Reviews for Apple 30-pin to VGA Adapter

I bought this adapter to view pictures with a projector from my I-pad2. I don't know what people are complaining about since I just plugged it in and it works perfectly. I'm 100% satisfied!

24 of 34 people found this useful

I have an iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4S.

It should first be noted that only the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 will display "live mirroring" of the display.

Secondly, the iPhone 4, iPad 1, and iPhone 3GS; it will only display video from certain apps such as: YouTube, Photos (slideshow feature only), Videos, Netflix, and any other third party app that has added video out support (there's not very many out there).

For the iPhone 3G, I receive an "Accessory not supported feature" and was not able to get any video to output.

In regards to the iPhone 4S performance, it's crisp and sharp on any monitor I've hooked it up to. One downside that I've found is when I hook it up to my "vertical orientation" monitor. There are not any kind of settings on the iPhone to force a 90, 180, -90, -180 degree rotation. Newer monitors might have manual rotation in the settings; unfortunately, my Samsung 23" SyncMaster (from 2008) does not.

Alternatives for non iPhone 4S and iPad 2 would be the "Component AV" cable that essentially allows you to connect to any TV that accepts video (yellow) and audio (red or white or both) which obviously covers most televisions over the last 15 years. I have personal experience with the iPad 1 using the component cable and it works great for playing YouTube videos (such as Sesame Street for my daughter) or photo slideshows (showcasing my photography).

Overall it's a solid cable. I usually buy knock off eBay cables; but after my last experience buying the junky knock off component cable that was half the price of the Apple cable; I have regretted it (primarily due to the fact that it gets stuck in my iDevices and makes me feel like I have to rip it out dangerously to get it out).

93 of 98 people found this useful

Works perfectly with my iPad 2, does not work with iPad 1- RTFM, people! Agree with other posters, the iPad connector often "slips" out while presenting. Why can't I connect to power AND VGA like the HDMI connector? Item needs to be redesigned.

31 of 35 people found this useful

I got an iPad 2 for Christmas and hoped to use it for presentations at work. I just got the VGA adapter and I have two concerns.

First, the plastic on the 30 pin "plug" is flat (squared off), where the female receptacle on the iPad is tapered, following the shape of the iPad's body. As a result, the plug doesn't click into the port solidly, any movement of the iPad breaks the connection with the projector. I may have to file the plastic down so it mates with the iPad better, but I think I'll call Apple, first.

My second concern is that either the iPad itself or the adapter do not seem to be supported by all projectors. I tried it on an Eiki and it didn't recognize anything being plugged in.

I gave it 3 stars because when it works, it works as advertised.

23 of 27 people found this useful

It's a good thing that I make a dry run before a presentation. I hooked up the conference room equipment to my iPad to show a bit of a Penn & Teller episode that I had BOUGHT, and to my delight I received an error message on the iPad that the adapter did not work with "protected movies". All I got on the big screen was a still image of the first frame. Another random TV show I tried worked as it should. So what bloody good is it anyway if the iPad is crippled like that? I can't count on using it in my presentations.

33 of 48 people found this useful

I used the VGA adapter into my LCD with my iPad 1. Video games worked, photos worked, YouTube, videos all worked. However, I was not able to view a powerpoint presentation, spreadsheet or Word doc, through DocsToGo or Dropbox, which is why I wanted it. I dream of presenting to a client off my iPad rather than laptop, but it remains to be seen, no pun intended. So buyer beware depending on what you want to use it for.

42 of 47 people found this useful

I use an ipad 2, 5.0.1 and it did the job just fine. I think is great

4 of 6 people found this useful

I purchased this to use in my classroom, but it only works for video and moving pictures.

47 of 58 people found this useful

This lead will only work with videos and photos from your device to the TV does not replicate any of my apps to the screen. Bought it because I got a number generator app which I wanted to show on a large screen but just shows a blank screen so now it's back to the drawing board till someone can come up with a way to do what I see as a pretty simple task. There MUST me some way!! Come on you apple techs!!! ;)

34 of 45 people found this useful

Works as described and mirrors your iPad 2 to a connected display using a VGA connector. Plug this adapter into the iPad, and attach to the male end of a VGA cable connected to your display and you see the iPad 2 user interface.

*Product Used: iPad 2 v5.0.1
- You will need a VGA cable to connect between this adapter and your display.
- You see the entire iPad user interface and the content of each app as you open it.
- I tried a bunch of apps and games and all were mirrored on the display without issues.
- iBooks worked perfectly for displaying presentations. Just open an email with the PDF presentation, select the attachment and select Open in iBooks, and it adds to your library. Open here and flip through the presentation.
- As you might expect, the adapter does not allow copy protected material to display:
[x] HBO Go - Is blocked and will not display when connected
[x] Cox TV Connect - Will run and you can see the show listings, but the display area will not show any content when connected
[x] Downloaded Videos from the apple store would not display

*Product Used: iPhone4 v5.0.1
- Would NOT mirror the general user interface like on the iPad 2
- I tried YouTube and could view videos
- I tried a couple other apps that specifically have TV-out capabilities and they worked

In general did what I needed it to do for business presentations.

53 of 56 people found this useful