Apple A/V Cable for iPod Photo (iPod 4G)

by Apple

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007A2BL4
• Item model number: M9765G/A
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Connects to a universal dock

Customer Reviews

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56 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indeed the channels are swapped, but maybe for good reason, November 4, 2005

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Stephen J - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple A/V Cable for iPod Photo (iPod 4G) (Electronics)

Thanks to S. Clark I saved myself some money by not having to buy an Apple A/V cable since I already had a standard A/V cable. I had tried it in the past and found it didn't work, but now we know why. Just swap the yellow and red cables and your in business - it does work. However, in a discussion on this topic a person pointed something out that may explain why Apple has done this, and there is then good reason for it. Apparently on a standard A/V cable the video channel is on the center ring of the mini-plug. The problem is then that you have to use an A/V cable, because if you used an audio-only cable you'd lose one of the audio channels because it as at the bottom ring! That would mean you couldn't plug in standard headphones without an adapter, and so Apple changed the A/V cable so that both audio channels are at the top and the video channel is at the bottom. That way you can use either an A/V cable or a straight left/right audio cable and both work. Makes sense! Of course Apple could have opted to tell you that you can just switch the red and yellow wires on a standard A/V cable, but that's a lesser evil - you could even argue that that would just complicate matters and so they may even be justified in not revealing that info.

In any case, I had previously purchased an Apple A/V cable for my Mom's iPod and it works fine and seems very well made, if being a bit overpriced. One nit, though, is that the plug colors are only on the inner end of the plugs. That is, when looking at the cables from the side you can't see which is which color, you have to look at the inside ends. Minus one star for that.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Apple iPod AV Cable, October 21, 2005

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waxaw "waxaw" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple A/V Cable for iPod Photo (iPod 4G) (Electronics)

This cable performs just how it should. If it seems you are experiencing signal loss, it is probably just because of the type of cable you are using. Get the dock and use an S-Video cable if you need better quality. Instead of getting this cable, you can use a regular AV (3 RCA - 1/8 mini) cable, but there's a catch. Plug the red plug into your video in, and the yellow plug into your audio input. Apple says that "other AV cables are not compatible with iPod with color display" but all they did was switch signals around to try to make you unnecessarily buy more stuff from them.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars iPod video adapter, August 2, 2006

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Cajundego "Cajundego" (Northeast Ohio - Go Buckeyes!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple A/V Cable for iPod Photo (iPod 4G) (Electronics)

I bought this adapter as an alternative to lugging my laptop or portable DVD player w/ me. I downloaded all my movies on my iPod and now use this. The only problem I had at first was trying to figure out how to get the video on my TV, the audio was there right away. Make sure you go into video settings on your iPod and set "TV Out" to ON & "TV Signal" to NTSC. Then you're set to go. This is the best price I have seen on this adapter as well. They make these w/ a retractable cord. I would definately buy this 10X over!!