Dock connector piece

how do i put on the dock connector that comes with the 5th generation ipod?

I just bought one today, there is an adaptor in the box. stop the madness, or just take my credit card away, ha ha

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IPod HiFi - What dock connector do I use for a 80GB (5th Generation) ipod??

Hi,
Just got a new shinny ipod HiFi, however what dock connector can I use for an 80GB (5thG) as the connectors only go up to 60GB??? Or does the ipod come with a dock connector? Can anyone point me in the right direction, pretty please.
Any suggestions would be great help.
Cheers
Sian

You mean the dock adapter, right? The little plastic piece with a slot?
Use the one for the 60GB.
The only thing they do is make the iPods it correctly in the dock.
The dock connector is the slot on the bottom of the iPod.

Battery not charging after dock connector replacement, iPhone4

Hi all,
My iPhone4 suffered mild water damage (water damage indicator not triggered) and misbehaved on that day. So I turned off the device and put it in a bag of rice for almost a month. When I eventually took it out, it was almost as good as before except for some weird quirks. One of them is the audio control. I can listen to music using headphone jack, but cannot listen through speakers. I see some corrosion on my dock charger. I am still able to connect to iTunes and charge using cables. I know my speakers works as I am able to hear the phone ring. However increasing and decreasing volume shows only the ringer icon with no bars underneath. Upon searching online I found out (in another thread on this website) that the phone could believe it is connected to some kind of docking device. I tried cleaning the dock using a brush, but no use.
So I took some time and replaced the dock connector. After I finished re-assembly and turned on my phone, I noticed that my audio issue is resolved. I am now able to adjust volume using the buttons and can see the volume level (bars) go up or down. Also I can listen to the music from the speakers. However it is not syncing/charging.
Logically this can mean two likely issues (1) I have a faulty dock connector (2) I messed up my battery during disassembly (The battery flex connector was too tight and while I was removing it with the plastic spudger, it popped up suddenly and caused my spudger to go in a tad too far. My flex cable did not rip off and I didnt see any broken pieces, so I assumed nothing bad happened, but I am not sure).
If my dock connector is faulty, then my audio problem should not have been resolved correct? Because the logic board would not know that I have a new clean dock connector installed. This is what I am assuming, I am not sure. If some one could clarify this assumption, that would be great.
Of course this leads me to believe that I messed up my battery. I don't have a spare battery to try out, need to buy one.
Meanwhile I have a spare dock connector to try out. I am not sure if that is going to help. I am hoping someone in this community and say that it is obviously one problem or the other. If not, I will go through the dock connector replacement again and hope it all works out.
Also does anyone know if I can just plug in the new dock connector to the logic board and try syncing (of course with the battery connected) while my phone is still open (and the other components have not been removed)? This would seem like a nice quick test prior to going through the full repair. I am not sure if this is safe.
Thank you very much

iPhones are not user servicable. Apple does NOT sell iPhone parts. Any parts you can possibly get for them have one of three possiblie origins:
1) Counterfeit
2) Stolen
or
3) salvaged from other iPhones, almost always phones that don't work for one reason or another.
We can't advise you on how to fix your phone.
Apple won't touch that phone any more.
Either look for advice someplace like ifixit.com, find a competent repair shop, or dispose of it and buy a new phone.
EVERY single documented case of an iPhone catching fire or exploding can be traced directly to damage caused by a botched repair by an unqualified person.
Is it safe? No. Your phone is not safe. It will never be "safe" again.

Airplay defaulting to dock connector

hi,
I have had intermittent problems using the BBC iPlayer app over the last two days. When using the app to play video, the sound will stop (silence), and the iPad volume control does not work, or show on screen indication.
I have found that the Airplay menu is set to ¨dock connector¨ even though I'm using the iPad solo.
I have re installed the app, but found that once the error occurs, all other apps are affected - i.e.no volume.
Rebooting the iPad solved the issue a couple of times, but I now find that even the video app, shows Airplay to dock connector, and there is no iPad checkbox on the menu.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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.
In retrospect wrapping the cleaning wipes around a conductive metal might not be the best idea, I should probably have used a piece of cardboard or plastic just to be safe.

Dock Connector in Black?

Can you get Dock Connectors in Black. I have just bought a Bose SoundDock System and the white Dock Connector supplied with my Green Nano looks grim.
Is it available as an accessory?

Thanks Jeff,
I spoke to them as none of the dock connectors supplied with the SoundDock fitted. They told me I needed to use the one supplied with the Nano along with the special spool piece they provide. £250 for a Black SoundDock and I need to use the white Nano shroud it looks dreadful! My beef is not with Apple but Bose really, they should supply black shrouds with Black SoundDocks. I presume if I had bought a Black Nano (8Gb) then I would have got a black shroud?

Cover for Dock Connector

I just received a new Nano. Is there supposed to be some kind of cover for the dock connector? My previous Ipod had a plastic cover that fit into the dock connector. Thanks for any information.
Mike

Apple haven't included the little white piece that clipped into the dock connector (to prevent the ingress of dirt etc when the iPod is not in use) for a long while now.
The white universal dock adaptor included with iPods now is not the same thing.

IPhone 4S, dock connector broke, warranty not honored

I went to your Apple Store on 5656 Bay Street. Emeryville, CA 94608 because the outlet connector on my iPhone 4S broke -I have had the phone for less than a year (still in warranty). This is a plastic piece inside the base of the phone and I have just used it in the normal way, connecting and disconnecting the device when it needed to be charged. I had been sent by my phone's carrier, AT&T, to the Apple store to get the phone fixed or replaced under the warranty, yet Apple answered that it was a physical problem and I should have to pay $200 to purchase a new iPhone. They tried to tell me repeatedly that the phone had water damage and that it would therefore not be covered under warranty. My phone has never had any water damage to my knowledge, nor was there any problem with the phone's function. It is and has been a perfect phone. It is simply a piece of the phone that broke off due to normal necessary charging. After even speaking with a manager they told me that if I was not happy with the quality of the device I could buy from another brand. My husband was going to buy a new iPhone 5 but after this experience she is thinking to by a Samsung Gallaxy instead. I still have my contract with AT&T and I will have to pay $200 if I decide to break the contract with them. At AT &T, they told me that after 30 days of purchase the warranty of the phone is covered by Apple and they will not do anything for me too. This is extremely upsetting to me. The normal cost for a new iPhone 4S is around $700; their product broke and they are refusing to fix it for me. I would like this complaint to go on record.
In the last 10 years I have only buy Apple computers (two mac book pro's), other two mac books, mostly all the ipods since the first generation and I was very happy with the service and the quality of mostly all their products but in the last year this was the second issue I have with them. The first one with my Mac Book Pro overheating because a factory defect in the graphic card cost me $300, and now this one still in warranty it supposes to cost me $200. I don't think that Apple is having economy problems to just get honored their warranty. I understand if they don't fix the phone if it has a physical damage for bad use but conecting the phone to charge it?. I was felt so bad with their behaviour that the first I did when I got home was to put a complaint in the Federal Trade Commission (first time ever). I have always defend the quality of Apple products and service, but I think that is all gone.

The phone has never been around any water and anyway the iphone is in working conditions, the only problems is the dock connector ins partially problem, it can be charged but the data sync is not working well and I'm afraid it will broke more until it couldn't be charged. If there is any water damaged (I don't think so), the only explaination is humidity, anyway the iphone is working, I don't even why he told us that because that wasn't anything in relationship with the physical damage.
Thank you anyway for your answer.

IPod Touch 4G Dock Connector

Is is possible to use the new Touch 4G dock connector with Bose Sounddock Speaker systems? I can't get it to connect to my Bose Sounddock 10 or Portable. The dock connector seems way too tight, I'm not used to having to force any iPod to get it connected. Currently, I can only connect the Touch to things using the USB cable. Is there a trick that I'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd hate to have to return this but if I can't use it with my speakers then back to Apple the two of them I bought go.

Hi, please help me, you seem to be the only solution for my problem in the whole internet... I am having the same issue with my brand new iPod Touch 4th gen. And as you said, I noticed that annoying ¿plastic? in the iPod's connector dock. So, how did you manage to move that piece apart of its place? I'm trying with some sort of needles, but I did not succeed. Once I move it, should I place the iPod in the dock and leave it there all night? It comes to my mind, that if i do this, its probable that then, maybe, the dock will fit with no problems. Please help me, I'm kind of desperate.
PS: Sorry if my english is a little bit rusty, im from Argentina.

Does anyone have a new dock connector like that on the Apple store?

Hello,
I recently purchased an iPod Nano, Red Edition 8GB and found out that the dock connector cable (the ipod proprietary - USB cable) is unlike that on the website.
It uses the old fat one and the one on the website uses the slim jack.
Has anyone got the so called newer version dock connector?
This is really frustrating.
here is a link in case you forgot what it looks like
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=8F9 5B674&nplm=MA591LL/A

sonictonic wrote:
Why is it frustrating? It's the same connector on the end, the plastic piece on the "handle" does not change anything at all.
Actually I think it is not quite the same as the one that comes with the Nano. In addition to the white connector being physically shorter it lacks the little buttons on the sides that you need to depress to release the cable that shipped with it. This is useful for us "fat fingered" folk who can't get their fingers in when headphones are connected.
But yes. I agree... why frustrated? I plan to order one, but I can't say I am frustrated that they didn't include it.

That white plastic thing that covers the dock connector

I just got my iPod mini back from a repair with Apple. It's a different iPod and it works great, but the little piece of white plastic that I used to cover the dock connector doesn't fit this one. Is this a problem? It seems like the connection could easily become dirty if it's not protected.

No, it's not a problem. Most iPods don't have a cover, just the earlier models.

Phantom Dock Connector Speaker Problem

The internal speaker on my iPhone 4S will only play music through the internal speaker when it's connected to a dock connector. The same applies to telephone sounds and live conversations, but not alerts which play any time.
When it's NOT connected, the volume slider at the bottom of the screen disappears and so does the sound. The phone is acting as though it's connected to a dock connector when its not and vice versa. Extremely annoying, especially when someone calls you and you can't hear.
I've restarted twice and reset all the settings, and I searched this forum and found a similar problem that occurred earlier this month. In that case, the phantom dock connector was "connecting" intermittently, and blocking the sound from the speaker. The user posted a screen shot that is similar to one that appears on my phone.
Here's what it looks like when the phone is NOT connected and an Airplay source is present:
I have thoroughly inspected the dock connector and the headphone jack. No apparent damage and no dust. This phone is about 2 months old.

Well, for anyone still having this issue - found a solution that seems to work for most people (worked for me).
I read it here: http://www.schrijversblok.nl/index.php/2011/08/15/oplossing-voor-ipad-geen-gelui d-dock-connector-probleem/
Basically it says that the problem is indeed caused by a piece of dust/dirt touching a component making the iPhone think there is dock connector plugged in. Cleaning it should be the solution of this. The easy test is setting up an extra audio output by connecting to a bluetooth speaker or something so that you can get the same screen the OP has there on his screenshot (where you actually see the "Dock Connector" option. Then refresh that screen as you blow warm air into the connector. If for a few seconds it reads "iPhone" again instead of "dock connector", you are now 100% certain that dust/dirt is the problem.
For those of you who have no sounds at all, not even a volume bar, it's probably your actual speakers that aren't working. You can probably test this by letting the iPhone play an alarm sound or a ringtone - those come through the speakers even if he thinks there is a dock connector plugged in.
If the warm air trick worked, cleaning it should definitely fix the problem for you. The method that is proposed in the article made me laugh so hard that I just had to try it. Put your vacuum cleaner on it to suck it out! Naturally there is some risk in that, you might accidentally dislodge some other component inside the phone and then you really have a problem. It's probably a good idea to start with the vacuum cleaner not at 100% capacity and then gradually increase it until it's working again. It didn't work straightaway for me, I had to fit the vacuum cleaner onto the iPhone so that you don't lose any sucking power. Use your hands to form a sort of windtunnel between the vacuum cleaner and your iPhone, make sure that no air can escape between the two. Sit like this for a few minutes (this conventiently gives you time to think about how you're going to explain that one if someone walks in on you) and it should fix your problem.
Hope this helps someone!

How do you get sound through the dock connector to a PC or Mac?

Where I work they have blocked the Pandora website. (Along with just about every other online radio site.) They don't mind if we listen to music, as long as it's not streamed online through their network.
I have both a PC & a Mac on my desk.
What I would like to do is listen to my Pandora app from my iPhone by plugging the dock connector into a Mac or PC. This would keep the battery drain to a minimum & allow for better quality.
When I plug in the dock connector the phone starts charging & iTunes want's to sync. I can run the Pandora app, but no sound comes through the computer.
Does anyone know how to get the audio to come from the dock connector & play through the computers sound card?

You have several choices:
1. Composite AV Cable: has a dock connector on one end and USB, RCA line out and RCA composite video on the other. It also comes with an AC Adaptor.
2. Component AV Cable: same as the Composite AV Cable but with RCA component video.
3. Universal Dock: has a dock connector socket on it and a line out socket.
4. iPhone 3G Dock or the (original iPhone Dock): same as the Universal Dock but designed just for the iPhone.
All you need is somewhere to plug the line out into.

My iPhone 4S will be playing music and then it will stop and go into dock connector mode. What do I do to stop this?

Hi, my iPhone 4S will be playing music or nothing and it will randomly stop! I doesn't even show the volume bar. It goes right into
dock connector mode when it's not even on a dock. It only does this when I want to play music through the iPhone speaker. I
don't know what to do or how to fix this, It started doing this when I was on 5.0.1 and I read something saying it would help
to upgrade my phone, so I went to 5.1 and nothing was fixed, sometimes it does this and than it doesn't. For me to get it back to
normal I need to hold down the Siri button and select the way I want it to play when the device button comes up and it says
" iPhone " , " iPhone Speaker " and sometime it won't even say those. Will apple give me a new phone if I take it in? I never signed up
for Apple care. I just got this phone in February 2012. PLEASE HELP ME.

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore. Has any of this been tried?
Unless and until is has been, Apple will not do anything, beyond the basic troubleshooting listed above.

IPod (dock connector) stuck in disk mode

i just replaced the HD on my iPod(dock connector)and now it stuck on disk mode. i tried to reset but it showed a folder with an exclaimation point and went back to disk mode flashing the "do not" symbol and "do not disconnect". it don't show up on my PC or my iTunes. HELP!

That's super odd. It could be an indication or a damaged or dying hard drive. I would recommend doing a disk diagnostic on the iPod's HD using the instructions given by turingtest2 in this older thread. He also covers what the resulting numbers indicate.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3784647?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

Is there a way to hookup shuffle to standard iPod dock connector?

I just got a brand new shuffle, looks real sharp and easy to use, it's my first one since I sold my 1st gen iPod Touch years ago. At that time, I hooked up an adapter (using standard dock connector) to my car's stereo system, through the back of it (not through an option for the car's stereo). So I have a cable (standard iPod dock connector) in my car to hook up to an iPod; I had to control the songs from the iPod itself and usually just kept it on shuffle, and set the stereo to a certain mode for it to be played through the speakers. I wasn't aware until my shuffle came that the dock connector just uses the same 3.5mm jack as the headphones. Is there an adapter to use a standard dock connector for hooking the shuffle to the various iPod accessories (boom boxes/stereos) and therefore, my car's stereo?

Are you sure the three-way power switch is set to shuffle? The middle position is play-in-order, so the shuffle plays the list in the same playlist order (or alphabetical order if using the All Songs list).
If the power switch is in the shuffle position, to re-shuffle the list, move it to the middle position and them move it back to the shuffle position.

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