What does it mean when an ipod is skip-proof for 20 min?

Question

It says that my ipod is skip-proof for 20 min. What does that mean, that after twenty minutes I can't ever again play my ipod while running etc.?

Answer 1

When it comes to a device with digital anti-shock or "skip-proof", what it means is that the device buffers x amount of minutes of audio into memory so that if it all of a sudden becomes subject to vibration, it will play out of memory for those x amount of minutes if need be. So for example, your device has 20 minutes skip-proof. If it starts "skipping", you won't hear anything different unless it skips for a full 20 minutes. It has 20 minutes to make a good read of your media again to fill the buffer back up again. It does not mean once you use up all 20 minutes you can never use it again; just that you have 20 minutes for it to get a good read and fill the buffer back up. 20 minutes is a lot and you'll probably never be exercising so hard that it won't get a good enough read to keep the buffer at least partially filled.