iPod I Got IT!

[Tommyg117]

darn, I ordered 4:00 PM eastern on the 12th. Maybe it is taking longer for the 60 gig black? So much for 1 day shipping being worth the extra 16 bucks...

 

[hotwire132002]

If it fits the headphone jack on the iPod with 3 distinct seperators on the headphone jack and breaks out into 3 rca then you are probably good.

I don't know about that one--my old (Clamshell) iBook would only take Apple's 1/8" > RCA cable. (Other 1/8" > RCA, like the ones from my camcorders, wouldn't work.) I think Apple rearranged the pinout of the 1/8" plug to make sure you buy their cable. Then again, they could have changed that since the days of the clamshell iBooks.

 

[briangig]

just one persons opinion...but I would think the 60gb black would be one of the more popular ones..

 

[Edge100]

I don't know about that one--my old (Clamshell) iBook would only take Apple's 1/8" > RCA cable. (Other 1/8" > RCA, like the ones from my camcorders, wouldn't work.) I think Apple rearranged the pinout of the 1/8" plug to make sure you buy their cable. Then again, they could have changed that since the days of the clamshell iBooks.

Unless they physically moved the pinout to different locations on the actual 1/8" plug, you should still be able to use the standard cables. Its just that the video (yellow) RCA would now be audio L or audio R, and one of the audio signals would go to the Yellow RCA. I dont think there is anything physically different about the cables carrying the video signal to the yellow RCA versus the audio signals to the red and white RCAs.

Bottom line, unless they've got some proprietary cable and connector, a standard cable should work.

 

[hotwire132002]

Unless they physically moved the pinout to different locations on the actual 1/8" plug, you should still be able to use the standard cables. Its just that the video (yellow) RCA would now be audio L or audio R, and one of the audio signals would go to the Yellow RCA. I dont think there is anything physically different about the cables carrying the video signal to the yellow RCA versus the audio signals to the red and white RCAs.

Bottom line, unless they've got some proprietary cable and connector, a standard cable should work.

That's a good point--I never tried that! I feel stupid now 😉 😛

EDIT: Just tested the theory on my old clamshell iBook--no luck. All three connectors (red, white, yellow) display a distorted version of the screen's image when plugged into the TV's video in, and just give a buzzing on the audio in. The cable that came with the iBook works fine.

That doesn't necessarily say anything, though--Apple could be using a different pinout on the iPod's TV out. (Or the iBook could be messed up 🙄. It's old. )

 

[jaw04005]

I know for a fact that standard headphone to A/V cables won't work on my iPod photo, so I wouldn't think they would work on the new iPod video either.

By the way, Apple's A/V cables won't work on my Canon camcorder either. They display a distorted signal, so I'm sure they did something to make you have to purchase their cables.

Edit: I tried moving the cables around (red, white, yellow) but it still didn't work. I'm convinced Apple did something proprietary.

 

[Ashapalan]

no, apply rigged the ipod photo's so that only their cable worked for output, i can't imagine thats changed.

3rd party cables wont do the job.

 

[jeraiya]

what's the battery life like?

 

[watcher2001]

I know this ? was posted already but I don't see the answer... has anyone tried with the firewire cable to see if it will work????

 

[devilot]

I know this ? was posted already but I don't see the answer... has anyone tried with the firewire cable to see if it will work????

You can charge via firewire but you can NOT transfer data via FW.