For those with a dock mount

[agreif]

How do you power your iPod when it's in the dock? If I am going to use the belkin line out charger, I thought that the charger needed to plug into the bottom of the iPod, which isn't accessible when it's in the dock right? What am I missing here, is there a way to charge and get the line out while the iPod is in the dock?

Thanks,
Andrew

[fourmoshers]

I answered your post in the '98 Cadillac thread but there's another aspect of this that I didn't include in that reply.

I used a Sik Imp and it plugs directly into the dock for power. But what I didn't realize is that when you do this, the line out of the Imp does not work. You still have to go the dock line out port to get the line out signal.

So bottom line, plug your charger into the dock, and then run a 1/8" headphone jack into the line out connection on the back of the dock.

[kloh]

If you use the belkin charger, it can plug either under the iPod or into the dock. That's how I'm doing it (charger into dock). You will then use the line-out from the back of the dock, not the charger.

[agreif]

Originally posted by kloh
If you use the belkin charger, it can plug either under the iPod or into the dock. That's how I'm doing it (charger into dock). You will then use the line-out from the back of the dock, not the charger.

Oh really, I thought it could only plug into the iPod connection on the bottom of the iPod. I haven't seen a belkin one up close yet. Is there an plug on the dock that accepts the iPod type connection? I guess I'll have to check, I remembered it as just a wire and lineout plug taht were back there, but now that you mention it maybe that does have a plug in the back. So if you are going to use a dock, there really isn't any reason to get the Belkin with a line out then, unless you want it in another car, right?

Andrew

[kloh]

The iPod and dock use the same connector, so any charger that has an iPod plug will work. If you're using a dock in your setup, you do not need a charger that has line-out. All you need is power to the dock.

[altreality]

The iPod and dock use the same connector, so any charger that has an iPod plug will work.

That's right. Plug the charger right into the back of the dock instead of into the iPod. The dock passes through to the iPod.

If you're going to use the dock then buy a cheap charger. No sense in spending $40 on the Belkin charger when you can't even use it's line-out feature (you'll use the line-out of the dock instead). Get the cheaper Belkin that doesn't include the line-out, or something else.

[tanakasan]

I use the Apple AC brick and a Vector 70 watt DCtoAC inverter with Apple Dock connector cable. Clean, quiet, isolated power thats 100% warranty legal! :)