can i get different ear pieces for my ipod?

Question

i dont like the ones it came with b/c it doesnt fit in my ear. so are there any other places to get them? i havnt found them yet. and is there such a thing where you can get something for your radio in your car and hook it up to your ipod to play your music that way? my brother in law said so but ive never heard of it.

Answer 1

You can use any earpieces that have a mini-stereo plug. The prices range from pretty inexpensive to hundreds of dollars. Target, drugstores, the Apple store all have them.

You can get an FM transmitter that will allow you to play your iPod through your car stereo. Belkin and Griffin are two companies that make them. Target and the Apple store have them.

Answer 2

iPods use the standard 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone jack, so as long as you don't get the really high-end 1/4" headphones used by professionals, or the tiny 3/32" headphones used for many cordless/mobile phones, you should be set. You don't need to stick with earbuds (they can be quite troublesome depending on the shape of your ear canals), and other options include those that clip over the backs of your ears (mine have a loop of rubber that wraps around the back of the ear from top to bottom) or that have a strap that goes over the top of your head or behind your neck (the latter style tend to get knocked out of place less than the over-the-head design, and are more comfortable to wear with hats).

As for hooking up to your car stereo, there are five basic options:

1- If your stereo has an inline jack (looks like a standard 1/8" headphone jack) on the face, or you buy a new stereo that does, you can just get an 1/8" patch cord (Zip-Linq.com offers retractable ones, or you'll probably be stuck getting one that's 6 feet long where 2-3 feet would be less of a mess) and plug it into the stereo and your iPod's headphone jack.

2- If your stereo has a USB port, or you buy a new stereo that does, you can just use a standard sync cable (get a spare so you don't always have to haul the cord around with you) and plug it into the stereo.

3- If your stereo has a tape deck, you can just get a cassette adapter that'll plug into your headphone jack and transmit the signal through an adapter that's shaped like a standard audio cassette.

4- If you really feel like digging into your dashboard, or paying for someone else to, there will probably be a pair of RCA audio jacks located on the back as an external input. Get an 1/8" headphone (male) to RCA stereo (also male) cord and feed the headphone tail out of the dashboard somewhere that'll be convenient.

5- If all else fails, as a last resort, especially if you live in an urban location, you can buy an FM transmitter. These come in three varieties. One is built into a power cord that'll plug into your car's cigarette lighter and into your iPod's dock connector, keeping your iPod charged while it plays. Another style also plugs into the dock connector, but has no attached power cable (though it probably will have a mini-USB jack that can be used to supply power from either an AC-USB adapter, or a similar device that plugs into the cigarette lighter), and it runs off of your iPod's battery. The third type uses either AA or AAA batteries to operate and plugs into your headphone jack (This is the only type that allows you to adjust the volume through the iPod, as the dock connector takes a fixed-volume line level). All three suffer one major drawback, and that's the fact that they're all really low powered, and any strong radio signal in the area will overpower them. If you feel that you have no other choice but to use these in your car, search through the available bands to find a patch that receives no radio signals (the wider the bandwidth, the better) and use the band that's closest to the center. You'll still probably have the odd reception issue, depending on the weather and surrounding obstructions (sometimes you might get a weak signal from a far-off station that'll interfere with your transmitter's signal). But I'd really suggest trying out one of the first four options before resorting to FM transmitters in a car, though they're not a bad option for a desktop stereo (particularly since many don't come with line-in/RCA jacks or casette decks anymore, and USB ports are too recent to be very common yet).

Answer 3

1. Any headphones should work. I would go to Best Buy or online at someplace like Amazon and browse until you find earphones that you like.

2. You can play it through your car in one of two ways. If you have a cassette deck in your car, you can get a connector that is basically a cassette tape with a cord coming out of it (see for example http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MiniDisc-Discman-Cassette-Adapter/dp/B00005T39Y/). That is the best way. If you don't have a cassette deck, try the Griffin ITrip (http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-4026-LCDT-iTrip-Transmitter/dp/B000B622CW/) which basically generates a very local FM radio station you can turn your radio to to hear your iPod. But the ITrip only works if there is a station on the dial with nothing but static, which there isn't always. So the cassette option is better.

Answer 4

You can find them almost anywhere, at the mall for example. Check out RadioShack and FYE. FYE has a big selection of iPOD accessories.

Answer 5

Yes.
Try walmart, circuit city, best buy, radio shack, etc.
Go to their websites and check out ipod accessories.

www.walmart.com
www.circuitcity.com
www.bestbuy.com
www.radioshack.com

Answer 6

YES, you can get them at any local iPod store.

Answer 7

yes!!! u can get them from walmart or any where that sells ipods.