Getting Connected With My PMP And MP3 Player
What kind of cable do I need to connect my PmP and MP3 player to my TV?
Most portable music players come with their own proprietary cable. If not, you have to purchase a proprietory cable seperately from the manufacturer. With that cable, you can connect it to your television and play the media on your PmP on your television. For MP3 players, however, most of the time it requires you to buy a third party cable. You can purchase these cables for MP3 players from Radio Shack or Best Buy, and all you're looking for is a 3.5 millimeter stereo plug that goes to RCA Male.
What kind of cable do I need to connect my MP3 player to my stereo?
Most MP3 players have a 3.5mm jack that you can use to play music. It's the same jack cable that you would use for your headphones. When purchasing a cable for your MP3 player, you'd be looking for a 3.5mm stereo mini plug to RCA male, in order for you to play music from your MP3 player onto your entertainment centre.
Can I plug my PmP and MP3 player into my car stereo?
The method of plugging your PmP and MP3 player into your car stereo depends on the MP3 player that you have. Some MP3 players such as the iPod have 3rd party manufacturers that make FM transmitters that basically send the music over radio frequency to your car stereo, and all you have to do is tune your car stereo to a specific radio station that the instructions would direct you to. In some instances where your car's radio reception isn't that great, it doesn't sound very good, some people tend to install cassette adapters, which basically go into your cassette player, and you plug the 3.5 millimetre stereo plug into the MP3 player itself in order to play music. Now, the car manufacturers are getting into installing hardware kits into their vehicles to be used through the entertainment centre, and you can even control the playlist and the songs that are being played off your iPod via steering wheel controls or your on-screen navigation in your vehicle as well.
What is "Linux"?
Linux is an operating system with the in-user in mind. Linux was designed so that customers could write their own software, download applications for free and customize their software system to their specific needs.
Why would I want Linux on my iPod?
If you were a PC user to begin with and you started using a Mac, and you have all this music that you purchased using Windows Media Player, you can't use it on your iPod because it's all Windows Media protected content. Linux on your iPod, however, gives you more codecs to decode different types of media files, like regular MP3s, AACs, Windows Media Audio, all types of different codecs and file types that would play on your iPod only with the Linux operating system installed.
