Reviews for Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

I have a MINI Cooper with the iPod connection (Y-Cable with USB and AUX to 30-Pin) and this adapter makes the connection work exactly as it is supposed to. I am able to browse my music through the stereo, skip tracks with the steering wheel controls, and it charges my phone. I don't have an in-dash display, so I don't know if things like MINI Connected will work with this, but the simple iPod adapter does.

I would recommend getting the short cable adapter instead if you're going to use a case. I'm not going to take off stars for that though as it's clearly why they offer the other connector.

I dislike apple's switch, primarily because of the purely digital signal coming from their new connector. I really wish they just would have stuck with the 30 pin, although significantly larger.

But, the adapter. It is sturdy however not too visually appealing. On the device it looks like a growth. However it works and is much needed. As for the expense, considering it sports a Wolfson DAC and solid Apple branded construction, it is not as overpriced as many people claim it is.

I am using it in my 2006 BMW with an OEM ipod adapter, not only it work fine, but it seems to work better than a using the 30-pin connector on previous iPhone.

I have noticed that this device has some sort of memory build in to it, when I disconnect the IPhone when I leave my car and come back to it later the last played track continues playing that track rather than starting from the first song on the device.

Also when the IPhone is connected it start playing straight away, it doesn't go through the initialisation process which it used to do (about 30s to a minute depending on the number of songs) which was the case when I was using a 30 pin device.

Couldn't be more happy with it as it fixed the flaws I had been dealing with in previous devices.

What can I say? It's an adapter. It does not fit threw the case of my iPad mini. I'll have to either remove the case or try to modify it to accommodate the adapter. Other than that, the adapter works fine.

I bought this product after being told that it would support component video out, if the cable was an apple certified one, by a local rep. I have an Apple component cable attached to the tv in my car, so needless to say it IS certified. The adapter is very short an will not be usable as is if you have any sort of case on it. It DOES charge, sync, and provide audio out. It DOES NOT have video out support. There is currently no viable COMPONENT video out solution for the lighting port devices. I am very disappointed.

Got a Incase Pro Snap Case and there no problem using the adapter.

The adapter has the same tickness as the metal edge of the iPhone. Wide it start over the second small hole near the audio jack, and end 5 holes from the end on the other side of the jack. Is your case left this space uncovered, the adapter should fit. Guess it will help :-)

I have read to my astonishment complaints about this piece not fitting properly with certain cases. While I of course have not seen every case on the market, I have THREE cases and another 3rd party 30 pin that extends from my DAC and in all cases the piece fits and works PERFECTLY. It's a no brainer, just get it if you need it.

I used this adaptor to allow my iPhone 5 to work with a 30 pin cable. I needed to do this because the original lightning cable is very unreliable. The lightning cable stopped working during the first week of ownership with the new phone.

This adaptor allowed me to use the more reliable 30 pin cable to synchronize with my Macs and PC. It synchronizes with the old cable very well and allows me to use the alternative cable.

Apple must realize that the new lightning cable is of poor quality. I was thinking of the returning the phone. This is a big problem with the phone 5.

I don't have a case or anything for my ipod nano so the charger fit fine. The adapter hooks up to my car perfectly and syncs and everything. The audio is great. The only thing it didn't work with is my iHome from like 4 years ago. I don't know why it doesn't work but I'm kind of disappointed that it doesn't play music from my iHome alarm clock.

Considering how small this item is, it's quite a clever bit of kit. To convert a digital signal from Lightning into an analogue output like you find in the 30 pin connector means this has a DAC (Digital Audio Converter) inside it, and it sounds quite good as well. I've not found a DAC this cheap, let alone this small. Only trouble is it looks a little tacky. More colour options would be nice.