Preventing DOCK CONNECTOR option through A2DP BT set up?

When I go into my car and I want to mount my iPhone 4 into the cigarette Belkin dock mount, I always get an option for DOCK CONNECTOR or MYBLUETOOTH through music app. I ALWAYS connect to my bluetooth. Is there a way to prevent the option to show up and be recognized other than being charged going along with my bluetooth as a default option set up?

Similar question: would love to know a way to set the iPod connection as a default.
I have a 2009 Acura TL with bluetooth and an iPod dock connector built in. I have an iPhone 4. I always keep the bluetooth on so I can talk hands-free while driving. When I plug in the iPhone with the dock connector and switch to iPod mode on the car, it will start playing and then within 5-10 seconds, switch to Handsfree Mode, even though the dock connector is plugged in. This is very frustrating and counter-intuitive. If I wanted to play thru the BT connection, I would have not plugged in the iPhone. But once it's plugged in, why does it insist on switching to BT? I am forced to go thru the steps to switch the connection manually to the dock connector each and every time I want to listen to music thru my iPhone.
Granted, this is better than the previous iOS version, where the exact same problem existed but was worse, because after manually switching to dock connector, it would on its own always switch back to BT connection, no matter how many times I re-selected dock connector. This forced me to use BT for music even though I didn't want to. I wonder if there's any way to change any setting so that if the iPhone is plugged in, it knows this and doesn't switch to BT mode for the iPod function.

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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.
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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.
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Turn of dock connector

Hi,
I am trying to find out how to turn off the dock connector option when I use pandora. I am using Bluetooth speaker and all of a sudden it will switch to dock connector and I have to switch back to Bluetooth.

This is am image from pandora, and as you can see the Dock Connector is showing, but the phone is not in a dock connector. It is not connected to anything.
So from time to time the pandora will switch from UE Mobile Boombox (Bluetooth) to the dock connector.
ANy ideas how to stop this?
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Cannot get sound to come through my iPad it keeps coming up airplay dock connector and I can't switch it off ?, Cannot get sound to come through my iPad it keeps coming up airplay dock connector and I can't switch it off ?

The sound on my iPad sound doesn't always work, it will work without headphones for less than 3 minutes when I'm playing music but will work for longer when I'm not. It will work for an hour maybe with head phones in but then stop, in which time I have to take them out and put them back in to get the sound to work again. When the sound isn't working airplay says the sound is coming out of a dock connector, and the option, 'iPad' goes.

- Try cleaning out/blowing out the headphone jack. Try inserting/removing the plug a dozen times or so.
Try the following to rule out a software problem
- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store. Seems you have a bad headphone jack or other problem
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

IPhone4 Dock Connector Not Showing As Option For Sound Output

Hey All,
I'm using an iPhone 4 Dock Connector to output sound (via 3.5 mm cable) to a stereo. This has been working for over 5 months, but all of a sudden it doesn't show up as an option for output from the AirPlay button.
I tried a friend's 4S and it worked for him. I also cleaned out the pin connector area on the iPhone as there was a small amount of lint in there (from being in my pocket), but that didn't fix the problem either.
Any suggestions would be welcomed.
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Maybe:
http://www.strayed.co.uk/2013/06/27/how-to-fix-mac-mini-hdmi-audio-output-issue/
Next try resetting the SMC and PRAM
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Can calls be placed and received through the iPhone's dock connector?
For example, assume you have a device, with two connectors, an iPhone dock, and a telephone jack. The device would allow you to connect a standard phone, cordless phone base station, fax machine, etc, and make calls using your iPhone cell service instead of you landline.

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I currently connect my nano directly to my car stereo through the dock connector. I know they have car chargers that connect to the dock connector. My question is this: Is there is any kind of dock that will run the audio through the connector and also allow connection to a charger at the same time?

OK here is one I ran across that might work for you. It has RCA jacks for the audio output, so you could plug them into the RCA Aux jacks on the back of many head units.
If you have a 1/8 phono jack on the front of the head unit, then you would need to convert the RCA jacks back to 1/8 phono with an adapter cable or slice it up and wire in your own phono plug. Is that how your unit is? A 1/8" headphone type plug on the front of the unit?
http://www.installer.com/item/display_item.php?it=aip-rca
warning: picture took a LONG time to show up for me.
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I recently installed an iPhone dock in my car (used the composite video kit, and an approved car charger), but today the iPhone stopped outputting audio through the dock connector, so I can't get music or GPS through my car stereo.
Thinking it might have been a problem with my installation, I used my phone dock at home to test, and same result. No audio through the dock connector. Then, cleaned out the dock connector, then I restored the phone, but to no avail. Has anyone else experienced this issue, and are there any fixes?
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I've seen the same thing after updating my 3G to iOS 4. I used to use it with both a USB connector on my car stereo and an iHome external speaker dock. After updating, neither works - the car stereo reports a "communications error" and the iHome plays no audio (audio plays through the iPhone's bottom speakers). This worked flawlessly under iPhone OS 3.1.x. Any ideas?

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Just had my iPhone 3GS (32GB) replaced under AppleCare. This new one, upon connecting an audio outptut device, will fail to actually output audio during iPod App playback or phone calls. There will be a faint "pop" upon connection, followed by a low buzzing with a pattern following the expected audio output (the music, the caller's voice, etc.). Nothing clears it up except removing/reconnecting the connected audio device a number of times - and that number is completely random. Rebooting the iPhone doesn't necessarily fix this, either.
It seemed to be a headphone jack / headset issue at first, but now I've also discovered the exact same issue with audio output through the dock connector, e.g. the iPod connector in my car, my iHome speaker dock.
Neither the built-in speaker nor Bluetooth streaming exhibit this issue.
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What's happening? How can I at least zero in on this issue to get help from AppleCare (again...)?

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No sound through dock connector

I have a 20GB 4G iPod I've been using in my car w/ a DICE unit. No problems until 2 days ago. I also have an iPhone so I've been testing it out w/ my existing accessories. I connected it to my DICE and it didn't work, no surprise. Then I reattached my 4G and it didn't work anymore.
I then tried the 4G in a universal dock that supports it. I used the line out to my stereo. No more sound. The headphone jack works fine and I can charge/sync it w/ my Mac and a power adapter. Seems something happened to the audio portion of the dock connector.
In order to rule out the DICE being broken, I took a Ziplinq dock to 3.5mm cable and connected it to the AUX input of my stereo. Still no sound.
I've reset the 4G about 10 times and no change. I haven't done a restore but now I'm wondering if the audio portion of the dock connector is simply broke. I can't imagine that a restore would fix this.

I've the same problem with my iPod 30GB.
When connecting my stereo through the headphone output it works fine. But with the iPod universal dock no sound....
I've reset and restored the iPod a couple of times. Without success.
Has anybody has a solution?

Stuck on "Dock Connector" Setting

My iTouch thinks that it's connected to the dock connector when it's not. So it won't allow headphones to work. I've tried resetting to no avail. Any ideas?

I have just come upon this problem, too.
However, it happened after I did a very specific thing to my 1st gen touch: i plugged in a fairly old Griffin iTrip to it - using the "old style" of dock connector before the iPhone and touch were released (circa 2007).
It immediately went into "dock connector" mode, and would not come out permanently. However, if I inserted headphones, it would temporarily recover and allow me to change the volume.
This is a poor work around, though.
I have not tried cleaning the port, yet, but this seems more like a compatibility issue than physical...
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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?

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Looking for a In-line dock connector charger or dock connector splitter

Hi all,
I am looking for either a dock connector charger with a male & female connector, or a dock connector splitter to be able to charge my handset while using a Bluetooth A2DP Audio transmitter. I know this might not matter in a few months due to the 3.0 firmware, but for now, I have this need.
I like to listen to music while working, and I hate being tethered by headphone wires. My company doesn't want us to stream audio at work as it uses up bandwidth, so I use my iPhone with the adapter to broadcast to a Bluetooth stereo headset. Unfortunately, I cannot use the charger and the adapter at the same time, because they use the same dock connector port. This means, my battery drains at a pretty hefty pace, due to the running application and the adapter. What I need is the ability to have both the adapter and the charger plugged into the phone at the same time. I cannot be the only one with this problem. Does anyone out there have a solution?
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There are some bluetooth adaptors around that have a "pass-through" connector for the dock connector but i don't know how compatible they are with the iPhone. My friend uses a bluteooth transmittor that connects to the headphone jack so he can charge the iPhone in the car and listen to music at the same time. I'm betting the best option would be a trusty Google search for iPhone bluetooth or something of that ilk. Though considering you'd have to buy it i'd still probably recommend waiting till the 3.0 update depends how much in need you are i guess as come 3.0 the hardware would be a bit redundant.

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