I've been trying to find an AC adapter to run my "old" 3rd generation ipod - the one with a click wheel and four round buttons. I purchased this item to listen to music from a stereo but found it would not charge my ipod, the remote control had no effect, and occasionally the ipod would freeze up until I removed it from the dock. A fellow on one of Apple's discussion forums recently expressed these same problems. Through plain old experimentation I found that the dock will work in every way if you power it up from an older style AC adapter that connects to the ipod with a Firewire to ipod cable. I suggest this (for the 3rd gen ipod) rather than the USB style cable and AC adapter that comes with the unit.
I am glad there's a way to use my older ipod as it still works well as a music player and with its 40 Gb capacity it can hold a good deal of music.
I like all Apple products very much, which makes it harder to give this product a full 5 stars as Apple has implied that their AV Connection Kit is compatible with my ipod. This unit does however work well with newer ipods that connects via USB.Get more detail about Apple AV Connection Kit for iPod with Dock Connector (White).
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