ba

Does anyone make a male-to-female 30-pin extension cable,
with an iPod 30-pin connector at each end; male at one end
and female at the other? Anything from 10 cm to 2 m would
be great.

Jeremy Nixon

ba <oops@nom.org> wrote:

> Does anyone make a male-to-female 30-pin extension cable,
> with an iPod 30-pin connector at each end; male at one end
> and female at the other? Anything from 10 cm to 2 m would
> be great.

Apparently not. You can get a custom job here:

http://www.cablejive.com/extendercable.html

but it's expensive and doesn't support all functions.

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Nick Cassimatis

Wouldn't an extension USB cable do the same thing, and likely be cheaper?
I've seen them up to 6 feet/2 meters.

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"ba" <oops@nom.org> wrote in message
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> Does anyone make a male-to-female 30-pin extension cable,
> with an iPod 30-pin connector at each end; male at one end
> and female at the other? Anything from 10 cm to 2 m would
> be great.
>

ba

No, it's missing most of the pins. USB cables
only have four conductors, and don't include
some of the ones I need.


"Nick Cassimatis" <nickpc0spam@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Wouldn't an extension USB cable do the same thing, and likely be cheaper?
> I've seen them up to 6 feet/2 meters.
>
> --
> Nick Cassimatis
>
> He who laughs last has a good backup!
>
> "ba" <oops@nom.org> wrote in message
> news:13htbq19iddpf69@corp.supernews.com...
>> Does anyone make a male-to-female 30-pin extension cable,
>> with an iPod 30-pin connector at each end; male at one end
>> and female at the other? Anything from 10 cm to 2 m would
>> be great.
>>
>
>

Nick Cassimatis

I guess I don't understand what you're trying to use it for. From the PC
side, any USB cable has only 4 conductors - the cable synching my iPod right
now is like that. Somewhere along the line, that sync cable switches the 4
up to the 30. In fact, since I'm going through a USB hub as it is, I'm
already extending the USB side of the cable. I would think a USB M-F cable
would do just fine for what you need. But then there may be more to your
question than I understand, but if I wanted to move my dock 2 meters away,
I'd just extend the USB side, which is a commodity item, rather than the
iPod side, which would have to be an Apple licensed product, carrying that
extra cost.

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Nick Cassimatis

He who laughs last has a good backup!

"ba" <oops@nom.org> wrote in message
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> No, it's missing most of the pins. USB cables
> only have four conductors, and don't include
> some of the ones I need.
>
>
> "Nick Cassimatis" <nickpc0spam@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:472296ef$0$9539$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> Wouldn't an extension USB cable do the same thing, and likely be cheaper?
>> I've seen them up to 6 feet/2 meters.
>>
>> --
>> Nick Cassimatis
>>
>> He who laughs last has a good backup!
>>
>> "ba" <oops@nom.org> wrote in message
>> news:13htbq19iddpf69@corp.supernews.com...
>>> Does anyone make a male-to-female 30-pin extension cable,
>>> with an iPod 30-pin connector at each end; male at one end
>>> and female at the other? Anything from 10 cm to 2 m would
>>> be great.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

ba

"Nick Cassimatis" <nickpc0spam@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I guess I don't understand what you're trying to use it for.

True.

> From the PC side, any USB cable has only 4 conductors -

The 30-pin connector has many other functions. Audio and
video out, audio in, and more. I want to use some of the
pins that are not included in the USB, and I don't think
I even need all four of the USB connections. I don't need
to provide power to the iPod, for instance.

> I would think a USB M-F cable would do just fine for what you need.

It's not. I need several pins that are not part of the
USB. The cable cited by Jeremy Nixon had some of them,
but still not what I need.

Richard Crowley

"Nick Cassimatis" wrote ...
> Wouldn't an extension USB cable do the same thing,
> and likely be cheaper?
> I've seen them up to 6 feet/2 meters.

A conventional USB extention does NOT include...
L/R audio line in, L/R audio line out, video (composite
and Y/C), serial control T/R, power, and Firewire.

If "ba" needs to use *any* of those signals, a USB
extention doesn't do the job.

Richard Crowley

"Nick Cassimatis" wrote ...
>I guess I don't understand what you're trying to use it for. From the
>PC side, any USB cable has only 4 conductors - the cable synching my
>iPod right now is like that. Somewhere along the line, that sync cable
>switches the 4 up to the 30.

Four of the 30 pins are for USB, the remainder are the
other functions, one or more of which "ba" wants to use.

In fact, since I'm going through a USB hub as it is, I'm
> already extending the USB side of the cable. I would think a USB M-F
> cable would do just fine for what you need. But then there may be
> more to your question than I understand, but if I wanted to move my
> dock 2 meters away, I'd just extend the USB side, which is a commodity
> item, rather than the iPod side, which would have to be an Apple
> licensed product, carrying that extra cost.

The iPod is capable of many more functions than are
available simply through the USB port.