Stuff you bought that's better in other countries.

Blazer · 08-09-2009 8:09am #1

Here at work listening to music on my Ipod Nano that my mate bought back from Oz...:pac:

ah..that joys of an unrestricted ipod :cool: no stupid volume limit and I can finally hear my music in all it's glory

Here in the EU Apple has to put a limit on their ipods (to prevent hearing damage

) and frankly it sucks..volume too low and 1,000s of people complain about it but it's EU law and Apple can't do jack about it.

So what have you bought in other countries that's miles better than anything you can buy in Ireland?

Xavi6 · 08-09-2009 8:11am

[tokenresponse]Yeah, well if you don't like your EU iPod then GTFO!!! :mad:[/tokenresponse]

Gummy Panda · 08-09-2009 8:12am

Hookers

Rabies · 08-09-2009 8:13am

a bride

FearDark · 08-09-2009 8:13am

OP you just came here to brag about your iPod didnt you :P

yes, it does suck, Im into metal music and that **** needs to be played loud!

Carroller16 · 08-09-2009 8:13am

a book written in polish

Jip · 08-09-2009 8:16am

Get a decent pair of headphones and you won't have issues with the noise level on an EU iPod. Having said that all mine have been de-restricted but before I do so to the ones bought in the EU I never had an issue. A set of in ear headphones is all you need.

Kold · 08-09-2009 8:26am

Jip wrote: »

Get a decent pair of headphones and you won't have issues with the noise level on an EU iPod. Having said that all mine have been de-restricted but before I do so to the ones bought in the EU I never had an issue. A set of in ear headphones is all you need.

My good headphones sound better on my unrestricted iPod.

My problem is that you just can't get a load of good sh*t here, not that it's better (although for the most part it is cheaper) overseas.

Like Dr Pepper from the can. They really need to bring it out here.

Ste.phen · 08-09-2009 8:27am

Can't say i've ever noticed ipods 'not being loud enough'

FearDark · 08-09-2009 8:29am

Berkut wrote: »

Here at work listening to music on my Ipod Nano that my mate bought back from Oz...:pac:

ah..that joys of an unrestricted ipod :cool: no stupid volume limit and I can finally hear my music in all it's glory

Here in the EU Apple has to put a limit on their ipods (to prevent hearing damage ) and frankly it sucks..volume too low and 1,000s of people complain about it but it's EU law and Apple can't do jack about it.

So what have you bought in other countries that's miles better than anything you can buy in Ireland?

Steps(Windows)Enable hidden folders.
In Windows Explorer,go to "Tools", "Folder Options". Then click on the tab called "View", and under "Hidden Files and Folders", click "Show Hidden Files and Folders".
Navigate ("My Computer" to double-click on the icon of your attached iPod) to the hidden folder named "iPod_Control", and once there click on the folder "Device". Once there, copy the file named "_volumelocked" to a folder on your hard drive then delete it from the iPod.
Eject your iPod. Then, restart your iPod. You can do this by holding down the center and menu button for at least 6 seconds.
Once your iPod has rebooted, check and make sure that it worked. Simply go into "Settings", "Volume Limit". If it asks for a PIN, you did it WRONG. Retry the above procedure.

chin_grin · 08-09-2009 8:32am

Ste.phen wrote: »

Can't say i've ever noticed ipods 'not being loud enough'

My Creative goes up to eleven. :pac:

Cheap beer always tastes better. Especially when it's only 4 pound for three of the large bottles of Hoegaarden. Nom.

FearDark · 08-09-2009 8:37am

Drugs.

Always better in other countries.

Handsome Bob · 08-09-2009 8:38am

Strongbow is actually pretty sweet in Australia, it's not the junkie-magnet that tastes like piss that we have come to known here in Ireland.

Blazer · 08-09-2009 8:54am

FearDark wrote: »

Steps(Windows)Enable hidden folders.
In Windows Explorer,go to "Tools", "Folder Options". Then click on the tab called "View", and under "Hidden Files and Folders", click "Show Hidden Files and Folders".
Navigate ("My Computer" to double-click on the icon of your attached iPod) to the hidden folder named "iPod_Control", and once there click on the folder "Device". Once there, copy the file named "_volumelocked" to a folder on your hard drive then delete it from the iPod.
Eject your iPod. Then, restart your iPod. You can do this by holding down the center and menu button for at least 6 seconds.
Once your iPod has rebooted, check and make sure that it worked. Simply go into "Settings", "Volume Limit". If it asks for a PIN, you did it WRONG. Retry the above procedure.

It was the 3rd gen Nano I had....could not be hacked no matter what you did..Was able to do it with the 2nd gen and my itouch but no joy with my old one...ah well..doesn't matter now

Run_to_da_hills · 08-09-2009 9:01am

Berkut wrote: »

Here at work listening to music on my Ipod Nano that my mate bought back from Oz...:pac:

ah..that joys of an unrestricted ipod :cool: no stupid volume limit and I can finally hear my music in all it's glory

Here in the EU Apple has to put a limit on their ipods (to prevent hearing damage ) and frankly it sucks..volume too low and 1,000s of people complain about it but it's EU law and Apple can't do jack about it.

So what have you bought in other countries that's miles better than anything you can buy in Ireland?

Open your Ipod, get a small screwdriver and remove the small stop behind the volume controller. Sorted.

Ed_ · 08-09-2009 9:09am

My iPod is loud enough for both me and those around me. The guy next to me incidentally was tapping his fingers to the drums on a song I was listening to last week. How much louder does it need to be?

TheIrishGrover · 08-09-2009 9:11am

My Sega Homestar Pro planetarium I got in Japan. Awesome. Can't even get it outside Japan the greedy mutts

johnmacward · 08-09-2009 9:14am

Ed_ wrote: »

My iPod is loud enough for both me and those around me. The guy next to me incidentally was tapping his fingers to the drums on a song I was listening to last week. How much louder does it need to be?

I do that subconciously, it was probably me. The Dart?

Kold · 08-09-2009 9:18am

FearDark wrote: »

Drugs.

Always better in other countries.

Actually, very true. Cheaper too.

Blazer · 08-09-2009 9:49am

Ed_ wrote: »

My iPod is loud enough for both me and those around me. The guy next to me incidentally was tapping his fingers to the drums on a song I was listening to last week. How much louder does it need to be?

A lot....listening to Iron Maiden on a Eu ipod is completely different to listening to it on a Non-Eu..by about 20 decibels I'd say

johnmacward · 08-09-2009 9:54am

Stop talking about iPods and crap volume and get yizzerselves a Creative Zen, at around 18 or 20 that thing will make you bleed - and it goes all the way to 25.

Blazer · 08-09-2009 10:10am

johnmacward wrote: »

Stop talking about iPods and crap volume and get yizzerselves a Creative Zen, at around 18 or 20 that thing will make you bleed - and it goes all the way to 25.

I wouldn't piss on a zen if it was on fire...I hate Creative with their poxy soundcards with a passion..from their crap drivers to disabling features that were previously standard and then having the cheek to charge extra for unlocking these so called extras... .fcuk you creative.

And we all know anyway...only poor people use zens...us upperclass intelligent super cool people use ipods...(at least that's what the apple gimps tell us

)

TPD · 08-09-2009 10:17am

My ipod was free

I've rockbox on it, doesnt seem to be any issue with the volume.

mp3guy · 08-09-2009 10:19am

iRivers are actually the best here.

And yeah, not necessary, you can defeat the "lock" on any generation.

laugh · 08-09-2009 11:09am

Sun loungers and barbeques, you can actually use them in other countries.

Blazer · 08-09-2009 11:21am

mp3guy wrote: »

And yeah, not necessary, you can defeat the "lock" on any generation.

except the 3rd gen nano's..
They were impossible to break for some stupid reason...not sure about the 4th gen.
Sure you could get an app to increase the limit of the songs themselves...but that was no good when the ipod itself limited them

Boskowski · 08-09-2009 11:24am

beer

Neamhshuntasach · 08-09-2009 11:54am

You can just get a program called Eupod that's free and sorts the volume problem out.

Capt'n Midnight · 08-09-2009 12:21pm

meals
tickets for public transport

Lord Derpington · 08-09-2009 1:04pm

Berkut wrote: »

except the 3rd gen nano's..
They were impossible to break for some stupid reason...not sure about the 4th gen.
Sure you could get an app to increase the limit of the songs themselves...but that was no good when the ipod itself limited them

http://www.gopod.eu/

sneakerfreak · 08-09-2009 1:09pm

drugs

JohnCleary · 08-09-2009 1:45pm

Boats. I hardly get to use mine because of the feckin' weather. I don't mind the rain, it's the wind that makes it unsafe/not fun. Then I get emails/pics from friends in the Med showing them swimming around in the water and having to use their 'bimini' canopy to cover them from the sun, as opposed to the rain

In a few boat purchases time i'm moving it to the Med, feck this weather

Kipperhell · 08-09-2009 1:50pm

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

My Sega Homestar Pro planetarium I got in Japan. Awesome. Can't even get it outside Japan the greedy mutts

Really can't think why anybody other than a child would want one.

Lord Derpington · 08-09-2009 2:00pm

Kipperhell wrote: »

Really can't think why anybody other than a child would want one.

At ~€220 i dont know why anyone would, unless your some sort of astrogeology teacher

Kipperhell · 08-09-2009 2:31pm

greenfly wrote: »

At ~€220 i dont know why anyone would, unless your some sort of astrogeology teacher

:eek: One person who might want one

Lord Derpington · 08-09-2009 3:14pm

Kipperhell wrote: »

:eek: One person who might want one

Sorry its supposed to be 36,540 ¥ (Yen) which is €273.17 according to xe.com

Source
:eek:

08-09-2009 4:01pm

Ste.phen wrote: »

Can't say i've ever noticed ipods 'not being loud enough'

True, if it ain't loud enough they you're probably going deaf!

Stuff you bought that's better in other countries.

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