Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Brought to use with the new Ipad and Ion piano apprentice.

    • Written by from Epsom

    I brought myself a new ipad and wanted to use it with the Ion Piano Apprentice. The new Ipad has a lightning connection and the Ion Apprentice has the old 30 pin connection. I asked apple online and they suggested this product, I wasn't sure at first if this would work as the piano lights up to the tutorial on the ipad. So I thought I would save a few quid and buy a cheap one online. But I found after testing it, it didn't work, at all. So I decided to just spend more and buy the apple £25 adapter.
    I was really happy that the Ion Piano Apprentice did work with the New Ipad with retina Display.
    Great product, I just think its very expensive for what it is.

    8 of 10 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    No Video

    • Written by from KOROPI

    I have an iPhone 4 and now an iPad mini, bought this to connect the mini to the Apple Composite Cable that is connected to my home stereo. Disappointed to find out that this connector does not have Video capability meaning I now cannot watch content on my iPad mini to my stereo or TV.

    Come on Apple, it should "just work". I would like to hear the reasoning behind leaving video out from its features...

    Apart from this, all other functions work fine

    20 of 23 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Be Careful if buying to use with a dock and/ or case

    • Written by from Belmont

    Nice and compact and works as an adaptor. However, it is not compatible with many of the major brand iPhone 5 cases. The base is too wide and does not allow the connector to connect to the phone. Try before you buy and consider the connector with the cable instead.

    16 of 18 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Only good for my car

    • Written by from oceanside

    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.

    11 of 14 people found this useful

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Adapter needs case modified to use effectively

    • Written by from Cameron Park

    I bought an iphone 5 yesterday..I love it..however the Lightning to 30 pin Adapter was useless until I took a pair of kitchen shears and
    enlarged the bottom port holes on my flexible, poly case to fit the adapter. Now it fits perfectly and my iphone 5 is nested happily in it's radio/clock dock!
    AND my beautiful new phone is safe!

    10 of 11 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Returning! Waste of Money!

    • Written by from Omaha

    As the title suggests, I am returning this product. I have a slim fit Speck case, and it doesn't work at all with it on it. I'm incredibly disappointed as it would have been nice to be able to use the speaker dock gift my brother got me for the holiday with my phone. Had I realized that I would have so much trouble with finding adaptable products for the new iPhone, I would have gotten the older version. I am floored that Apple would create a new product with such a poorly designed adapter. What a disappointment.

    16 of 18 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    It's a con

    • Written by from Sarasota

    Worked for 2 days now will not work at all. Useless and annoying waste of money

    15 of 16 people found this useful

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    30 pin Adapter

    • Written by from Peterborough

    On the new Gen Nano the adapters sits off to one side because of the placement of the connection. Looks odd especially when docked to a speaker system. Also adds to the flimsyness. They should be available in matching colours but so far, I can't find any other colour but white.
    Despite that, it seems to work well but I hope it gets re-designed so the adapter fits squarely to the base of the Nano

    5 of 6 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    30-pin Adapter

    • Written by from Essex

    Very good adapter but very expensive at a cost of £25.00.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Adaptor

    • Written by from NSW

    35 bucks..... Rip off.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    For all the Case Complainers

    • Written by from Kelowna

    The 30 pin to lightening adaptor did not fit with my case either. So what did I do? I whittled my case with a jackknife and made it fit. It doesn't look the greatest, but its the bottom of the case so who ever sees that anyway? And if you want it to look perfect then go buy a new case that has more space on the bottom.

    5 of 15 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    does not work

    • Written by from brooklyn

    Worked fine for the first few week. But now it never holds in and only works on one side (ironic) and will disconnect in middle of the night.

    31 of 42 people found this useful

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Works but....

    • Written by from Ely

    Although pricey it does work, but with a Bose Soundock II it only works if the iPod is mounted back to front with the display hidden. The adapter can only go on the 30 pin connector on the docking station one way. As far as I know the lightning connector can be plugged in either way round, but with the iPod mounted on the adapter with the display facing forward it will not work, no sound, no track change, nothing. Flip the iPod round so the display faces the docking station and it works fine if impractical. Others have reported the same thing.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    NOT TRUE, all 30 pin accessory doesn't work

    • Written by from Bangalore

    I had a 30 pin accessory to connect ipod, iphone to my HDMI supported TV. But the moment I connect the accessory to this lightining to 30 pin adaptor, it says accessory is not supported by ipad.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    great

    • Written by from palmerston north

    juat went and got the adapter for my ipod touch 5th gen and it great and it works with my case to thanks apple

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Does not workk with case

    • Written by from Chatham

    We have 2 iPhone 5 cases and this adapter is useless with both of them -- yet both cases work fine with lighning cables. It renders our sound dock useless. Someone should make this adapter with a few milimeters of case-compatibility around the adapter!

    34 of 46 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works for me

    • Written by from Brooklyn

    Just purchased the connector. Fits with my covering & works with every other ipod adaptor I've acquired over the years. $30 bucks is a drop in the bucket compared to what was already spent on the ipod. Apple should just give us a heads up that the connector is different.

    28 of 40 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    works perfectly, stop complaining

    • Written by from Forest Hill

    This product works exactly as it says it will. It allows for 30pin connections to be used with a lightning iDevice.

    Please stop complaining that it doesn't do the following - It's not meant to!

    No, it doesn't support video, you need new adaptors for that

    It is not designed to be plugging into docks, it's designed for cables to be plugged into it

    It's not designed to be used with a case on your phone, but a case is YOUR choice, not Apple's, so is designed perfectly to be used with your iphone.
    (admittedly Apple could have got it better for use with Nano's)

    Lightning connector is reversible, so can not be back to front, try turning your phone round if you have this problem of not being able to see your screen with it plugged in!

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Adaptor broke within 1 month

    • Written by from Margate

    I purchased the adaptor as I own a Bose docking station for playing music from my iPhone 5. The adaptor was working fine to begin with, but now the lightening connection only works one way around, meaning the screen on my iPhone now has to face the speakers!! It has not lasted long at all, as there is not support for the weight of the phone on such a small connector. Apple should look into this as the whole point of the lightening connection is so it can be plug in either way when using other products. I will be taking it back and change it for the 0.2m cable version so my phone is next to the docking station as i can see this issue repeating.

    49 of 50 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    It does what it's supposed to do.

    • Written by from Salinas

    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.

    16 of 23 people found this useful

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