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iPod touch Does Anyone See A Problem Here?

iDAG

iDAG

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I have a first generation iPod touch with the new iPhone OS 3.0 software. Now tell me if you see a problem here.

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NO VOLUME CONTROLS

This isn't just in the music player. It is in every application! :confused: Please help me if you can. :)
 
I'm not sure if you have it plugged into a dock or not (the 'Dock Connector' string just above the play button?), but I read somewhere that the volume slider disappears if you don't have headphones connected.

Does the slider appear when you have headphones plugged in?
 
On a 1st gen touch it can tell if no headphones are connected, and since there is no internal speaker you won't get a volume slider. Plug in headphones and the slider will appear.

You could previously control volume from the Touch when docked to a speaker dock, but now it's all up to the device you're docked to.
 
4DThinker said:
You could previously control volume from the Touch when docked to a speaker dock, but now it's all up to the device you're docked to.
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So now do you think that it will now charge too?
When I plug in my first gen it plays fine with the dock and the volume controls work but it wont charge. :mad:
 
"dock connector" is simply the only choice left on a first gen when no headphones are plugged in. It simply means audio is routed to the dock, whether anything is there to use it.

It makes me wonder if you'll get the options to select between dock and headphones if both have something plugged in. I have a bluetooth adapter for mine, but it blocks the headphone jack.
 
4DThinker said:
On a 1st gen touch it can tell if no headphones are connected, and since there is no internal speaker you won't get a volume slider. Plug in headphones and the slider will appear.

You could previously control volume from the Touch when docked to a speaker dock, but now it's all up to the device you're docked to.
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I just found this out when I just plugged my earphones in last night. It is very interesting that Apple has done this.
 
It apparently has nothing to do with internal speakers. I have a 2G Touch, and when I have the FM transmitter plugged in, the volume control - which was there last week - is now gone. And no, the side controls don't work, either. Now I HAVE to use just the stereo's volume controls. It's not a big deal, but I kind of liked the ability to control the volume from the Touch.
 
Batt said:
It apparently has nothing to do with internal speakers. I have a 2G Touch, and when I have the FM transmitter plugged in, the volume control - which was there last week - is now gone. And no, the side controls don't work, either. Now I HAVE to use just the stereo's volume controls. It's not a big deal, but I kind of liked the ability to control the volume from the Touch.
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The reason it did that was because you plugged in the FM transmitter. My brother has a second generation iPod touch and when nothing is connected (unlike my first generation) the volume control remains.
 
It looks like the dock connector is acting just like a line-out now. It assumes whatever you've got plugged in will take care of volume control. So far that's true for any of my dock devices. Since Apple is now encouraging developers to work on docking devices as well as apps, they pretty much had to standardize the output to the docking connector.
 
iDAG said:
The reason it did that was because you plugged in the FM transmitter. My brother has a second generation iPod touch and when nothing is connected (unlike my first generation) the volume control remains.
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Yeah, yeah, except it didn't do that before 3.0 - the volume control remained with the transmitter plugged in.
4DThinker is on the right track.
 
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