Ipod 80 gb hack

After last week's Apple announcements, your previous-gen iPod probably isn't looking so hot. Cheer up! We've got five mods that'll breathe new life into the little guy, so you don't have to feel guilty about picking up a shiny replacement. You might think your iPod already sounds good— if you aren't using crappy earbuds —but most audiophiles would turn up their noses up at the sight of it. The trick behind the mod is replacing the circuitry that leads to your headphone jack, which the team at Red Wine Audio claim degrades the signal.

With new parts in place, you'll enjoy untainted sound—though you'll need to connect the modded iPod to an amplifier to get any audio. After this mod, the headphone jack is strictly line-out.

That's where you, with your Linux-enabled iPod, pick up the signal with Nike's own receiver. Since these cables tend to run southwards of ten bucks, it makes for a slightly cheaper way watch your iPod videos on your TV set. This is an easy hack that anyone with an iPod video can try. Growing up, I spent endless hours in front of an arcade console, popping pills and running from ghosts.

The program comes with romsets the set of files including all the game data including one for Pac-Man, however others should be able to be added. And one of the recent hacks he posted was no exception. This risk-free hack will let you turn your iPod shuffle into a portable radio station—perfect for taking your shuffle with you on a road trip. The build notes offer instructions on how to build a radio transmitter that plugs into your shuffle or other MP3 player.

There are only two complaints we hear about the iPod with any degree of regularity. This hack takes care of both of those complaints. Like the memory doubling hack featured above, this is a good way to ruin your iPod.

Fogie completely disassembled his iPod, and then filed down his PSP faceplate to fit. You can check out his Mac and iPod weblog at mac.

One issue is that the batteries of a nine-year-old iPod are likely to be somewhat below their optimum capacity. The other is that the generations of iPod Classics capable of such upgrades are made from lumps of the cast, stamped metal. Opening these devices is not for the faint of heart. Getting inside one of these things requires some unusual tools. There are tack-welded springs down the inner sides of the back cover. These either hold on tenaciously or break with a momentum-inducing SPANG, ripping out the delicate headphone-jack ribbon cables and flinging them to the far corner of your workroom.

Using a screwdriver means that your back cover — which is of course already scratched and dented — bends out of shape wherever the screwdriver goes. The best way to apply the required force is with a wide, flat, thin, springy but strong object — a wallpaper scraper.

Replacement battery: This is an optional item; I found that our original battery was in good shape, especially given the much lower current draw inherent to the SSD. On the other hand, while the back is not clipped on, this will probably be your only chance to put in a new battery.