Customer Reviews

INSPIRETECH Dock to 3.5mm Auxilary Connector for iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Touch 1st Generation

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I guess Apple has changed the pin outs of the 2g Ipod touch. This connector will not work if you own one.

If you have an AUX input and don't have a dedicated iPod interface in your car, this is a better way for sending audio from your iPod thru your car stereo than via the headphone jack on the iPod. The line-level signal is a better way to connect, sort of like the RCA cables for your home stereo, but you can't adjust the volume through the iPod; volume adjustment is done through the head unit (car stereo). So even if you have the volume on your iPod set to the lowest, you can still crank it up on your car stereo. The cable is also long enough for me to route it behind the center console and into the glove compartment, so I don't have visible cable clutter.
The only issue is that you must unplug the headphones on your iPod in order to have line-level signal send to your car stereo's AUX input, but that's the way iPods work, not the effect from the adapter cable. Also, personally, I'd prefer the 3.5mm plug being right angled, but I can always get an angle adapter elsewhere.

This cable provides great sound and was shipped in a timely manner. I had originally orderd the "Ipod Dock Conn To 3.5MM Cable" from ClearAV, but I was instead shipped this product without being informed of the change and without being given a price adjustment. It turns out that they were out of stock of the original cable and in the end I was given a price adjustment from ClearAV. For $4.99, you can't beat this cable.

This cable is well made. The dock connector housing on this cable is a little bit bigger then the standard apple dock connector.

I own a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable that goes from my aux output on my car to the headphone jack on my ipod as well. Just as a test, I started to play a song using the 3.5mm cable to 3.5mm cable; paused it, and then replaced it with this cable(inspiretech 3.5mm AUX to Dock Connector Cable). You could notice a considerable difference with the sound quality as expected. The sound was much more rich and the bass frequencies were very full. Everything sounds awesome!

One problem I always had using my old headphone to aux cable was always having to make sure my ipod was set to 3/4 volume. Not with this cable, the volume output using the dock connector is a line level audio output for optimum sound quality.

I didn't read closely enough, mesmerized as I was by the low, low price and my new aux input that I installed. I planned on using my iPhone to see if this connection would sound better than using a jack from the phone's antenna to the aux. Just an experiment. But, I couldn't do that because it doesn't work with the phone, just the iPods it says it works on. So, a $4.99 tax for not reading the label.

I bought this for use with my Nano (3rd-gen). I chose this item over Cable-to-Go's offering because of the better price. Construction isn't bad, a little on the cheap side. But it doesn't work right with my Sony car stereo; only the right channel gets any sound. Too cheap to even bother returning, but still a big disappointment.

I had this wire in my car for about 4 or 5 months and just the other day i picked up my ipod to change the track and something must had come loose because now only the right channel comes through the stereo. Other than that, it was a great product while it lasted.

Did not know that my old iPod, this cable and headphone amp with Grados can sound in a very new way. How did I manage without it?

This was advertised to work with the ipod itouch, it does NOT work.
The product is meant for click wheel ipods.
The seller's actually VERY GOOD about the return I received a full refund.
so if you can rate for customer service I would give 5 stars.

My wife has one of the older IPods that uses the wide type of connections. This was perfect to hookup in our car. Similar items were $50 or more in stores, and you had to buy a whole kit. People say that these brands are inferior, that it doesn't have the gold plated coating. Let me tell you, this works just as good as anything else. Best thing it was less than $5.