Belkin AV Cable for iPod 4G, 5G

by Belkin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 5.8 x 9.6 inches ; 13.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E2ASCE
• Item model number: F8Z030-12-APL
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Belkin AV Cable for 4G/5G iPods connects your iPod to your home entertainment system via an RCA connection, letting you watch videos and display photos with audio on your large-screen television.

The AV cable is 12 feet long, providing ample length to connect it to the back of your entertainment system with room leftover to maneuver. The aluminum undermold shield reduces interference to preserve optimal signal integrity. The connectors are color coded for easy installation, and the connectors are chrome-finished with nickel-plated contacts to prevent corrosion and provide the highest performance.

The Belkin AV Cable for 4G/5G iPods is backed by a lifetime warranty.

Product Description

The AV Cable allows you to connect your iPod with color screen to your home entertainment system. Now you can view your pictures or slideshows with audio on your home television. Belkin audio video accessories offer a variety of ways to install, expand, and upgrade home theater systems and enhance your iPod experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Those Not Getting a Video Signal, March 17, 2008

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David (GILROY, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin AV Cable for iPod 4G, 5G (Electronics)

[...]

The short version is here

It takes a few steps to connect your iPod to your TV. Start by inserting the A/V cord's eighth-inch plug into your iPod's earphone jack. In it goes, schnickt. Couldn't be easier.

Here's where it gets a little tricky. In order to make your TV play back the iPod signal, you've got to redirect the outputs. You can't just plug the yellow RCA plug into the yellow RCA jack and the red into the red or the white into the white. No. Those geniuses at Apple send the video signal over the red RCA output. (Normally it arrives on yellow.) The sound comes through the white and yellow plugs.

I ended up going to an Apple store and testing this on iPod after iPod. They all have this quirk. It was intentional. But hey, it's proprietary. Woohoo. So here's what you have to do:

* Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
* Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
* Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Belkin rules, apple not so much, October 5, 2007

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T. Brzinski (Philly PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin AV Cable for iPod 4G, 5G (Electronics)

This is a great cable. It does what it should, it does it well, and it stands up to abuse. The video goes a bit wonky if I move the iPod around while watching, but that's due to the cheapness of the 3.5mm jack, not the cable.

DO NOT buy this for iPods released after the 5.5G video (the squat video nano, the touch, or the "classic"), as apple has disabled 3.5mm TV out unless the product contains an apple authorized chip. I don't have one of these iPods, so I haven't looked for any work-arounds, but it's probably worth it to just get a licensed AV dock.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great video iPod accessory, August 26, 2006

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L. Chad Riggs (NC, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin AV Cable for iPod 4G, 5G (Electronics)

Being an avid Andy Griffith Show fan, I loaded the entire first 5 seasons on my iPod for personal viewing. The cord allows me to view these episodes on any TV/monitor with RCA jacks. How great is that?!?!? I could not be more pleased with this item.