[geeks] [JuliaSacks930 at hotmail.com: [janglo] INFO4U: My Ipod Broke My Computer]

[Mike Meredith]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:55:27 -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> French iPod's have to have to have a circuit that limits the output to
> a maximum decibel level.

Nope.

French law enforces an EU directive that requires volume to be limited
to a certain level. Apple implements the restriction EU-wide by means of
*software*, and that limit can be removed.

> The froggies are so lucky to have a government which loves them so...

The US also has limits on how loud things can be; the EU just has
different ideas on what the safe limits are, or how and where the limits
are imposed.

Don't let your prejudices cloud your thinking.