Reviews for Apple 30-pin to VGA Adapter

If you need power while projecting to VGA, forget it. This device is terrible. If there was a way to give it 0 stars, I would give it -1000 stars. How did Apple's designers go wrong with this one? The composite (yellow video) and HDMI both have a built in way to keep the iPhone/iPad powered, but no, not the VGA one.

Works exactly as I expected. Won't do sound, but perfectly mirrors my iPad 2 through the projector at my office. Keynote works great especially when using Keynote Remote on my iPhone 4 to control. No more tied to the table.

I have a 4th gen iPod Touch and this adapter is a BATTERY KILLER. My iPod will be 100% battery with a Bluetooth keyboard and my battery will last just as long as if Bluetooth was off, but once I plug in the VGA adapter my battery drops from 100 - 70 to 30 and then dead in matter of 5 to 10 mins. I tried this without the keyboard and it did the similar process. My opinion is if you only have VGA port and dont feel like spending more money then get this but just little bit more you could get the Component adapter (less quality but cheaper) or HDMI adapter (Best quality but more expensive) and just buy a VGA converter for those ports because those two adapter can charge while you use them.

As a pastor, I am more than pleased with the ease of connectivity to an LCD projector for pulpit ministry. This adapter makes it easy to just plug my iPad in and have immediate connectivity for Keynote presentations. Much easier (and more functional than) the previous mode of presentation (PC netbook).

Read all the fine print before you purchase. It is great at what it does. Many reviewers expected more than what it is designed to do.

It is only listed as compatible with iPad, iPad 2, and iPhone 4. Mirroring is only supported by iPad 2. VGA is video only, so have a 3.5mm plug or external speakers handy for audio. Protected content, like a movie purchased from the iTunes Store, is not supported because DRM cannot be maintained on the other side of the VGA signal.

I've had situations where the video signal blinks when a video gets started. Pause the playback and allow the VGA display to synchronize with the iPhone. Then resume the playback. I keep it in my laptop bag as a backup for conference rooms with a VGA connection to the projector intended for laptops. Many KVM cables used in conference rooms include 3.5mm plugs for audio. Keep an Apple AV Composite cable handy as well. The two together provide a pretty universal capability for projecting or displaying video content from the iPod App.

Finally it does support mirroring now with the latest iOS. BUT: The hardware design is very bad. The dock connector part does not lock into the iPad. And on the other side the screws of the VGA cable cannot fix the cable to the adapter. Depending on the individual presenting situation, you always end up fixing cables.

This is a somewhat older product that I feel should be disconitunued. It does NOT simply mirror what's currently on your iPad/iPhone, it has the same limitations AirPlay does. It can only mirror movies, files from iWork (such as slide shows and presentations), photo galleries, and music. You can already do all this natively on your device with air play (it's that symbol that appears when you're doing something that enables it). However you will need something that can receive AirPlay (blu tooth, wifi, etc).

If you want to mirror the image exactly get the adapter that looks just likes this, but with a hdmi output. Although they look the same the hdmi allows for exact imaging of everything on your device (as in you can see the home screen and swipe and everything, look it up on YouTube)

I was impressed with the quality of this product. I needed the cable to hook my iPad 2 up the smart board in my classroom. I tested it on an old monitor from 1995 and it mirrored the iPads screen exactly. The reason some people gave it bad reviews was because they used it on an iPhone ,iPod touch, or iPad 1. It only plays videos and slideshows with those. The iPad 2 has full mirroring and it plays part of a pod sat that I wanted to show. Works great with keynote( love the laser pointer by the way)and all of the other apps. Very satisfied, I give it 5 stars.

Not sure what everyone is complaining about but this product works great! I haven't found an app yet that doesn't work. The only thing so far is the IPad won't output a protected movie through the iPad port.

I bought this for use with my iPad 1 and I was disappointed by the limitations. Netflix app works great but I can't play movies I've purchased on iTunes? I don't understand the reasoning behind this especially since it seems iPad 2 can do mirroring. If anyone at apple reads these please fix this problem, why can't iPad 1 support mirroring as well?