Apple iPod Video 30GB

October 19th, 2005 | by Ian Bell


Specs

Technical Specifications: iPod

Capacity

  • 30GB or 60GB hard drive
  • Holds 7,500 to 15,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
  • Holds up to 25,000 iPod-viewable photos
  • Holds over 1,000 (30GB) or 2,000 (60GB) videos
  • Stores data via USB hard drive

Display

  • 2.5 inch (diagonal) QVGA transflective, over 65,000-color liquid crystal display with white LED backlight
  • 320 x 240 pixel resolution, .156-mm dot pitch
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Audio

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
  • Upgradable firmware enables support for future audio formats

Video

  • Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
  • Upgradable firmware enables support for future video formats

Headphones

  • Earbud-style headphones with 18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

  • Macintosh computer with USB port (USB 2.0 recommended)
  • Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later

Windows system requirements

  • PC with USB port or card (USB 2.0 recommended)
  • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

Customizable settings

  • Customize main menu
  • Create multiple On-the-Go playlists
  • Adjust audiobook playback speed
  • Clicker playback through headphones
  • Rate songs
  • Shuffle songs or albums
  • Repeat one or all
  • Sound Check on or off
  • 20 Equalizer settings
  • Backlight timer
  • Alarms on, off or silent
  • Sleep timer
  • Date and time
  • Display time in menu bar
  • Contacts sort and display by first or last names
  • Clicker on or off
  • Photo slideshow settings:
    • Music from Now Playing, iPhoto (Mac), or iTunes playlists
    • Time per slide (manual) 2, 3, 5, 10, or 20 seconds
    • Repeat on or off
    • Shuffle photos on or off
    • Transitions off, random, cube across, cube down, dissolve, page flip, push across, push down, radial, swirl, wipe across, wipe down, wipe from center
    • TV out on, off or ask
    • TV signal PAL or NTSC
  • Voice recording settings:
    • Low (22.05 KHz, mono)
    • High (44.1 KHz, stereo)
  • Languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish
  • Additional language support for display of song, album and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian

Environmental requirements

  • Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
  • Non operating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Input and output

  • iPod
    • Dock connector
    • 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
  • iPod Universal Dock
    • Dock connector
    • Audio and composite video output
    • S-video output

Power and battery(3)

  • Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
  • Playback time (30GB model)
    • Music playback time: Up to 14 hours when fully charged
    • Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 3 hours when fully charged
    • Video playback time: Up to 2 hours when fully charged
  • Playback time (60GB model)
    • Music playback time: Up to 20 hours when fully charged
    • Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 4 hours when fully charged
    • Video playback time: Up to 3 hours when fully charged
  • Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
    • Fast-charge time: about 2 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
    • Full-charge time: about 4 hours

Size and weight (30GB model)

  • Height: 4.1 inches
  • Width: 2.4 inches
  • Depth: 0.43 inches
  • Weight: 4.8 oz

Size and weight (60GB model)

  • Height: 4.1 inches
  • Width: 2.4 inches
  • Depth: 0.55 inches
  • Weight: 5.5 oz

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