Setting up a second hand ipod nano

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Setting up a second hand ipod nano

Hi guys,

Ihave rescently purchased a 2nd hand ipod nano. One of my friends told me that I would not be able to set it up on my computer to download music because he says that they only recognise the original comuter they are registered on. IS this true?

He also said when I try to set it up that it will likely delete the songs on it from the previous owner?

Do I need to do anything special to set a 2nd hand nano up on my home pc or have I wasted my money?

Any help appreciated.

Windows 2000

Posted on Sep 22, 2006 8:58 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Sep 22, 2006 10:18 PM in response to bodyoptics

1. No. The iPod nano will recognize multiple computers, and you can transfer music to it from multiple machines.

2. As documented above, when you hook it up to a new computer for the first time, you will be asked if you want to reassign it to your computer and erase the music from it.

3. No.

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Answer 2

Sep 23, 2006 12:05 AM in response to bodyoptics

If you have nothing in the iPod or you don't like the songs there, it is a good time to restore to a factory default and also update the firmware.

I always do that with every apple product, used one, refurbished one and even the new one, to narrow down if any problems pop up.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983

and this:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60944

Good Luck.

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Answer 3

Sep 23, 2006 3:31 AM in response to Michael Tirta

please redirect all post concerning this subject to the ipod part of this forum

http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=146

thank you

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