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My boyfriend’s ipod has broken, and he also needs a new mobile. He plays his music from his ipod on the docks on our hi-fi’s.
If I buy him an iphone he could also use it as an ipod aswell, but I wondered if the iphone is compatible with the ipod docks on hi-fi’s. Does anyone know if they are compatible? If so which models?
Thanks
I really don’t listen to the radio while I am driving, I listen to my Ipod. My car stereo has an Aux jack in the front where I plug the Ipod double-ended male jack cable into. The other end, of course goes in the headphone jack of the ipod.
The problem lies whenever I want to charge the ipod from the dock connector AND LISTEN to music at the same time. It DOES NOT MATTER if the engine is running or not, but there is line noise coming from somewhere and heard over the car speakers, and I can’t pinpoint it.
The noise sometimes varies in pitch and sometimes it just stays at one static hiss level.
The car stereo is not the problem because when it is playing a CD or on a radio station, there is no interference. I have tried other ipods in the car with the same resulting hiss. The only two causes it could be is the cigarette lighter USB charger (I have tried another cigarette lighter USB charger and I STILL GET A HISS!) AND/OR the USB Charging cord which connects to the docking port of the IPOD to charge the IPOD. But I can rule this out because I HAVE tried other USB charge/sync cables and I STILL GET A HISS.
Remember, I get a hiss regardless if the engine is on or off and the key is in ACC (Accessories).
The only thing I think it may be is that something is not sheilded, like the audio cable which connects from the ipod to the aux jack in the front face of the car stereo.
…Or maybe I am wrong…………I dunno……….
Is it possible to find a SHIELDED 3.5mm double-ended male cable to fit between the ipod and the car stereo aux jack? Think this would help??
Is it possible to find a USB car charger that filters out RF interference??? Think THIS would help??
………Just a note………its NOT only an Ipod problem either. My cellphone ALSO hisses out of the speakers when connectd to the aux jack of the stereo while charging from its OWN charger…
…….Any help would be appreciated………..
Thanks……..
So my 3rd gen iPod touch and my nano perfectly works with the sounddock 10 when used with the dock connector but it doesn’t work with the touch over Bluetooth. Every other telephones in the house can stream music to it with Bluetooth but not my iPod! Can this problem be fixed? Maybe I have to buy a new bluetooth adapter(I don’t want to)?
ok, so i hope this is the right section for this, it’s kind of a random question.
i’ve been working on my car’s audio system for a good while, subs, amp, speakers, etc.
i put in an aux. imput, that is for an ipod. i am trying to make this weird hole in my car into an ipod docking station. this wont be too hard, i have a good idea what to do for it.
the problem is i want to make it a telescopic cable, because i don’t want it to have to sit in the dock the whole time while changing music and everything. i’ve been looking, and am yet to find a telescopic ipod extender. i haven’t even found a regular extender for less than 40 bucks. i don’t mind paying that if i can make it telescopic. is there a good way to do that? or maybe just have a spool that it can wrap up on. make it telescopic that way?
does anyone know the best way to do this, and if there isn’t an easy/cheap way.
or if you have any other ideas to do with this.
My birthday is coming up and I was gonna ask for a Ipod.
Because it works with so many cool accessories.
But then someone told me that I should invest in an Itouch instead because the future of MP3′s will be like that, and the Ipod will kinda be extinct. They say I will have more use for the Itouch.
However ?
I see my self using an Ipod more, like hooking it up to the car to listen to music, getting a boombox dock for it and just stuff like that.
What do you guys think? I mean I like the fact that you can go online and all with the Itouch, but it just seems like I can have both.
Which one should I get and why do you think so.
Thanks for helping me 
Or do you think I should not have a problem with the Itouch? Like do you think I should be able to do the same things with it? As far as accessories go?
Personally, I have an iPhone 3GS because I have T-Mobile. But my sister just asked me to sync some of my songs from my iTunes to her iPhone 4. After I was done, I played a song aloud just for fun. I noticed the sound wasn’t that loud, so I covered one speaker and put my ear to the other and noticed it doesn’t work. I’m talking about those two speakers on each side of the dock connector on the bottom of the iPhone. Then she showed her boyfriend this problem, and saw that the same speaker on his (the left speaker) doesn’t work. I personally found this pretty damn embarrassing, seeing that you need a case just to get reception if your left-handed. And now this. Anyone else having this problem?
"top contributor", those two grills on each side of the dock connector on the bottom, those are speakers. I don’t know if you have a Chinese tPhone or something with one speaker, but every new iPhone has two on the bottom? My 3GS plays music through both of the speakers on the bottom
Allrighty so I have an Ipod classic 8gb and for my birthday Im looking to get something along the lines of maybe a docking station or some type of hookup to where I can plug it in and I can play music from my Ipod on my radio/CD player or possibly in my car.
My question is, what kind of hookup or docking station would you reccomend to allow me to listen to music from my Ipod in my car or on my radio/CD player? If so, where can i get one?
Thanks very much everyone~!
Hello all,
Does anyone know if it is possible to upload your listening history (from your Ipod) of things you listened to prior to registering with Last.FM and downloading Scrobbler?
When I’m listening to songs via iTunes then it automatically adds it to my Last.FM page, but is there anyway I can have it to count the times I listen to songs just direct from my iPod. I mostly listen to my music either having my iPod hooked up to my car or by using my docking station at home so would need to be able to measure songs listened on my Ipod in this way.
Thanks
Cheers Matthew but that is what I’ve already done, it seems to transfer the history of what I’ve listened to via iTunes/my iPod while my iPod is connected to the computer but it has not transferred anything from when I listen to my iPod and it’s not connected to my PC. I must have listened to at least a few hundred hours worth of music on my iPod and that is clearly not visible on my Last.FM page.
hey guys….i’m having some problem with my ipod..when i put my headphones in the headphone jack…and play some music…all i hear is static….there is no music….
it work in the car …. but car adapter is workin through the dock connecter in the bottom…so how can i fix this?
please let me know.
i was just about to buy a used ipod classic, 30 gig, and i was wondering what ill need.
it comes with a charger with one end that hooks to the ipod and one that hooks to the computer, can i use that to download music as well?
how can i take music from cds and put it on an ipod?
and i was wanting to listen to it in the car without headphones, how can i dock it in there and hear it?
i have a japanese lang. software that can be loaded to an ipod, how would i do that?
please answer any questions that you can!
i know i seem like an old geezer, but its my first ipod. where do i download itunes from…*sobs*
Before we continue, I have updated my itunes and I have done the manual reset of the ipod by pushing the center button and the menu button at the same time. The ipod still functions and will play music through a sound dock that I have… but the dock will no longer charge the ipod. I (luckily) have an FM transmitter for my car that DOES charge it, so I can still use it. I also took it to a local retailer and docked it on several sound docks and some would charge it, some would not. Strange, eh? Anyway, if anyone has seen anything like this and has a tip to offer, I would greatly appreciate it.
ok so lately my ipod nano hasnt been working. It worked like 2 weeks ago in my car and on my iHome dock but not anymore. I have restarted it many times. The back light doesnt go on either. it takes a while to turn on. it only works when i plug it in to my computer to listen to music. It also has a full battery. could the ipod completely die soon like have to replace it with a new one? thanks for your help!
the ipod is prolly like 2nd generation. so couple years old at least. so my fm transmitter and iHome is fine and it could just be the ipod?
for music, podcasts, stand up comedy, docking to speakers so i can listen for learning songs on guitar..etc. Actually i would use it more hooked to car radio and home speakers more than the ear things…Thanks!
I have already successfully deleted all of the "safe" daemons; however, now my iphone no longer displays the charge incompatibility message when i plug it into my car.
I don’t mind this; however, now i can no longer play music.
i have an iphone 3g. firmware 3.1.3 All of the daemons are backed up on my computer. On docks that were made for the iphone, it works fine.
i just want to know if anyone knows which .plist files i need to put back. (it would save me the trouble of deleting files one by one, rebooting, and checking to see if the music works after each file.)
ok so i was sitting in the car listening to my ipod (like just with the earbuds, i was not useing a dock) and then the music stops. and so i scroll down and click the song that i wanted to hear. and it diddnt do anything. so i try to scroll down to a different song and it wont move. i click all of the buttons and none of them do anything. so its like the thing is frozen. but then after the backlight goes off then i can scroll and go to the main menu and everything. but it still wont let me listen to any music and when i try to watch a podcast or listen to music it will freeze again and i have to wait for the backlight to go on to scroll again. sorry if this is confusing so if u have a question jus ask it. thanks!
oh yeah and i bought it from someone who diddnt have it for that long. but sience i bought it from someone i dont have the warrenty on it =/
o my gosh! it worked! thank u so much! =D
i just bought an 07 ford mustang and in my old car, i had an auxilary jack that when i plugged the aux cable into there and into my ipod it would play out the radio. My mustang doesnt have an aux jack. I know someone that has this thing that plugs into the dock for the ipod and then you set it to a radio station and it plays out the radio station. what are these called and how much are they? Are there any other alternatives to playing the music from my ipod out the radio without having to replace anything in the console? thanks
I purchased an accessory that plugs into my car cigarette lighter and into my ipod and allows me to listen to the ipod music through my car radio. It’s wireless and I have to set an appropriate station to listen to it. It works on one setting in Toronto but when I drive out of town I get garbled results. Does anyone know of a way to find the correct setting for different locations? Thanks a lot.
What do i need to play my ipod music on my car? I know it is capable of playing MP3 cds but, do i need i dock? or do i need just a cable to connect the ipod directly to my car?
Thanks!
I want to buy a gift to a relative for June 1st. And he has an iPod touch 4g! Would it work with the iPhone 4 dock? I don’t want to buy him the universal one because it doesn’t have any mic on the bottom. And that’s just wrong since he listens a lot to music! Anyway, would it work? Thanks!!
I recently purchased one of the new ipod nano’s after my old one no longer wroked.
This new ipod will play music, but will not charge while docked on my ijuke speaker, or my car speaker dock. The ipod displays a warning on the screen that says it is not compatable with the source or something like that. But it works perfectly fine on my younger sibling’s ihome.
Both the second and third generation ipod nanos have worked on these docks before, is this a problem with my ipod or my speaker docks?
I recently purchased one of the new ipod nano’s after my old one no longer wroked.
This new ipod will play music, but will not charge while docked on my ijuke speaker, or my car speaker dock. The ipod displays a warning on the screen that says it is not compatable with the source or something like that. But it works perfectly fine on my younger sibling’s ihome.
Both the second and third generation ipod nanos have worked on these docks before, is this a problem with my ipod or my speaker docks?
Sorry, It’s an IPulse Jukebox.
Just before bed i went abd grabbed my dock from the bathroom,i dropped the heavy power adapter on the floor which iv done many times and proceeded to my room, i plugged it back in like normal and put my ipod in the station, everything was fine.. But when i press for it to go from clock to radio or ipod, it plays about 3 seconds of music, stops and goes back to the clock screen, i tried turning it off, unplugging it bit nothing seems to be working :/
Something about changing it to signals in the air, and to tune your radio to 88.1 or something so you can pick up the music…
What are they called, and where could you pick one up?
Something about changing it to signals in the air, and to tune your radio to 88.1 or something so you can pick up the music…
What are they called, and where could you pick one up?
I know my car is capable of playing MP3 CDs, is there a cable (instead of a dock) that i can plug directly from the ipod to the car and play my music? What are the best options?
Thanks!
I’d like one that charges my nano, but also has awesome sound.
I don’t want like surround sound for iPod that takes a lot of time to assemble. Just a plain speaker that plays my music and has a remote will do.
I don’t want one that doubles as a CD player/alarm clock/etc…I just want one that docks my nano, plays it, charges it, has a remote, and has awesome sound.
My sister just got a Bose SoundDock Tuesday and it is cool. I’ve listened to it a couple of times, but the remote won’t allow you to go back to menu so I guess that is a factor too, ability to go back to menu from the remote. I heard the Apple Hi-Fi is good too, but to me the Bose looks a lot better. I may be missing the best one out there just because it isn’t a big named one (Bose, Apple, etc.). I’m ready to pay the big price if I get sound and everything I listed for it. I want it worth my while.
I’ve done a little research with other people who have asked the same question, but still haven’t come to a decision.
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