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1.0.3 :: Share Your Experiences

I'm on my 3rd iPod Classic 160GB & was smart; I left the firmware v1.0fc1 on it that it came with out of the box due to the MANY well known issues we've all experienced with 1.0.2.

Anyways, I just noticed 2 threads talking about the available 1.0.3. It must have been released a few hours ago b/c there's only 2 threads on it.

_*MY QUESTIONS:*_

Before I update to 1.0.3, can someone who has already updated to it please answer the following:

1) Has the battery leaking issue been resolved?

2) Will it play in a speaker docking station now without sleeping when controlled via Remote Control?

3) How was Cover Flow improved / enhanced (least of my worries).

4) Is there more features & activity available for the Calendar & Contacts feature or do they still need to be mostly controlled from your computer?
I ask b/c I'm an iPod addict & also have a iPod Touch 16GB & it's latest update (1.1.2) now allows users to create their own events on their calendar whereas before calendar entries could ONLY be created on a computer.

Please reply if you know any answers to my questions & 'share the knowledge'.

Thanks!

Looking forward to a much better iPod Classic experience with the newly available 1.0.3 update.

iPod Classic 160GB (Black) + iPod Touch 16GB, Windows XP Pro, Using a Classic 160GB Black + a 16 GB Touch. Have used 3rd, 4th 5th generations.

Posted on Nov 27, 2007 10:55 PM

167 replies

m8an

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260 points

Nov 28, 2007 4:19 AM in response to Croman

What search bug? I heard of this a couple of times now but my search works perfectly fine.
anyways, I would highly recommend you to switch to 1.0.3, search bug or not. it's not the same iPod as with 1.0.2, it's so ... flawless 😀 seriously, it's much much much much faster, especially the wheel works perfectly fine now and isn't jumpy anymore at all. but it's your choice.

I personally think this update made the classic an iPod. it works really well now, fast, most bugs are gone, I can use all functions now (games, EQ, ...), my tv shows are sorted correctly now, very very nice. I even think my EU-iPod is a little louder than before. it's still too silent with normalization turned on but I will try to find my way around it.

very nice update! highly recommended! only downside is you have to turn off the click-noise since it sounds horrible through headphones and for some reason an "only iPod" option is missing.

Croman

Level 1

50 points

Nov 28, 2007 4:49 AM in response to m8an

With 1.0.2 happens that when you do a search, if you select an artist from the results to see the albums it has, the iPod shows you all songs you have in the library. Too happens that if you select a song from the results, the iPod plays a different song, you have to go back and select it again. These happens very often.

PD: I've never stood the clickwheel noise. Always turned off.

Nov 28, 2007 5:09 AM in response to FireFish

Is it really confirmed that this update 1.0.3 has raised the volume level for european iPod classic ?
Thx, Ralf

m8an

Level 2

260 points

Nov 28, 2007 5:22 AM in response to BlueMUC64

first of all regarding search: the artist-thing seems to be fixed. when I select an artist it shows the artists albums, no problems.
the song-bug is still there. if you select a song, it selects a completly different songs. after pressing menu once and by that going back to your search results all songs you select are selected correctly, so it's maybe a little annoying, but not a really big deal. 2 keypresses more (one for selecting the wrong song and one for going back to the search results). for me it could never be a reason to stick with 1.0.1 or 1.0.2 (I was so surprised how accurate and fast the click wheel works now, never had an iPod before and thought the old behaviour was normal or almost normal. would not want to miss that out.) but as I said, decide for yourself. but I'd say there will be an update soon because click-noise needs fixing anyways. I would say search gets fixed with that either.

secondly: the volume-raise is NOT in any way official. it's just what I BELIEVE to have noticed. but even if it WAS raised, it was raised very little at best.

Message was edited by: m8an

Matko D

Level 1

99 points

Nov 28, 2007 5:36 AM in response to FireFish

Never paid attention to it before, but is it normal the harddrive keeps spinning while the iPod is connected to the computer? (Even without iTunes running)

Simon-UK-

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Nov 28, 2007 5:51 AM in response to Matko D

Yes. As long as the iPod remains mounted.

Nov 28, 2007 6:14 AM in response to FireFish

My 160 Classic still shuts off anytime I touch ANY button. I have called the reseller and
am getting it exchanged.

Nov 28, 2007 9:15 AM in response to FireFish

Overall I'm very pleased with this update. When playing music videos with TV out enabled, the iPod screen now shows artwork/poster frame. BUT, it still DOES NOT show the artist of the video. Apple, please fix this.

The clicker is way too loud!

Nov 28, 2007 9:57 AM in response to sugascotty

They fixed the FM tuner RDS problem. The RDS text buffer is now cleared between stations -- no more jumbled text.

poptramp

Level 1

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Nov 28, 2007 10:17 AM in response to FireFish

Some other changes:
For compilations, the "artist" when browsing cover flow or the compilations menu, is now "Various Artists", rather than just showing the first artist in the list.
Also, when in cover flow, for artists who have music in both albums and compilations, i believe the compilation would show up in version 1.0.2. Now, compilations are now grouped together at the end.
Finally, can anyone confirm that when you click on one of two similar-titled albums in coverflow, you actually get just the album by that artist, rather than both combined?

james.

Botrax

Level 1

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Nov 28, 2007 10:22 AM in response to magicgoof

In 1.0.2 Podcasts is in the main menu unless you ddo the following: Enable Podcasts and then disable Podcasts and then it would disappear from Main Menu.

atrament

Level 1

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Nov 28, 2007 10:34 AM in response to dave w1

yeah, god I hate that. it is so annoying, and ugly.

Matko D

Level 1

99 points

Nov 28, 2007 10:36 AM in response to poptramp

As for similar titled albums, I can confirm nothing's changed 😟. You get both...

venzent

Level 1

15 points

Nov 28, 2007 10:47 AM in response to Matko D

Similar titled albums will indeed combine the albums when started from coverflow.

sbeers

Level 1

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Nov 28, 2007 10:48 AM in response to FireFish

One very stupid bug still exists. If, while playing a song, you click the center button four times to get to the Off/Songs/Album shuffle settings, then move the selection OFF of the currently selected one and then move it back, it resets your shuffle to "1 of XXXX". You can then no longer go back to a previously played song, as the shuffle has reset. This is dumb. Accidentally moving the shuffle selection should not reset the shuffle play order.

1.0.3 :: Share Your Experiences