Connecting iphone 5 to iphone 4 car connection

BTW what kind of car do you have? I'm in the same dilemma, I have a Audi and it has the built in adapter for the iPhone 4 similar to yours but I never got the chance to try it with the adapter.

I have an Audi and it works fine with the adapter.

did you buy it from apple? some third party adapters won't work with audio.

I have a Dodge car and have a Dodge / Mopar 30 pin connector add on piece.

Try OEM Apple 30 pin to 8 pin converter, it's about $30.
Many if not all aftermarket will only charge but not pass over digital audio which the 8 pin has.

djsound said:

Got it on ebay. That's probably why? Garbage haha...

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The adapter that you bought may work for certain functionality but for analog audio (used by many 30 pin interfaces) a DAC is needed for use with the Lightning port. Apple's has the DAC. No telling if a 3rd party adapter does or does not without verifying with the maker. I have Apple's adapters (cable version) in all three vehicles with 30 pin interfaces and all of them have no problems with audio.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD823ZM/A/lightning-to-30-pin-adapter?fnode=45

This adapter lets you connect devices with a Lightning connector to many of your 30-pin accessories.* Supports analog audio output, USB audio, as well as syncing and charging. Video output not supported.

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djsound said:

Id like to use the same connection since it is better quality then an aux cable.

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Aux doesn't really impact the audio quality. It's a matter of getting line level audio versus using the headphone jack (and going through the noisy headphone amp).

MyiBill said:

I have an Audi and it works fine with the adapter.

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Thanks!

Knock off ones usually don't do audio.