iPod and USB problems

A friend of mine just rang me because he's just got an iPod for his birthday
but when he plugs it into a USB port on his PC, an error message pops up
saying something like "Unknown device. A device has been plugged into a USB
port but Windows does not recognize this device" or something along those
lines - he wasn't very clear about it.

If it was a USB printer, for instance, I'd say that it needed to have
drivers installed but I haven't got an iPod so I don't know, and he doesn't
think it came with a CD - he's at work at the moment so can't be sure.

I would have thought though, that it just shows up in "My Computer" as a
removable drive doesn't it?

Anyway, I'm going round to see him tomorrow night so does anyone have any
idea what I could do to help him?

Thanks,

John

In article <R6KdnRk58M10iovVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com>, John
<replyingroup@notemail> wrote:

> A friend of mine just rang me because he's just got an iPod for his birthday
> but when he plugs it into a USB port on his PC, an error message pops up
> saying something like "Unknown device. A device has been plugged into a USB
> port but Windows does not recognize this device" or something along those
> lines - he wasn't very clear about it.
>
> If it was a USB printer, for instance, I'd say that it needed to have
> drivers installed but I haven't got an iPod so I don't know, and he doesn't
> think it came with a CD - he's at work at the moment so can't be sure.
>
> I would have thought though, that it just shows up in "My Computer" as a
> removable drive doesn't it?
>
> Anyway, I'm going round to see him tomorrow night so does anyone have any
> idea what I could do to help him?

download and install itunes.

<http://www.apple.com/itunes/>

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/04/13/ipod-...r-the-five-rs/

"John" <replyingroup@notemail> wrote in message
news:R6KdnRk58M10iovVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
:A friend of mine just rang me because he's just got an iPod for his
birthday
: but when he plugs it into a USB port on his PC, an error message pops up
: saying something like "Unknown device. A device has been plugged into a
USB
: port but Windows does not recognize this device" or something along those
: lines - he wasn't very clear about it.
:
: If it was a USB printer, for instance, I'd say that it needed to have
: drivers installed but I haven't got an iPod so I don't know, and he
doesn't
: think it came with a CD - he's at work at the moment so can't be sure.
:
: I would have thought though, that it just shows up in "My Computer" as a
: removable drive doesn't it?
:
: Anyway, I'm going round to see him tomorrow night so does anyone have any
: idea what I could do to help him?
:
: Thanks,
:
: John
:
:

Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
> http://www.tuaw.com/2006/04/13/ipod-...r-the-five-rs/
>
> "John" <replyingroup@notemail> wrote in message
> news:R6KdnRk58M10iovVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
>> A friend of mine just rang me because he's just got an iPod for his
>> birthday but when he plugs it into a USB port on his PC, an error
>> message pops up saying something like "Unknown device. A device has
>> been plugged into a USB port but Windows does not recognize this
>> device" or something along those lines - he wasn't very clear about
>> it.
>>
>> If it was a USB printer, for instance, I'd say that it needed to have
>> drivers installed but I haven't got an iPod so I don't know, and he
>> doesn't think it came with a CD - he's at work at the moment so
>> can't be sure.
>>
>> I would have thought though, that it just shows up in "My Computer"
>> as a removable drive doesn't it?
>>
>> Anyway, I'm going round to see him tomorrow night so does anyone
>> have any idea what I could do to help him?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John

Thanks NoSpam and Tom, for your replies. I'll try them tonight.

John

In rec.media.players.portable.ipod John <replyingroup@notemail> wrote:
>
> Thanks NoSpam and Tom, for your replies. I'll try them tonight.
>

It should have said as much in the box when iPod was purchased. Documentation
does have its uses ... sometimes.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> In rec.media.players.portable.ipod John <replyingroup@notemail> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks NoSpam and Tom, for your replies. I'll try them tonight.
>>
>
> It should have said as much in the box when iPod was purchased.
> Documentation does have its uses ... sometimes.

Thanks to you all. It was the fact that he didn't have iTunes on his
computer.

John

I am returning my Ipod because I have too many USB problems. Sometimes I
have to use an old USB 1.1 (new firmware or recovery, thats the only way to
do it without a crash) and for the rest I can only 2 of my USB 2.0 (sync).

Apple suck.

"IV III" <43@43.nul> wrote in message news:fvsubj$lc7$1@aioe.org...
> I am returning my Ipod because I have too many USB problems. Sometimes I
> have to use an old USB 1.1 (new firmware or recovery, thats the only way
> to do it without a crash) and for the rest I can only 2 of my USB 2.0
> (sync).
>
> Apple suck.
>

I returned my car because it kept getting flat tires

In rec.media.players.portable.ipod IV III <43@43.nul> wrote:
> I am returning my Ipod because I have too many USB problems. Sometimes I
> have to use an old USB 1.1 (new firmware or recovery, thats the only way to
> do it without a crash) and for the rest I can only 2 of my USB 2.0 (sync).
>
> Apple suck.
>

Looks more like your computer sucks.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:08 +0000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

> In rec.media.players.portable.ipod IV III <43@43.nul> wrote:
>> I am returning my Ipod because I have too many USB problems. Sometimes
>> I have to use an old USB 1.1 (new firmware or recovery, thats the only
>> way to do it without a crash) and for the rest I can only 2 of my USB
>> 2.0 (sync).
>>
>> Apple suck.
>>
>>
> Looks more like your computer sucks.

Lol, fail.