Question Putting my mp3 files on an old ipod

[brucehot]

title says it all......I have a second generation ipod and I want to use it to play mp3 files on my denon receiver, which has a control jack for the remote ipod adapter......someone told me I could do this but do I have to buy all this music from Itunes? I assumed I could just load it onto the ipod. It seems it is a monumental task.

Anybody know how to do this?

When I plug the ipod into my laptop, the file manager only recognizes the DCIM file on the ipod.

much thanks

 

[punkncat]

From what I recall you have to use iTunes.

I used some other (non-Apple) app some years ago which allowed me to wipe the Apple 'program' and used this third party app in order to use it like a regular MP-Player. The issue later turned out that I forgot what that program was, lol...so it basically bricked it for me.

 

[Rokinamerica]

as stated, you can use iTunes to copy music to an iPod. I have several pc's but also 8 or 9 iPods of various vintage and have no issues.

 

[NedSmelly]

Yes you need to use iTunes to sync the music files. But you don't have to buy the music - just import the MP3 files into the iTunes library on the PC.

You can install iTunes from the Microsoft Store, but I actually had some driver problems with this version. The manual executable from the Apple website seems more reliable.

 

[BFG-9000]

You don't need to use iTunes. I don't want a media player or shopping service or sync tool or ebook viewer to just drag-and-drop files, so use SharePod 3.9.9 which was the last to allow you to keep the executable on the iPod itself and not require iTunes to even be installed. Just plug the iPod into any Windows PC and when the folder opens, just run the portable app right from the iPod, and you get a minimalist drag-and-drop file manager for copying any audio or video files to or from the iPod.

Unfortunately all good things come to an end and Sharepod was acquired by Macroplant, the creators of the payware iExplorer iOS transfer app so newer versions not only require iTunes to be installed but it even has to be open (so may as well use iTunes itself). The old versions work fine on old iOS devices, and your iPod is 22 years old.

Otherwise if you need compatibility with much newer models, just search for an "iOS File Manager" to find a more modern alternative with whatever features you like. The most popular one for Windows though is MediaMonkey which is anything but lightweight--it's a complete player suite with organizing, syncing, transcoding, burning and podcasting features so is more like a full-blown iTunes replacement (note that syncing is a good way to lose your music because it updates your library on all devices, including deleting files... which you might do because such an old device is very space-constrained). I guess CopyTrans Manager is more lightweight but the free version doesn't let you copy files the other way from the iOS device to your PC.