Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Perfect!!

    • Written by from Pontypool

    I had previously bought a Bose sound dock when I originally owed an Apple iPhone 4, but when upgrading to an i5 I could no longer dock my phone. I had read previous reviews and was very skeptical about purchasing this product. After a long period of missing my listening to my music I decided to bite the bullet as it were and was over the moon.
    All the features of my dock work perfectly including the remote and I was very pleased. I highly recommend this adapter.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great adapter!

    • Written by from Newcastle-under-Lyme

    I bought this adapter after deciding not to waste my time or money on buying a replacement lightning cable after my iPad charger broke (poor quality!) and I am delighted with the alternative, the 30 pin chargers are far more reliable than the new models!

    13 of 13 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Perfect to match with old 30pin docking systems

    • Written by from AMMANFORD

    Allows my iPhone 5 to work with my Logitech MM50 speakers and also - most importantly my Dension ICE Lite kit in my car.

    Sound transfers via the lightning connector and seems very good quality. I have tried cheaper alternatives from Ebay, but none seem to allow the sound out via the connector (they charge and no sound) so Apple Lightning to 30 pin is the only way.

    I think they should have included at least one with the iPhone to help existing (LOYAL) users!! However, Apple are Apple and realise we will buy the stuff anyway I guess.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    B&W All of the (ZEPPELIN`S) Docking Speaker Stations, work fine i say.

    • Written by from Brentwood

    The only 1 true genuine apple adapter that clearly works with all B&W docking station, we all know they are expensive to buy but essential, i say dont go cheap on on apple gear & stomach the price tag for genuine apple items.

    And it does save you buying a new £499 Zeppelin later on aswell, Hope this has help many B&W Dockers out there.

    31 of 39 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    100% does the trick

    • Written by from Nottingham

    Great product!

    Enables me use use my iphone 5 with my BeoSound 8!

    19 of 33 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Should be a keyring fob

    • Written by from Market Harborough

    Works as stated, so 5 stars.
    I have 3 places I charge in the house, not including laptop, and 2 cars. Should I be spending £150 on adapters??? I wish Apple would drill a hole through the thing so I could attach to my keys and take with me everywhere without fear of losing it.
    My fear is that Apple has already thought of this, but hasn't done it because they want me to spend the £150...

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    works great

    • Written by from Macclesfield

    This is great for helping me dock my iPhone 5 to my docks.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works like a dream

    • Written by from Bromsgrove

    Purchased this to use with the MDI device used in Volkswagens. Does what it says on the tin, charges my iphone and outputs music. Can't complain

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works better then 30 Pin for me.

    • Written by from Leamington Spa

    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.

    13 of 17 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Connected to my A5

    • Written by from Bury st edmunds

    Was given new Ipod touch 5th Generation for Christmas. I wanted to get all my music into one place and listen in my car.

    Have an Audi A5 2010 model and unfortunately I couldnt connect with the audi supplied leads.
    Purchased this 30 pin to lighting and it works really well. All the tracks and information are visible on the central in car screen and I can control the ipod from the dashboard.

    Well worth the money.

    11 of 15 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

    • Written by from Somersham

    I got this from the Apple store on Oxford as I previously had an iPod and I wanted to be able to use my iPhone 5 to connect using my iTrip, my Bose system and to charge it with my existing car charger - and it does all of the above!!!! Most thrilled I can still use my Bose docking station with my iPhone 5 and the staff at the store were really helpful - it's secure, doesn't wobble and I am very happy. I am also able to use it with the phone still in its protective case

    29 of 35 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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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    iPhone 5 connector

    • Written by from BRIGHTON

    I bought the Lighting to 30 pin Adapter from my Apple Store after buying 2 other connectors via Amazon. Although both of the Amazon supplied connectors support battery charging neither would enable me to connect to to the 30 pin connector and play audio into the car system. The Apple connector worked first time.

    So although the other connectors were individually cheaper I paid more in total than the one Apple connector. My guess is that the Apple connector contains the necessary circuitry whereas the cheaper versions do not. Whatever the reason I wish that I had bought the Apple connector first. It does what it says it does.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Adapter

    • Written by from Newbury

    I guess a shift in technology had to happen in the end - the old adapter had lived through so many iPods & iPhones. This adaptor has worked perfectly for us to continue using existing iPod/Phone accessories.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Good value for what it does

    • Written by from Crawley

    Very neat converter that contains a lot more than people think, hence the moans about poor value.
    This device includes all the electronics to work out what the original 30 pin plug is doing and pass the correct commands up through the new 8 pin plug regardless of which way round it is plugged in.
    There are some compatibility problems with older 30 pin products apparently, but I have not experienced this yet.
    Overall it works very well.

    24 of 58 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works with old Camera Connection Kit

    • Written by from Loughborough

    This perfectly works with my Camera Connection Kit to record with my Behringer UCA22 and Xenyx mixer! Having swapped my new iPad for the iPad with Retina Display, my only issue is it should come as free! Great kit.

    28 of 43 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    It just works!

    • Written by from HARLOW

    Got one at the Apple store in the Westfield Centre in Stratford.

    I wanted one of these for my radio/alarm at home and the cable version for use in the car.

    No cables in the store, so I bought the one adapter and tried it in the car, a Hyundai i20 with iPod controls, which worked with the iPhone 4s.

    All the controls work as expected - hooray. It also works with the Philips DC390 Dual Dock Clock Radio I got a while ago.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

    • Written by from cardiff

    Work's fine with B&W zeppelin,shame not in other colour options ,black or chrome would be good,as look's a bit cheap against phone and B&W speaker.

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