My mom got me nikeplus for christmas. I bought an ipod nano specifically to use the nikeplus with around boxing day. I have been most lazy and haven't used it until today...at the end of April. Apparently this laziness resulted in bad exercise karma which played out this evening.
It's 4:30pm. I turn on the computer so that I can update itunes. The computer crashes. hum...I restart. It crashes again. I have always hated that computer. I figure Dave will fix it later. I probably don't need to update itunes anyways I figure. I plug in the nikeplus receiver, take some time to go over the manual and change some settings etc. I try to calibrate the device. It says something like "walk around so that the sensor will become activated" so I do for a couple minutes, randomly walking around my apartment. It fails to find the sensor. Odd. I try again. Random and more impatient walking results in another failed screen. Back to the manual. You have to "wake it up" it says. I take it out and press the button to wake it up. Walk around some more. Nothing. Much more impatient. So I will call Apple I figure. After having to sign up for an account, tracking down the serial number and filling out a bunch of questions I am told before I am allowed to speak to someone I will be charged $30! Excuse me? This stupid thing is brand new (well never been used) and it only costs like $30 to begin with. WTF? Dave comes home. Venting ensues. He reads manual and tries basically everything I did. Except when he tried to "wake it up" it actually worked. Miracle! My problems are over!....I thought....So I do the calibration walk. No problems. But all this maddness has killed the battery and I have to recharge. I plug it into the computer (the good one) and leave it for a while, eat dinner and such. I return to the computer and 'safely remove hardware." The ipod screen is now frozen to the "please eject before disconnecting screen." You can't be fucking serious? My ipod better not be broken. (Do I have to spend $30 to talk to someone to confirm that I have to spend another $$$ to buy a new one?) I troubleshoot this for a while and find a forum that tells me how to save the day. I start my run. It's now 8:30pm. What a night.
It's 4:30pm. I turn on the computer so that I can update itunes. The computer crashes. hum...I restart. It crashes again. I have always hated that computer. I figure Dave will fix it later. I probably don't need to update itunes anyways I figure. I plug in the nikeplus receiver, take some time to go over the manual and change some settings etc. I try to calibrate the device. It says something like "walk around so that the sensor will become activated" so I do for a couple minutes, randomly walking around my apartment. It fails to find the sensor. Odd. I try again. Random and more impatient walking results in another failed screen. Back to the manual. You have to "wake it up" it says. I take it out and press the button to wake it up. Walk around some more. Nothing. Much more impatient. So I will call Apple I figure. After having to sign up for an account, tracking down the serial number and filling out a bunch of questions I am told before I am allowed to speak to someone I will be charged $30! Excuse me? This stupid thing is brand new (well never been used) and it only costs like $30 to begin with. WTF? Dave comes home. Venting ensues. He reads manual and tries basically everything I did. Except when he tried to "wake it up" it actually worked. Miracle! My problems are over!....I thought....So I do the calibration walk. No problems. But all this maddness has killed the battery and I have to recharge. I plug it into the computer (the good one) and leave it for a while, eat dinner and such. I return to the computer and 'safely remove hardware." The ipod screen is now frozen to the "please eject before disconnecting screen." You can't be fucking serious? My ipod better not be broken. (Do I have to spend $30 to talk to someone to confirm that I have to spend another $$$ to buy a new one?) I troubleshoot this for a while and find a forum that tells me how to save the day. I start my run. It's now 8:30pm. What a night.
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