HELP!!  I want to use my apple pro speakers with my ipod video...any ideas?

The only way I know how to do this is by using a griffin iFire, but I can't find one anywhere! Does anyone know of another product that does the same thing? Thank you for any help you can give me!

Thanks Jeff. I have been on numerous websites like those, and they all say the product is out of stock (with none expected) or discontinued :/ Thanks for your help though

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