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04-14-2014, 05:45 PM | #1 |
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Iphone 5 and Y Cable
Whenever I drive my e90 I almost always hook up my phone using the y cable. Ever since I got the iphone 5 I've realized how bad the charging capability is with the 30 pin adapter. It's actually almost non existent and before the charging was okay not really that great but I got a few percent at least. Is there any option out there that is a y cable but comes with lightning connection instead of the 30 pin one? I checked around and couldn't really find anything. Amazon had one but reviews were crap
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04-16-2014, 12:19 AM | #2 |
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My lightning to 30 pin works perfectly fine, I have the extended one
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I bought a lightning connector to USB from monoprice and it works well but I don't know about Y cables or what that's even needed for.
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Pre combox if I'm not mistaken required the use of a y cable to get ipod functionality through the idrive system. Everyone else only needs a USB cable whether it be 30 pin or lightning is based on your phone. The y cable was made before the iphone 5 came out so it comes with a 30 pin connection standard. To make the 5 work I added the 30 pin adapted to the y cable. It just doesn't charge at all
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04-16-2014, 11:07 AM | #6 |
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I used the 30 pin to lightning adapter from Apple and I found the audio quality was terrible. The DAC in the adapter is not as good as the DAC built into the iPhone. I ended up just getting a USB stick and copied my MP3s onto that.
As for charging... I have no problem with charging.
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04-16-2014, 11:15 AM | #8 |
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Yes. Y cable to the 6inch 30 pin/lightning adapter.
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If you just want to charge, get a cigarette lighter charger for the phone. Somehow the cigarette lighter plug in the armrest doesn't work when I have the USB stick plugged in though. I think it either can power via USB or the lighter plug but not both.
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Maybe use a USB or other means for the music and get a cigarette lighter charger to charge.
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Still I prefer using the USB stick with my MP3s. It sounds the best as the digital decoding is done by the car. There is no audio quality loss.
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Thanks for the advice I might just go this route. Funny how no new y cable has been made, but I guess there's just no demand for it since everyone can just use their apple cable
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You can't use a standalone usb drive for the music?
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