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I think I’m out of luck, but: does anyone know of a 40 pin male to lightning female adapter that supports audio? There are a lot of them for charging that do not support audio. My car’s stereo is messing up and the techs are blaming the 30 pin cable that hooks up my last gen click wheel iPod to the stereo. I tried switching cables and that worked for about a month. Well, it’s starting to mess up again. The radio changes channels spontaneously. Volume will adjust automatically. Good times.
Anyhoo. Thoughts on adapters? I’d like to use a lightning cable to connect the iPod. Hope this all makes sense.
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Debris in the ports? Perhaps some rummaging with a paperclip and a vacuum will help.
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"genuine Apple, transmits audio and video as well as charges. This even works with the steering wheel controls provided by the 30-pin iPod connector in my car."
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Good idea, Rex, but I am looking for the other way around. The 30 pin section is the male part.
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What has the 30 pin iPod female connector?
There are 30 pin female to 30 pin male. You could buy two of those cut off the ends and splice the male parts together and use the Apple iPod to Lightning connector.
Apple is basically the only lightning adapter with audio maker. Short plug or longer cable.
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A couple of folks make male 30 pin iPod to Bluetooth converter. Then you can get a Bluetooth to Aux adapter for the car.
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Spiff,
That sounds more like issues with the radio itself than with the ipod and/or its connection to the radio. Does the radio have an AUX/In port? If so, the easiest solution is switch from using a special 30 pin cable to a plain ol' mini stereo cable. That's what I do in my car. Plain ol' mini stereo cable running from an iPod Nano to the AUX/In port for the radio. Headphone jack to AUX/In. Works perfectly.
If the radio has bluetooth, you can get a stereo to bluetooth adapter for the same task. Connect the iPod to the bluetooth adapter via the headphone jack. Bluetooth adapter to stereo. I could've done this but it's too much of a kludge. That and I'd have to remember to charge the iPod _and_ the bluetooth adapter.
Prior to doing any of this, you need to check to make sure the radio isn't the source of the problem. If the radio is the issue, then all of the above is moot.
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Does the unit have a proprietary connector on the other side? The only female lightning connector I've ever seen is in an Apple product (mouse/iPhone, etc)
