I can have the iPod Hi-Fi set to the perfect volume for my use during the day, but the next morning it will always be several volume steps too low. Buzz gone, power draw solved.įact three: For some reason, Apple designed the iPod Hi-Fi’s volume to reset after a power cycle. Now when my iMac shut down, my iPod Hi-Fi powered down too. I also didn’t like the idea of leaving the thing powered in overnight when I wasn’t using it, so I plugged the iPod Hi-Fi into my switching power strip that senses the power draw on a single, master outlet and uses that to switch off a few other outlets. So my music plays, every day, through an iPod Hi-Fi attached to my iMac Pro via a headphone cable.įact two: The problem I discovered upon hooking my iPod Hi-Fi up to my iMac via the auxiliary input was that when I shut the iMac down at the end of the day, the iPod Hi-Fi emitted an annoying buzzing sound. And while I don’t listen to music on an iPod anymore, the iPod Hi-Fi has something that the HomePod lacks: an auxiliary audio-in jack. I took it with me to family camp up in the mountains for many years. But you know what? For all its faults, it was a pretty good speaker. The iPod Hi-Fi, a compact iPod speaker system Apple built to try and outclass the popular Bose SoundDock has ended up as the butt of many jokes. So when I was setting up my home office, I wanted a nice set of speakers, and I realized that I still had my old iPod Hi-Fi sitting around. I generally don’t like to use headphones because they can make my ears sore after a while, and they cut me off from the sounds of my house and neighborhood. Sometimes I work to solve a problem using technology not because it’s necessary, but because it’s fun.įact one: I work at my desk, listening to music. “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” warned Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park.” I can relate. Note: This story has not been updated since 2020. Automating my iPod Hi-Fi’s volume control… because I can
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