Dock Connector adapter

Hello all, I was wondering if there is a such a thing a dock connecter adapter for my Iphone 4. Most accessories I have support the older generations of the Iphone and Ipod. For example, my car deck (Pioneer AVH-P4000DVD) will play audio and video through the dock connector but will not charge it at the same time. I understand that apparently the new generations use different pin settings for charging so there must be some kind of adapter to twist it back. Any help would be appreciated. - Thanks

Thanks for the quick reply Malcolm, I researched the Scoche adapter and while it does apparently support the iPhone 4, it does not does not support my Pioneer CD-i200 interface cable. Went to the local Apple store and even the "geniuses" were scratching there heads. I know I have an old deck (if a 2007 model is considered old) but there is no way I'm going to upgrade just yet.

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Sian

You mean the dock adapter, right? The little plastic piece with a slot?
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I had the exact same problem and just fixed it. I worked out that if I plugged the charger in, or even my ipod to VGA adapter, the airplay menu went back to showing Ipad instead of "dock connector". So probably was some dust shorting out the connector somehow.
So I tried cleaning the the connector with some LCD screen wipes I had, wrapped around a flat piece of metal i had that was small enough to fit in there but strong enough to get a good rub on the connections, once the connections were cleaned (and the small amount of black on the wipes indicated they were somewhat dirty, the problem has been fixed.
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ITrip w/ dock connector giving constant background hiss/static

i know there really isn't a forum for 3rd party gear but i thought some of you may able to help me out.
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good lord. something appears to have gone horribly wrong with the footnoting on the Universal Dock KB doc:
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It ***** that Apple made this change, but being a hardware engineer, I can undstand the value in dropping support for an unpopular interface and an additional voltage regulation.
There is no use in complaining as this cannot and will not be fixed. Look for an aftermarket adapter.
-hjb-

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does anyone know if the Nano dock connector will work with speaker systems used by regular Ipods

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ah I see, so physically they are the same, and wil lfit, but it may be a different matter if they actually work
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Surely someone has developed a device which will allow older iPods w/o dock connections to hook up via firewire or the headphone jack...?
I'm not too sure why it would be a high priority. Apple did not sell too many 1st and 2nd gen iPods compare to the later models with a dock connector.
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