Lightning to 30-pin Adapter (0.2m)

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Frustrating in the extreme

    • Written by from LONDON

    Dear Apple - PLEASE I beg you - SORT OUT THE WIRING ON CHARGERS AND HEADPHONES.
    I understand that generic products may not always work but the Apple ones should! My iPhone 5 charger wire stopped working a few days ago. Yesterday I was walking the dog and the Apple (came in the box) headphones were crackling and very intermittent with my new iPhone 5. In the evening I put my iPhone on charge using my very new iPad Mini charger only to see that the charge wasn't taking.

    PLEASE do something about it. All I am planning to do now is buy generic cheap ones from Amazon by the bucket load and throw them out once they stop working.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Shocking

    • Written by from London

    Worst product ever, if you buy this your crazy, Apple have completely failed with this product, it last no longer than a month, it takes all night to charge, and then loses battery in 5 minutes? That's crazy it's way to small, easy to break Ive been through 3 in 1 month biggest fail of a charger, shocking.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Didn't last 2 months

    • Written by from Upminster

    I bought this as I have a 30-pin dock and charging point on my digital radio and I have been using this adapter to connect my iPhone 5 to it to play music and to charge it. Exactly one month and 20 days after it was sent to me, this adapter stopped working completely. Now I am back to square one, not able to play my music from my iPhone 5 through my dock. Oh, and £30 out of pocket too. An expensive piece of kit that didn't even last 2 months. I will never understand why Apple changed the iPhone 5 to lightning.

    25 of 26 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent bit of kit.

    • Written by from Shepton Mallet

    Though a little short, it's excellent and works.
    Some people have complained the connector is larger. It's an 'intelligent' cable, therefore there are more components packed in to the cable than the standard lightning.
    Also, why are people giving 1-star for incompatibility with Sony/Bose kit? That's the audio companies fault and not a fault of this cable.
    As for it not playing video, lightning doesn't support video-out (as yet) and Apple has made this very clear in the past, again, not a fault of this cable.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Extra thick Ligntning connector

    • Written by from London

    I bought this item because I have a load of older devices using 30 pin connectors and I though this would be a convenient way to charge my iPhone 5 and new iPad using the existing cables (I had already bought the Lightning to 30 pin adapter - without the cable - and found it useless as it was too large fit my iPhone with its protective case on, whereas the plug on the Lightning to USB cable supplied with the phone fitted fine).
    For some reason the Ligntning conector on this cable is significantly larger than that on the Ligntning to USB cable. You cannot tell this from the photos - indeed the connectors look identical. Consequently this cable will not fit devices with many covers/cases - including Apple's own iPad cover.
    Why two different sizes of Lightning plug? I would understand if this was made by a third party manufacturer but this is an Apple product!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    adapter

    • Written by from New Plymouth

    This Lightning adapter to 30 pin DOES NOT work if you want to play charge your IPod Nano 7th generation to this model of Sony's mirco systems. SONY MHC -EC609IP - Ipod displays (accessory not supported) Booo Hooo sony - Unimpressed after spending hard earnt cash to listen to my Ipod.

    8 of 11 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Bit dissapointed

    • Written by from gateshead

    i bought a clip in adapter for my jbl doc but the ipod was too big to fit in so i decided to order one from apple but doesnt sync with my itunes or imac only thing it does is charges my ipod dissapointed i wasted £30 for a cable what only charges wanted a one what synces my music :(

    5 of 10 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Not really an adapter

    • Written by from Sheffield

    Bought this mainly to use my new iPad mini to VGA for teaching, using the 30-pin dock to VGA lead I already had.
    It doesn't work. "This accessory does not work with this iPad". Great. Works for charging only as far as I can tell.
    Apple store did reluctantly take it back and let me pay the extra for the Lightning-to-VGA lead, at an outrageous £39.

    7 of 14 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Poor and overpriced

    • Written by from BRENTFORD

    Having recently upgraded my old iPhone and iPad to the new iPhone 5 and iPad 4th gen, I was advised that I needed this adaptor for my old apple accessories. This is very expensive for what is a simple adaptor and I feel should have been provided with the main items.
    It then gets even worse when connecting it to my old hdmi video connector I get the message that it is not supported and now find I have to buy yet another adaptor.
    Apple need to think these things through before releasing them (a bit like maps) and cease subjecting their loyal customers to buying overpriced adapters to do what their old equipment did.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    lack of charge capability

    • Written by from Ripon

    Hoped to get full function connectivity to existing Pure I pod dock.Everything works except charge-- Apple say that no current dock will provide that facility. I think maybe there is a problem with charge through lightning as our existing usb charge point smply distorts touch screen when connected- the device can only be charged via adapter provided not through this lead.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    It works but unnecessary payment to do what a iphone3 did

    • Written by from chard

    The cable works with all my docks, and you can still control the phone from the dock also (play, pause, next, previous etc)! I appreciate its a clever bit of kit and not just a lead, but just seems unnecessarily expensive to get back to doing what past iPhones did! A necessary expense but does the job well!

    18 of 23 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works with bose

    • Written by from EAST KILBRIDE

    Although this should have been included with the iPhone 5, it does work with bose equipment

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    No video support, why?

    • Written by from Glasgow

    Having discussed with the chap in the Apple store that I wanted to use my I-phone 5 in conjunction with the VGA projector in work, I purchased this with reassurances that it would work.

    The standard 30 pin VGA adaptor works splendidly with my I-pad, alas not with this attached to it.

    Very poor show Apple, especially when the Lightening to VGA adaptor DOES work with my phone.

    Can we perhaps solve this with the next iOS update?

    Apart from this it's another wise good addition to my Apple Stable, allowing me to keep one lead in work to charge both I-Pad and I-phone now rather than worry about losing the Lightning-USB lead.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Works great however

    • Written by from New Malden

    it's so short and it just seems so over priced for a small thing that doesn't do a complicated job

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    All good

    • Written by from Doncaster

    Works well for all audio and charging needs.

    however as stated in the item details it will not play video so don't buy if this is what you want it for.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Lightning to video adapter FAIL

    • Written by from Kawachinagano

    In my car I have an Apple 30pin to RCA cable hooked up to my car entertainment system so that I can play video from my iPhone on the larger screen in the car. After upgrading my iPhone 4 to a 5 the new lightning cable meant I could no longer do this. So after about 2 months of waiting I finally got my hands on the 0.2m lightning to 30pin adapter only to find that it does not support video. Huge fail and a complete waste of money. The only thing it is good for is charging my phone which I can do by using the cable I got with the phone and listening to music which I can do by bluetooth anyway. So even though I am using both an Apple RCA/30pin cable and an Apple Lightning/30pin adapter they are completely incompatible for video. I am very dissapointed.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very useful!

    • Written by from Bristol

    Works perfectly with all the docks and dock connector products I have used, very happy, works in my car as well which makes me very very happy :-) I can now listen to all my tunes whilst driving! :-D

    14 of 18 people found this useful

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