EU volume capping, should I buy ipod abroad?

[kokoshka]

Hello. I was about to buy a 160 gb ipod. Googling for a good price, I kept coming across forums dealing with the issue of low volume on the classics. I know that in the past, go pod has been the answer, but is there currently a safe solution that works? If not, and I get someone to collect an ipod from The States, is my guarantee international? If I bought from the Apple shop in Boston, would I be able to return it to Regent Street if necessary?

[pixelpixel]

Originally Posted by kokoshka

Hello. I was about to buy a 160 gb ipod. Googling for a good price, I kept coming across forums dealing with the issue of low volume on the classics. I know that in the past, go pod has been the answer, but is there currently a safe solution that works? If not, and I get someone to collect an ipod from The States, is my guarantee international? If I bought from the Apple shop in Boston, would I be able to return it to Regent Street if necessary?

Is this not the same issue that my old 3G suffered from ? Does itunes now allow you to override this ?

Is going to the States for it not overkill ? I have a few ipods and each one has had a volume limit preset on it. A few clicks and it was fixed.

If this is different then this is something new to me.

[WelshBluebird]

I dunno about the iPod, but I know for most other players you can just download and install the American firmware for the player.

[kokoshka]

>Is going to the States for it not overkill ? I have a few ipods and each one has had a volume limit preset on it. A few clicks and it was fixed.<

I'm not going there myself, but my daughter is visiting Boston next month. I'd much rather buy it here though.

What were the clicks? I know there is always a way that the user may set their own maximum volume, but this is different, so far as I can tell. The ex-EU models have a much higher max than EU models.

Here are some forums that I noticed: <forum.macrumors.com>, <soundonsound.com>,< ilounge.com>

[Kieron]

Seem to recall using a program called eupod a few gens back....

[kokoshka]

Thanks for that. Unfortunately it seems to be a PC only fix, and I'm a Mac user. I guess I'll go for the foreign option, not wishing to take any chances. I can't say that this shortcoming with EU ipods is anything that I'm aware of through personal experience, it's just stuff that I've read. But $349 translates to about £170, which makes it cheap enough to wait for the US version.