Shuffledock: Made in Croatia!

Shufflehacks continues its trek around the world. Reader Aleksandar sent his shuffledock mod all the way from Croatia.

Hi, I am Aleksandar Plavsic from Croatia, I googled for shuffle hacks and came to your blog, so I decided to make my own shuffle dock. I was inspired by Royal Baking Soda portuguese iPod dock. I used some old Nescaffe can, put some self-adhesive black glossy wallpaper on it, and that Apple sticker which was bundled with my shuffle :) This is 1.0 version, in 2.0 I plan to put some foam in it and make travel case of it, so it could be multi purpose dock :)) Sorry on my english :))

Keep up the great work Aleksandar and I can't wait for version 2.0!

make (re)discovers shufflephones

Make threw up a post on the phenomenon of shufflephones. They call out 2nd gen shuffles which in my opinion are much easier to turn into shufflephones but the more shufflephones the merrier!

Every time Apple releases a tiny music player, someone makes their own DIY headphone project with the iPod built in, here's the latest one with the shuffle II from Adam... [via] - Link.

If you look at the links at the bottom you'll see a link to my shufflephones 1.0! Ahh memories.. how long has it been?!

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iPod ShuffleBud USB adapter for 2nd gen iPod shuffle

TUAW brings word of this little USB adapter for the 2nd gen shuffles.

For many people, the appeal of the original iPod shuffle was that ithad the form and function of a plain old USB thumbdrive, aside frombeing an awesome MP3 player. The 2nd generation iPod shuffle is an evenmore awesome MP3 player, and has an even better form factor, but lostit's ability to function as a USB thumbdrive without having to use thenew dock.

The ShuffleBud, by Incipio(which we think rhymes with C3PO), solves that problem, and it does itfor only $5.99 USD. The ShuffleBud is what Apple should have justtossed in the box to begin with, although I am starting to think thatApple deliberately omits certain features in order to keep themulti-billion dollar iPod accessory market thriving, which isn't such abad thing.

ShuffleBud is just a small (5.6 grams, 47mm X 16mm)USB to 3.5mm adapter that enables you to plug your 2G shuffle directlyinto an available USB port without having to use the iPod shuffle dock,making it much more convenient to shove in your pocket or clip to yourbag with the included lanyard loop for those who are always on the goand don't need more gear in their bag.

Seems like a nifty little thingie for those of you who have moved into the 2nd gen.

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shuffalert: woot.com selling 1st gen shuffle alarmclock $19.99 today only.

I know thses sales only last one day but I picked a couple of these up today as it seemed like a good use for a first gen shuffle that may soon be put out to pasture when our new hotness second gen shuffles get here from Santa.

Get one (or three) while the getting is good and maybe we'll see some hacks out of these one day.

iHome iH18W Portable Travel Alarm Clock for iPod Shuffle

PS, Woot.com rulezorz!

PPS, If you are reading this more than a day after it was posted the sale is over. <tear> Maybe woot will relist them someday.

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How-to hack your own iPod shuffle USB adapter

Engadget has the hook up on some crazy germans who have hacked their own headphone to USB charging adapter.

Read (Engadget)

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iPod Shuffle Gen 2 (New One) Travel Case

iPod Shuffle Gen 2 (New One) Travel Case

betoldi over at Instructables give the lowdown on an easy (if you own them) case for the 2G (G as in Gen nor GB which had me way confused for a good few days. I was like "when did they release 2GB shuffles?" lol) shuffle out of the case for Apple's in-ear headphones. He also notes that the Apple in-ear headphones aren't very good so don't go buying them just for this case.

link instructables.com

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2nd Gen iPod shuffle Phones v2.0 (Quick and Dirty Edition)

That was fast. Just yesterday we brought you 2nd Gen iPod shuffle Phones and today we're up to version 2.0 which was sent in by reader Douglass Scott. He made an adjustment to alow the shuffle to fit on larger headphones but I'll let him talk.

Saw Alexander Micek's 2G shuffle hack and thought I would try my own. The shuffle won't clip directly onto my Sony noise canceling headphones (MDR-NC50), so I needed to create a bracket to do the job. The end product works okay; the iPod is a little loose on the bracket, but it's good enough for long flights. This was a quick and dirty job, but my local hardware store has some thin stainless steel bands that might clean this hack up. Enjoy, DS

Great job Douglass and I'm anxious for your next hack!

link (flickr)

2nd Gen iPod shuffle Phones

Alexander Micek decided to create his own version of the shufflephones using a 2nd generation shuffle.

I used my trusty Sennheiser HD 212 Pros, which as you may have noticed from the specs, have an unusually long cord. 10 feet, to be precise. I had to wrap ten feet of cord (should I say it again?) to make this work … ideally, I’ll be able to source a shorter y-cable. That said, the “startlingly bassy” HD212’s silver color matches the iPod’s anodized aluminum quite well, and the clip holds the iPod on with reasonable security. This wouldn’t be good for exercise, but it’s quite usable for studying and similar activities.

link (tumbledry.org)

iPod Shuffle Cover from Travel Band-Aid Box

csmNotes - iPod Shuffle Cover from Travel Band-Aid Box

Reader Chaz sent in this awesome Band-Aid shuffle cover hack!

First off, credit to Derek who posted the idea way back in August '05.

I found a ridiculous deal on 1G iPod Shuffles at Brand Smart back in November '05 (more than 35% off list; apparently they figured out they were losing money becuase they now price them at market.)

I couldn't justify (still can't) the cost of a bigger digital music player, but at the price I found them, and with this home-made cover and a cassette deck adapter, both my better-half and I have music in our pockets (and when I find some decent water-proof headphones, music to take into the pool for work-outs) and in the car for less than the price of the cheapest hard-drive based player (not including any accesories.) By the time these cases wear out, I'll have saved-up for two water-proof Otterbox covers (part of taking them swimming.)

Parts needed - an iPod shuffle, some travel-size Band-Aid cases, a small piece of anti-static foam (0.25"/o.65 mm thick), some scissors, and a small drill or other augering tool.

Check out the full instructions and along with pictures here.

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Build Your Own iMouse FM Transmitter. Plans Included!

Raymond, who built the iMouse from our last post, was kind enough to send us the plans including a schematic. We had quite a few readers interested in how to build one so here's your chance. Give it a try and be sure to send us pics and stories of your attempts.

Raymond's plans (of which the image above is the schematic) follow:

Build your own iMouse

Parts-list:

Transistor:
T3 ...............................2N2219a
Capacitor:
C3 ...............................1 μF/16 V
C4,C5 .........................1 nF ker.
C6 trimmer capacitor...4-40 pF
C7 ...............................10 pF ker.
Resistor:
R5 Trimmer.................10 kΩ
R6 .............................. 10 kΩ
R7 ...............................2,7 kΩ
R8................................1 kΩ

Spool L1:
Use a 10 cm long Silver wire.
The diameter inside the spool should be 3 mm.
7 winds total
Length of the spool should be 15 mm (f-g)
The antenna is connected to the spool at 3mm from f

a: + 9volt
b: ground
c: audio in
Ground your audio input to b
For the antenna you can use a copper wire (70 cm)
With R5 you can adjust the input signal and with C6 you can tune your frequency.

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iMouse shuffle FM transmitter

Shufflehacking knows no boundries. Maybe we need a frapper page, eh?

Raymond wrote in:

Hello,

I build my own radio-transmitter for my Shuffle, I nicknamed it "iMouse".
It works quite easy, there is a power switch on the bottom to turn it on.
Just press play on the Shuffle and tune your radio to the right frequency.
The range is about 100 to 150 meters.(500 feet)
Now I can enjoy my Shuffle on my car stereo.

Greetings from the Netherlands,
Raymond

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Big Red (Canadian) shuffle Wrapper

"c" dropped us this flickr photo set showing his Canadian Big Red gum wrapper mod.

I know you have a couple of gum wrapper cases already, but I'm hoping I'm
bringing something new to the mix. I desperately wish we had those Juicy
Fruit box wrappers in Canada, but ours are waxed, which makes them super at
being water resistant. He also has some previous attempts up also here.

[link]

Use a Sony Camcorder Cable with the iPod video

This is one of my own hacks and although it's not for the shuffle I couldn't stand to not share if with you loyal readers. I just got a iPod video and wanted to hook it up to the TV. I didn't have the "Official" ipod video cable but I did have the one from my Sony Digital 8 camcorder. I tried to hook it up but it didn't work. I then pulled the plug out a bit and got a scrambled video signal. I then switched the cables around to see if one of the others had the video signal. Success. It turns out with my particular Sony video cable that while plugged into the iPod the RED cable gave me the video signal and the Yellow and White gave me the sound. Hurray for the hacker spirit! It's always nice to save money when you can. (That Xbox 360's not getting any cheaper.)

-Jim


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Aluminum shuffle Case from Cardholder

Giles sent in his wicked aluminum shuffle case mod. He wrote:

It was constructed useing a business-card holder and the packing material used in tool cases (which acts *very* nicely to hold my shuffle - named Sadako - in place, it must be said). The case is aluminium, and the hole for the earphone jack was very easy to drill neatly. I'm very happy with how this one turned out. There's no burrs present on either side of the hole at all.

Due to the small size of the case, theres no real room to store the earphones when not in use, but this is no real trouble. It's very nice to see the "oohs" and "aahs" it gets when I pull it out of my pocket, and the catch makes a very secure/reassuring "click" when it closes. These are payoff enough for the loss of storage space.

The only other thing of note to mention was that I made a mistake when constructing it, and drilled the hole and cut the foam such that I actually created a "left-handed" tin accidentally. Of course, it makes no real difference, and its posed no problem, but it just took me by surprise when I realised. Maybe a little more planning would have been useful ;o)

Bravo Giles. I truly worthy shufflehack.

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Shuffle EQ possible?

Hacktastic reader Trent wrote in:

Not really a hack, but I have discovered that the Samsung flash chips inside
the ipod are EQ enabled, but there is no way to access that from the
shuffle's firmware.

Some hack to access the usable EQ module within the shuffle would be awesome

Go brainiacs!

iPod Shuffle Band-Aid

iPod Shuffle Band-Aid
Originally uploaded by 0401.

How-To: iPod Shuffle Band-Aid

I was bored today and figured I'd throw my Shuffle into a Band-Aid case. It all makes senes. Thought you might be intersted.

[link]

You’re probably asking why the Band-Aid case? Well Shuffle listeners are usually pretty active. With this case, you don’t need to worry about finding a Band-Aid for times when you spazz out on the street while dancing or trip over weights while gawking at that hottie at the gym.

Derek

Apple quietly cuts 1GB iPod shuffle price

via iPodLounge:

In addition to its bigger announcements of iTunes 4.9 and its new color screen iPod lineup, Apple today quietly dropped the price of the iPod shuffle 1GB to $129, from $149.

The price cut is seen as a move to boost sales and distance the device away from the lower-end iPod mini model. It is widely believed that the 1GB iPod shuffle model was not a big seller due to its close pricing to that of the $199 4GB iPod mini, despite lacking several of the mini’s features.

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shufflehacks DIY Marketplace Now Open

original image by Peter Kaminski

While I was going over my blogger template for shufflehacks I was rearranging my google ads, my TechRestore ads, and my Apple & iTunes ads and I realized that what we really needed was a spot for fellow shufflehackers to be able to advertise their own DIY shuffle products. I decided to dedicate some space right at the top of shufflehacks specifically for this need. I am calling it "shufflehacks DIY Marketplace" but all it really is is a space for people's links who are making a go of selling things they make on their own for the iPod shuffle. This isn't like some sort of "pay-for-links/ads" thing. The links there are free to those who I feel deserve the extra publicity. If you feel like your DIY iPod shuffle product fits this category please use the submission links provided in the Marketplace. The other advantage I see to these over something like Google AdSense is that these will 'fly under' the radar of those ad-blockers I know you all are smart enough to use. (I use PithHelmet for Safari and NetNewsWire Lite myself.)

So get to it and let's build a nice economical ecosystem for those brave enough to put out a DIY shuffle products.

-Jim

Full-Length, Full-Res Movie Running off an iPod shuffle

A sharp-eyed reader tipped me off to this post by Wiley Wiggins on Video Thing (he played in Waking Life). He, I mean "his friend" apparently encoded a full-res, full-length DVD to the Quicktime 7 H.264 format and them copied and ran the 800 MB file straight off the shuffle over USB [2?]. Don't get too excited yet since it took 9 hours to encode but hey you can always "Set it and forget it". (And only one person needs to do this "these days" right?) He likened it to the feeling he got at the time he first started encoding CDs to MP3 for their smaller file size. He claims it is FULL-RES. Looks like H.264 might be a butt-kicker. (Now I sit and wait for the "shuffle with a screen" comments.) [via]

[DIY] eyePod shuffle

wmacphail posted this image to flickr:

I love the design of the iPod Shuffle. That said, it's a bit of a pain moving the slider on the back into position. It needs some kind of grip, or raised surface. I explained this problem to my wife, who came up with a brilliant solution, on view above. It's so great to have an inventive spouse with a bag of doll eyes.

[via podthis]