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Need advice about using a non-Apple mp3 player with Apple devices....
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1718612" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Hi:</p><p></p><p>My wife and I have lots of experience with providing MP3 players for folks in nursing homes or a memory care facility. Best Buy sells many different types of inexpensive MP3 players when they have them in stock, however, the best place to buy them is from Amazon.com. You can peruse what they have and get a good idea of what may or may not be easy to operate. Most of the inexpensive MP3 players have very tiny LCD sceens and operate from menus that might be confusing to your Mom. And if she has a problem with vision, those won't be any good for her.</p><p></p><p>Also... any MP3 player other than the ones from Apple do not sync with iTunes which means you have to load them the same way you would an ordinary hard drive. That may or may not be something you want to deal with.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line: We found the best way to deal with the things I mentioned above is to purchase Apple iPod Shuffles. They do cost $49 and hold only around 1.85 GB of music, however, they are the easiest to operate and will automatically sync with your copy of iTunes for loading. We use a non profit account to make the purchases either from the Apple store or Best Buy but we do a lot of purchasing. You only need one so my advice is to go with an Apple Shuffle. If it gets lost while Mom is in memory care, buy her another one. Not much you can do to maintain control over that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1718612, member: 46727"] Hi: My wife and I have lots of experience with providing MP3 players for folks in nursing homes or a memory care facility. Best Buy sells many different types of inexpensive MP3 players when they have them in stock, however, the best place to buy them is from Amazon.com. You can peruse what they have and get a good idea of what may or may not be easy to operate. Most of the inexpensive MP3 players have very tiny LCD sceens and operate from menus that might be confusing to your Mom. And if she has a problem with vision, those won't be any good for her. Also... any MP3 player other than the ones from Apple do not sync with iTunes which means you have to load them the same way you would an ordinary hard drive. That may or may not be something you want to deal with. Bottom line: We found the best way to deal with the things I mentioned above is to purchase Apple iPod Shuffles. They do cost $49 and hold only around 1.85 GB of music, however, they are the easiest to operate and will automatically sync with your copy of iTunes for loading. We use a non profit account to make the purchases either from the Apple store or Best Buy but we do a lot of purchasing. You only need one so my advice is to go with an Apple Shuffle. If it gets lost while Mom is in memory care, buy her another one. Not much you can do to maintain control over that. [/QUOTE]
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