Belkin Headphone Adapter with Remote for Apple iPod shuffle

by Belkin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.5 x 1 inches ; 1.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002K4GBEI
• Item model number: F8Z452
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (125 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Liberate your iPod from its entry-level earbuds and listen to your music through your favorite headphones with the Belkin Headphone Adapter. Designed for use with the iPod classic, touch 2G, nano 4G, and shuffle 4G, this handy adapter features multifunction buttons that are built into the cord, giving you easy control over your playlists, volume, and more.

Headphone Adapter for iPod Shuffle At a Glance: Lets you use any headphones with iPod classic 6G, iPod touch 2G, iPod nano 4G, and iPod shuffle 4G. In-line multifunction controls for playlists, volume, and more.

Use any headphones you want with the iPod shuffle 3G. View larger.

In-line controls mirror the iPod's functionality so you can change the volume, start and pause, and control playback. View larger.

Break Away from the Earbuds
The earbuds included with your iPod don't always do justice to your music, but they do offer convenient controls built into the cord. With the Belkin Headphone Adapter you can have the best of both worlds--you use the headphones of your choice without compromising on control.

As long as your headphones feature a 3.5-mm jack, you're good to go. Choose your favorite pair for comfort, bass, sound quality, or noise reduction--with the Headphone Adapter, you can finally decide how you want to listen to your music.

Familiar Features to Control Your Shuffle
The Headphone Adapter has the same controls as your iPod's earbuds, so you'll get all the functionality you're used to. And since the features mirror those on the earbuds, you won't have to relearn all the controls. You can play or pause your music or select tracks based on the number of clicks. Also, if your device supports it, you can use VoiceOver commands to browse through playlists and hear the title and artist of the song that's playing.

About Belkin International, Inc.
Belkin offers a diverse product mix that provides people with seamless electronics integration in their homes and cars, and on the go. Founded in California in 1983, Belkin is a privately held company and the recognized leader in connectivity solutions, MP3 accessories, computers, and more. Belkin also provides solutions for networking, home theater--with the PureAV line of cables, power, and digital wireless accessories--and more.

Belkin's phenomenal growth has led to an expanding global presence. In addition to corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, Belkin has offices throughout Europe--in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and elsewhere--and in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Shanghai, and its regional headquarters in Hong Kong.

What's in the Box
Belkin Headphone Adapter for iPod and product manual.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I've Had to Rewrite My Original Positive Review Because the Belkin Fell Apart!, September 23, 2009

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin Headphone Adapter with Remote for Apple iPod shuffle (Electronics)

My original review (but keep reading, because I've added something important to what I said originally):

This product came into being because of deficiencies in the controls for the 4th generation iPod Shuffle Apple iPod shuffle 4 GB Silver (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL, Apple iPod shuffle 2 GB Silver (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL, whose controls are so close to the ear-pieces of the headphones that they are not only awkward to use, but they get soaked with sweat (if you're exercising, which is what many people who buy the Shuffle use it for) and then may perform erratically or not at all. This product puts the controls down near the iPod itself, which can be clipped onto a shirt away from your sweaty head. But best of all, you can use your own preferred headphones. If you're like me, you prefer the better tone quality of bigger headphones.

At any rate, this is a product whose designer saw a need and filled it with a new product. Thank you, Belkin.

November update:
A couple or three weeks after I had received the Belkin unit and had written the above review, I discovered that the Belkin had simply fallen apart. As far as I know I had not been rough with it and don't remember accidentally hitting it against a wall or taking a sledge hammer to it. :-) But it fell apart and was useless. This was a shock. So I took a chance and bought a different unit, the one made by Scosche Scosche Control Adapter for 3 rd Generation iPod Shuffle and have now had it for about a month. It works just fine, seems to be a bit more solidly built, and best of all it hasn't fallen apart.

And all of you have had problems with sweat inactivating the iPod Shuffle, 4th generation, controls, I hope you'll write Apple and complain.

Scott Morrison

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Broke apart after five months, November 18, 2009

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Miguel Sanchez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin Headphone Adapter with Remote for Apple iPod shuffle (Electronics)

First off, it worked fine for a while.
Then the volume up button wouldn't click. Still worked, so whatever.
Then the middle button would get stuck. I would have to pry it back open with my fingernails.
Then the thing started acting up; it kept thinking the middle button was pushed. I would have split the thing in half, peel off the poorly stickied metal contacts, and it still thinks the middle button was being pushed.
OK product. Shoddy construction.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work, September 29, 2009

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Dana Linder - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin Headphone Adapter with Remote for Apple iPod shuffle (Electronics)

The concept is very simple, volume up, volume down pause.

Volume up works perfectly.
Pause mostly paused. One time it skipped to the next track.
Volume down raised the volume. I could get it to lower the volume sometimes, but it required just the right spot between the pause and volume switch, which most of the time first raised the volume or paused.

Mine was obviously defective, but, with other reviews I have read in different places, there are MANY quality issues with it.
It's a great idea, but don't waste your money.