Connect an iPod or iPhone to your television/projector with this high quality Composite AV Cable, gather up your friends, and watch videos or slideshows together on the big screen. You can also connect the Composite AV Cable to your stereo or powered speakers for a room-filling audio experience. The Composite AV Cable connects to your iPod, iPhone via the 30-pin dock connector and to your TV, home theater receiver, or stereo receiver via the composite video and red/white analog audio ports.Customer Review: Does not work with iPod Touch
ivan offelitch's review is dead on, please read it for details. I have a 2nd Gen iPod Touch with software version 2.2 and this cable does not work. It will play back 15-20 seconds of video, after which it will drop out. Ivan has found the issue and I have verified it, he is completely right. I wish I had read his review prior to purchasing the cable.
Customer Review: figured out why it works SOMETIMES...
Well kids, I did some checking around, and this cable will work on the iPod Touch (1st gen) 2.0 upgrade and earlier, but NOT 2.1. Apparently there is a chip in Apple's own manufactured cable (which only Apple has the chip, beware of makers that SAY they have the chip) that keeps the video running on your TV. If you have 2.0 or earlier, the video plays fine in almost all cases (based on the blogs I read), but with the 2.1 upgrade you HAVE to have an Apple AV cable WITH THAT CHIP or else the video only plays for about 10-15 seconds, then blanks out. (The audio still plays.) Happened with me, and happened with every one of the 2.1 upgraded iPods. Classic scrambling/compatibility technique, but that's what happens in a free market. Apple's got every right to do so. On the many blogs I read, (YES, I have no life, okay?) people tried them on different TV sets, people reset their iPods, etc, and the only ones that worked were with the 2.0 firmware and earlier. Is that through your head, now? Good. So if you don't ever plan on upgrading your iPod, this should work fine for you. If you have a newer iPod, or a 1st gen iPod Touch or iPhone with the 2.1 upgrade, you'll waste your money just like I did. If it had cost more, I'd be giving this only one star out of spite, but when it worked for that 10-15 seconds, it actually worked remarkably well. Roughly the same quality as a VHS tape. So if it's what you want and you know it will work on your iPod's firmware, it should work just great. If you have a newer iPod or iPhone with the newest firmware, based on that, you can afford to go to Apple's site or the Apple Store and get their manufactured brand. Hope this helps clear up any confusion on why there are so many conflicting reviews...
