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Offline DannyO8Gti

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Ipod Armrest Dock Help?!
« on: August 13, 2012, 05:18:50 pm »
So i bought my gti with the ipod dock in the armrest and whenever i plug and iphone or ipod into the dock the cd player will just not work and on the ipod it comes up charging is not supported with this accessory :( can anybody out there shine some light on if there is any way of sorting this??

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Re: Ipod Armrest Dock Help?!
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 08:39:43 pm »
hey mate, i had the same trouble with mine, but purchased this cable and it worked fine, obviously cant promise it will work the same for you but its cheap and worth a try :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004IZ3KXC/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

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Re: Ipod Armrest Dock Help?!
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2012, 11:33:09 pm »
Thanks very much mate :) purchases it so will see if that works :)

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Re: Ipod Armrest Dock Help?!
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2012, 11:10:33 pm »
Unfortunately this never worked :(

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Re: Ipod Armrest Dock Help?!
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2012, 11:41:02 pm »
Unfortunately this never worked :(

The original ipod dock only supports firewire chargeing. So unless your ipod is an old version the dock will not charge it. All is not lost as there is a firewire to usb charging adapter available that should do the job.
Something like this  http://www.amazon.co.uk/CableJive-dockStubz-Converter-Through-Adapter/dp/B003TJR2HS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1345502224&sr=8-2

iirc Apple had one available in their on line store a while back.
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