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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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CORRECTinformation correctAPPROVED
2008-08-11 14:15:57rev. 2CORRECTAPPROVED
2009-06-17 21:05:27rev. 4CORRECTAPPROVED
2009-06-25 20:57:59rev. 4CORRECTAPPROVED
2009-10-27 21:27:37rev. 5CORRECTAPPROVED
2009-10-31 14:36:45rev. 5CORRECT100% correct infoAPPROVED
2009-12-07 14:02:01rev. 5CORRECTIt's correct but if you follow colors because numeration incorrect with original. Check in wikipedia for example. P.S. Sorry my bad englishAPPROVED
2009-12-29 16:52:50rev. 5CORRECTAPPROVED
2010-01-30 00:51:43rev. 5CORRECTLooks 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 .APPROVED
2010-03-12 18:04:47rev. 6CORRECTThis is not available for iPOD Shuffle 3rd generation, so it must be specified only for 1st and 2nd generation.APPROVED
2010-07-26 05:03:34rev. 8INCORRECTiPod Shuffle 3rd not workAPPROVED
2010-09-19 22:59:04rev. 8CORRECTWorks 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.APPROVED
2012-08-09 03:41:32rev. 10CORRECTThe info is correctAPPROVED
2012-08-23 05:37:37rev. 10CORRECTAPPROVED
2012-10-18 22:37:51rev. 10CORRECTAPPROVED
2013-10-28 03:42:31rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED
2015-02-16 14:55:13rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED
2015-06-20 06:28:54rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED
2016-01-22 22:40:13rev. 11CORRECTDidn't notice any errors. everything seems correctAPPROVED
2016-12-12 16:54:52rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED
2017-02-01 10:06:23rev. 11INCORRECTThe pinout is not 4321 at the 3.5mm end it is 1432APPROVED
2018-07-20 01:23:23rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED
2019-05-15 19:27:23rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED
2019-06-08 22:15:49rev. 11CORRECTAPPROVED


History of users contributions

Date Content
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2009-03-29 17:24:49rev. 3joseph leopold
2009-08-15 22:14:56rev. 4Vladislav KorotnevAdded pins on usb
2010-04-18 14:13:40rev. 6Q
2010-06-10 22:45:45rev. 8Mark McHughFigured out there's no "magic chip" required to charge a shuffle.
2010-09-25 22:44:38rev. 8Pierockadded 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)
2013-02-20 22:48:51rev. 11This is the pinout straight from an original cable.

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