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X5 Meister 04-10-2009 11:07 PM

You need to change a setting on your ipod Touch, I think.

Damager 04-11-2009 02:13 PM

OK - I've gone through the ipod touch settings 3 times and I dont see anything for sending the audio somewhere other than the headphone jack - can someone give me some words of wisdom here?

X5 Meister 04-11-2009 04:25 PM

Wish I could help, but I don't have a Touch. Try calling apple to ask them.

Quicksilver 04-11-2009 07:33 PM

There are no settings. If you have the correct iPod Touch Dock to 3.5mm AUX Cable then it works out of the box.

Test it somewhere else. Plug that 3.5mm plug into another input. A friends car, anything that accepts that kind of output.
The iPod Touch Dock to 3.5mm is nothing more than an output cable. Whatever you plug it into should receive the
signal if the iPod touch is outputting a signal.

Make sure you have the volume on the touch turned up. ( Don't scoff. That's a common mistake)

If it doesn't work Call EAS and make sure you have the right cable.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Damager
OK - I've gone through the ipod touch settings 3 times and I dont see anything for sending the audio somewhere other than the headphone jack - can someone give me some words of wisdom here?


X5 Meister 04-11-2009 10:27 PM

Not sure if we are all on the same page here and talking about the same thing. Whether or not the touch has a setting, I simply do not know as I don't have one. I've heard people with the iphone discuss setting changes for video, maybe audio is the same, again I don't know.

The fact that you mention having the volume turned up makes me think you're talking about something else too, since the dock connector is a line level output and is independent of the volume setting on the device itself.

I assumed he got the right cable, if not, then yeah he should call EAS and at the very least call up an Apple store for some advice.

Lastly, since I just remembered, make sure to put your radio into AUX mode as it does not do it by itself.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Quicksilver
There are no settings. If you have the correct iPod Touch Dock to 3.5mm AUX Cable then it works out of the box.

Test it somewhere else. Plug that 3.5mm plug into another input. A friends car, anything that accepts that kind of output.
The iPod Touch Dock to 3.5mm is nothing more than an output cable. Whatever you plug it into should receive the
signal if the iPod touch is outputting a signal.

Make sure you have the volume on the touch turned up. ( Don't scoff. That's a common mistake)

If it doesn't work Call EAS and make sure you have the right cable.


chigga 04-12-2009 01:19 PM

i think what he is doing is docking it and also pluggin it via AUX... the Touch will choose to output via dock as it is the default. Basically wanting to charge and listen to audio at the same time i would just stick to DICE from jlevi for that.

Damager 04-12-2009 01:46 PM

I was plugging in an AUX cable to the headphone jack, which worked fine. Upon hearing that I could get better wuality through the docking connector, I purchased one from EAS, but I dont think this connector works with the new iphone and ipod touch - I plug it into the dock connector, and then plug the other end into the AUX in my X5, and no sounds is fed to the Aux - it actually plays on the touch's internal speaker, as if it doesn't think it's plugged into anything.

Quicksilver 04-12-2009 01:49 PM

OOps you're correct.... My bad....:thumbup:

Quote:

Originally Posted by X5 Meister
The fact that you mention having the volume turned up makes me think you're talking about something else too, since the dock connector is a line level output and is independent of the volume setting on the device itself.


X5 Meister 04-12-2009 04:34 PM

Shoot eas an e-mail to verify if their cable is compatible with the touch, it should be according to the manufacturers web site. Do you have a different ipod to test out the cable to make sure it's okay?


Quote:

Originally Posted by Damager
I was plugging in an AUX cable to the headphone jack, which worked fine. Upon hearing that I could get better wuality through the docking connector, I purchased one from EAS, but I dont think this connector works with the new iphone and ipod touch - I plug it into the dock connector, and then plug the other end into the AUX in my X5, and no sounds is fed to the Aux - it actually plays on the touch's internal speaker, as if it doesn't think it's plugged into anything.


Damager 05-11-2009 01:42 PM

I've verified that the typical dock connector will NOT work with the Ipod Touch gen 2 or likely the newest iphone. This includes the EAS connector listed earlier in this thread - it doesn't work.

There is some kind of additional resistor required to make the newer devices work. I ended up finding a product that does work - it's called PocketDock and you can get it from SendStation. Works fine with my Ipod Touch 2g and my aux input.


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