Customer Reviews

Monster AI ITV IP-10 iTV Link for iPod (10 feet)

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(21)

 

 

...With the new ipod classic. Apple got entirely too greedy and started putting authentication chips in their cables and docs. The tv-out will only work if the chip is detected. The cable may be fine on older ipods, so disregard the 1 star rating.

I have an IPOD Classic 160GB. I plugged this into the plasma and the sound worked beautifully. When I switched the setting on the IPOD to TV out, the sound quit and the IPOD kept asking for TV Accessory.

I bought this monster link about a month ago. I can honestly say that I haven't watched a bit of regular cable tv ever since. Because of my work schedule, I'm constantly missing my favorite shows and I'm almost always out of town. I hook this bad boy up to the televisions in my hotel rooms and I have a spare one for my apartment when I'm home. There's an optional RCA video extension incase your tv doesn't have an S-Video input and there's also a usb connection for charging while viewing. The image quality is standard and honestly, I wasn't expecting HD images here. I was actually shocked at certain tv shows like 30 Rock and Heroes where the quality seemed almost equal to standard tv viewing. Overall, I can't say anything negative about this monster link. I've bought one for almost every room in my apartment and I've purchased about 4 of them for Christmas presents this year.

Don't buy this Monster ipod cable for use with a classic ipod

I own the 160 gig unit and this cable won't work for av output, so
I had to go the the apple store, and bought the apple cord. Works great!
the store told me that the new classis ipod has a chip built into the cord
that lets the video signial work. 50 bucks was the cost

Apple changed the video out from composite to component with its newer iPods. This cable will not work with the component feeds. Monster told me that they are coming out with one that will; however, it will be a couple of months. I have an iPod Classic. It does not work with this model.

This is a nice cable put together, unfortunately the Monster cable does not announce that this cable does not work with the new foramtted ipods by apple. Apparently Apple changed the video output on these devices that only is supported by the cable through Apple. You will get audio perfeclty but no matter how smart you are in setting up electronic devices, no video will ever show up. So sad that we get ripped off by these companies and they do not even help you over the phone and no customer service to assist you. Shame on them for doing business in this great country of ours. WE need better guidelines from their manufacturers announcing the line of their products,what it will work with, how it works and what to do if it does not work. No matter what the advertisment says DO NOT BUY THIS CABLE.

The instructions fail to mention that you have to change the settings on your iPod so that it sends the signal out to the tv or that the red and blue plugs should be plugged into the white and red (in that order) AV inputs on your TV.

This product does not seem to work on the iPod Touch either. Amazon and other sellers should be clear about this. This one's going back to Frye's...

The quality of the cable itself is fine however I bought this cable because it listed as working with the Nano. After receiving it and was unable to get the Video to work. I called apple and they stated that this cable will not work with the 3G Nano's that I have. I wish the product had a more specific list to what it will and will not work with. I was going out of town and didn't have time now to order online again so I stopped at a Apple store and bought there cable for $50 and it works fine. Now I'm back home past the 30 day return policy and have a useless cable here.

These cables are not compatible with the iPod Classic 80G model. I tried Monster for help, but they did not reply. Neither Amazon nor Monster note this compatibility problem. Shame on them. See the other reviews saying the same thing before you buy.