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Be careful when attaching the connector to the ipod that the +ve bottom of the plug doesnt come into contact with the aluminum casing of the ipod, as this will cause a short circuit and may cost you a USB port. A piece of insulating tape with a hole in it, across the ipod socket prevents this...
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2008-08-11 14:15:57CORRECTrev. 2APPROVED
2009-06-17 21:05:27CORRECTrev. 4APPROVED
2009-06-25 20:57:59CORRECTrev. 4APPROVED
2009-10-27 21:27:37CORRECTrev. 5APPROVED
2009-10-31 14:36:45CORRECT100% correct inforev. 5APPROVED
2009-12-07 14:02:01CORRECTIt's correct but if you follow colors because numeration incorrect with original. Check in wikipedia for example. P.S. Sorry my bad englishrev. 5APPROVED
2009-12-29 16:52:50CORRECTrev. 5APPROVED
2010-01-30 00:51:43CORRECTLooks good but if you make a home made cable you will want to plug it in the ipod first then the computer as to not short out V+ and Gnd.. as someone else stated because the 4th pin is wired to V+ this means the Ipod case Floats at 5V!!!!! so don't let it touch anything while plugged in .rev. 5APPROVED
2010-03-12 18:04:47CORRECTThis is not available for iPOD Shuffle 3rd generation, so it must be specified only for 1st and 2nd generation.rev. 6APPROVED
2010-07-26 05:03:34INCORRECTiPod Shuffle 3rd not workrev. 8APPROVED
2010-09-19 22:59:04CORRECTWorks great for me. When I first built the cable I had pin 4 connected to the case and it kept dropping out my USB bus. The electrical tape fix worked perfect.rev. 8APPROVED


History of users contributions

Date Author Content
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2009-03-29 17:24:49joseph leopoldrev. 3
2009-08-15 22:14:56Vladislav Korotnevrev. 4Added pins on usb
2010-04-18 14:13:40Qrev. 6
2010-06-10 22:45:45Mark McHughrev. 8Figured out there's no "magic chip" required to charge a shuffle.
2010-09-25 22:44:38Pierockrev. 8added 2gen info
2011-07-05 22:07:53rev. 10
2011-10-25 22:45:22rev. 10Добавление русского языка к статье (Attaching Russian to this article)

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