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Evening STW collective.
I have a Sony stereo in the garage with a older 30pin male docking port and I want to connect my I phone 7 to it which obviously has Lightning connector only.
The Apple ones are in the region of £30!!!, but eBay have some cheapy ones at £5, of which some say they will only charge and not support audio, others don't mention any limitation.
Anybody bought a cheaper Female 30 pin to Lightning adapter and got it to work with audio?
If so any links to any?
ta in advance
Dave
Not usually no.
I tried a few with no success so had to fork out for the apple one. Think they’re sold cheaply to attract people on the “its cheap so worth a punt and not a big deal if it doesn’t work “
And when it doesn’t work, it’s not worth the hassle to get the refund back
Since this is STW I'll reply with something you didn't ask for.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andoer%C2%AE-Bluetooth-Receiver-Adapter-Speaker-White/dp/B0118RTB44/
Mate of mine keeps his old Bose sounddock going by using one of these to convert it to Bluetooth. He's had it a while and it works fine, looks like this casing but his has a different brand name.
Does your Sony stereo have an aux in (eg 3.5mm in?). If so you could get a cheap Bluetooth receiver?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-HA100-Technology-Smartphones-Bluetooth-enabled/dp/B010EIV1MS
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AUKEY-Bluetooth-Receiver-Wireless-Hands-Free-black/dp/B00O8GASEA
Etc
BT adaptor is what I'd do (an indeed, did). Cost about 47p from Tesco.
cheers gents, I do have BT TX/Rx actually that I use for the TV when Zwifting (so I can use my BT headphones)
I'll try that tomorrow, seeing as I won't be going out 🙁
cheers
Dave