Apple offers volume limit setting for iPods
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Mar 29, 2006 at 7:27pm
Apple has released software update for the iPod nano and 5G (video) iPod that lets you set up your own personal maximum volume limit. The software update also gives parents the ability to set a maximum volume limit on their child’s iPod and lock it with a combination code.
“As the leading provider of digital music players, Apple continuously brings iPod customers innovative and easy to use solutions,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing, in a press release. “With the increased attention in this area, we want to offer customers an easy to use option to set their own personal volume limit.”
The new software seems to be in response to a lawsuit filed in February that claims possible hearing loss from using an iPod. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, seeks compensation for plaintiffs’ hearing loss and upgrades that will make the iPods safer. The lawsuit—filed on behalf of John Kiel Patterson—says the iPod can generate more than 115 decibels, a level that could damage hearing to a user exposed for more than 28 seconds a day.
The software is available as a free download here. The new Volume Limit feature works with any headphone or accessory plugged into the iPod headphone jack as well as the iPod Radio Remote. For further information on safe listening with iPod, Apple recommends you go here.
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
