2 iPods on the 1PC

2L84SLEEP · 26 Jul 2006 at 19:55

Hi folks

Just a quick question, which is hopefully a nice easy one to answer. I currently have a 20gb iPod hooked up to my PC but now my girlfriend has decided she wants a 1gb Nano!

Is it possible for us to have 2 iPods using the one PC and if so, how easy is it to go about setting it up?

Thanks :cool:

OzZie · 26 Jul 2006 at 20:34

Some guy asked the same question today in John Lewis whilst i was grabbing a cover for my nano.

Unfortunatly i can't give you an answer because i'd already left by the time the asisstant had shown him how he could do it!

I'm pritty sure its possible though.

Caged · 26 Jul 2006 at 20:56

Two XP user accounts is the easiest method.

Si MPS · 26 Jul 2006 at 20:58

Just turn off automatic updating in itunes, sorted

2L84SLEEP · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:14

Thanks for the replies, so if I turn off automatic updating, is there a way iTunes will recognise which iPod is connected?

Eliot · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:24

use 2 xp accounts, so much easier

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:42

You don't need two accounts.
Both my daughters use the same PC and they plug in one after the other.
As soon as you plug one in it shows one IPOD, plug in the other and it shows that one.
oh yeah, turn automatic updating off.

Caged · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:51

If you're going to use one user account, create a playlist for each iPod and then set each iPod to automatically update only the selected playlist.

Caged · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:52

OzZie said:
Some guy asked the same question today in John Lewis whilst i was grabbing a cover for my nano.

Unfortunatly i can't give you an answer because i'd already left by the time the asisstant had shown him how he could do it!

I'm pritty sure its possible though.

If you want to know, just ask the guy. We'd much rather walk a customer through something on a screen than answer a ton of pointless questions about "how do I do laptop".

PlasmaZombies · 26 Jul 2006 at 23:18

Wouldn't it just be easier to use them both as removable drives instead? Unless the OP has to use it in Itunes? (don't actually use itunes or own an ipod lol so don't know whether it's Itunes which limits you or whatever)

MattJones2k6 · 26 Jul 2006 at 23:20

One use iTunes and the other use wimamp with the ipod plugin ...

I can't use iTunes on 64 bit anymore so i'm stuck with wimamp

tom_nieto · 27 Jul 2006 at 00:57

Mine works fine by just plugging them both in! As long as they're not plugged in at the same time, everything works very well.

OzZie · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:59

Both of mine plugged in different USB ports.

Si MPS · 27 Jul 2006 at 18:29

Eliot said:
use 2 xp accounts, so much easier

How is it?

If they're just sharing out the same bank of music, just turn off automatic updating, then you can put whatever you want on them without having to log out and log in.

2L84SLEEP · 27 Jul 2006 at 23:16

Thanks for all the replies, got it all sorted tonight and was easy as pie! As stated, just switch off the automatic update and hey presto, you can have both connected at the same time and put different things on each one easily

:cool:

SexyGreyFox · 28 Jul 2006 at 00:28

We told you

two user accounts, two different programs - ha ha.