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Apple iPod Classic with Color Display
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Apple iPod Classic with Color Display – Technical Specifications
Apple iPod Classic with Color Display 4th Generation full technical Specifications, video review and comparison feature.
Product Brand: Apple
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Pros
- Large storage capacity (up to 40 GB)
- Clear and bright colour display
- Long battery life
- Sleek and durable design
- Easy to navigate menus
Cons
- No video playback capability
- Limited support for newer software and technologies
- No Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity
- No built-in FM radio
- Heavy and bulky compared to newer devices
Apple iPod Classic with Colour Display Generation Review and Features
Two iPod Classic Color Display models were 20 GB and 60 GB. The 60 GB model was just the renamed version of the iPod Photo with revised software. The changes included the function of bookmarking within the podcast menu and the ability to display coloured podcast artwork.
The 20 GB model stepped in place of the previous 20GB standard model and the 30GB iPod photo. Thus Apple merged two iPod lines into one, reasonably dropping the price in the process. That was the double win, for users could get a colour-screened model with photo features for a monochrome price.
The iPod Classic Color Display supported viewing photos to music, displaying them on the external display or NV via an AV cable or dock (sold separately). Images from a digital cam can also be viewed on iPod immediately via the iPod Camera Connector (optional).
On September 9, 2014, Apple discontinued the iPod Classic. The sixth-generation 160 GB iPod Classic was the last Apple product to use the original 30-pin dock connector and the distinctive click wheel.
The iPod’s operating system is stored on its dedicated storage medium. An additional NOR flash ROM chip (either 1 MB or 512 KB) contains a bootloader program that tells the device to load its OS from the storage medium.
Each iPod has 32 MB of RAM, although the 60 GB and 80 GB fifth-generation and sixth-generation models have 64 MB. A portion of the RAM is used to hold the iPod OS loaded from firmware, but most of it serves to cache songs from the storage medium.
For example, an iPod could spin its hard disk up once and copy approximately 30 MB of upcoming songs into RAM, thus saving power by not requiring the drive to spin up for each song.
Custom firmware has also been developed, such as Rockbox (up to 1G – 6G requires emCORE) and iPodLinux (up to 5G, 6G has an encrypted firmware.), which offer open-source alternatives to the standard firmware and operating system.
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Full Technical Specifications
General Technical Specifications
| Device Type | Portable Media Player |
| Models |
20 GB MA079LL/A MA127LL/A (U2 Special Edition iPod with colour display) MA215LL/A (Harry Potter Collector's iPod with colour display) 30 GB M9829LL/A 60 GB M9830LL/A |
| Released | 28 June, 2005 |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Successor | iPod Touch |
| External Buttons and Connectors | Dock connector, remote connector, stereo minijack |
| Generation | 4th |
| Colors | White |
| System Requirements |
Mac requirements Macintosh computer with FireWire port or built-in USB 2.0 port; Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later (for FireWire); USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X v10.3.4 or later Windows requirements PC with FireWire or USB 2.0 port, or FireWire or USB 2.0 card; Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later) or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2 or later) |
| Customizable Settings |
Customize the main menu Create multiple On-The-Go playlists Adjust audiobook playback speed Clicker playback through headphones Rate songs Shuffle songs or albums Repeat one or all Sound Check on or off 20 Equalizer settings Backlight timer Display contrast Alarms on, off or silent Sleep timer Date and time Display time in the menu bar Contacts sort and display by first or last names Clicker on or off Menu Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. Display Song, Artist and Album Info in: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian. |
| Power Adapter |
iPod USB Power Adapter AC input: 100V to 240V at 0.4 amp maximum Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz |
| Input and Output |
Dock connector 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack Wired remote connector |
| iPod's Processor Type | PP5020 |
| iPod's Processor Speed | 80 MHz (x2 |
| RAM | 32 Megabytes |
| iPod's Internal Memory |
20 GB, 30 GB, or 60 GB hard disk drive Holds 5,000, 7,500, or 15,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format Stores data via FireWire (optional cable) or USB 2.0 hard drive 1.8” hard drive |
| Audio Technology Features |
Up to 25 minutes of skip protection Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible, AIFF, Apple Lossless and WAV Earbud-style headphones with 18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Impedance: 32 ohms |
| Headphone Type | 3.5mm Audio jack |
| Display Info |
2-inch (diagonal) colour liquid crystal display with blue-white LED backlight 220-by-176-pixel resolution, 0.18-mm dot pitch 16-bit, 65,536 colours Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only) and PNG formats. |
| Dimensions |
Size (20GB model) Height: 4.1 in Width: 2.4 in Depth: 0.63 in Size (30GB model) Height: 4.1 in Width: 2.4 in Depth: 0.63 in Size (60GB model) Height: 4.1 in Width: 2.4 in Depth: 0.75 in |
| Weight | 20 GB - Weight: 5.9 oz (167 g), 30 GB - Weight: 5.9 oz (167 g), 60 GB - Weight: 6.4 oz (181 g) |
| Camera | No |
| SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | No SIM |
| Battery |
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery iPod audio playback time: Up to 15 hours when fully charged iPod slideshow playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged (without TV out) Standby time: 1 month when fully charged Charging via FireWire to computer system or power adapter Fast-charge time: Up to 3 hours for iPod (charges up to 80% of battery capacity) Full-charge time: Up to 5 hours Charging via USB 2.0 to computer system or power adapter Full-charge time: Up to 5 hours |
| Navigation | Click wheel |
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