probably be the easiest solution.