I was thinking about the myriad of iP*d accessories there are for listening with speakers and the like and was wondering: is it possible to build/buy an adapter that connects to the Fuze and then to an iP*d connector on, say, a speaker dock? It strikes me that it wouldn’t need to carry much more than power-in and line-out, but I’m ignorant on the details.
Like I said it would allow Fuze’rs to use most iP*d accessories rather than only the 1 or 2 docks available today.
It seems to me that most Fuze owners would want one, if for no other reason than to be able to drop the fuze into their friends iPod dock to play their music for them. I’d buy one (maybe $8-$10) if I could and knew I could then get a cheapie dock on sale anywhere
Just think how much better off we’d be if the Fuze could be used with any iP*d dock/accessory (not to mention SanDisk)
Disagree, SanDisk makes very few accessories…and who wants a device with only about 2-3 accessories locked into a single supplier? If people knew the Fuze worked with iPod accessories available almost everywhere and at all levels of price/performance and realized that the Fuze sounded better etc, then they’d be more tempted to buy one. If I knew it was so difficult to buy Fuze accsy’s, specifically a dock with speakers, I might (might!) have made a different choice. I DID say might… It’s kinda fristrating that there’s basically only the iM413, and absolutely nothing in stores when you shop… therein is the value of an adapter! Pick a doc or the like and if it works with iPod it works with Fuze. You see something cool/cute at Walmart or BestBuy or where-ever and if you want it, you’re good to go
Disagree, SanDisk makes very few accessories…and who wants a device with only about 2-3 accessories locked into a single supplier? If people knew the Fuze worked with iPod accessories available almost everywhere and at all levels of price/performance and realized that the Fuze sounded better etc, then they’d be more tempted to buy one. If I knew it was so difficult to buy Fuze accsy’s, specifically a dock with speakers, I might (might!) have made a different choice. I DID say might… It’s kinda fristrating that there’s basically only the iM413
SanDisk Makes NO accessories. Third Party companys like Griffin make accessories. So its really up to them.
I plan on doing this sometime in the future. I don’t expect it from Sansa or Apple due to licensing involved. If/when I come up with a Klipsch ipod device (SXT ?), I’ll modify the internals for Fuze use if possible. I won’t use the device because I have a custom built 200 watt Klipsch Promedia 2.1 Boombox for hookup to any player. A universal adapter will have to be in the form of a cable with Fuze connection on one end and ipod dock on the other. The pin that would be needed on the ipod side (as I see it in pinouts) has a variable voltage available. It is dependent on what devices are connected to the ipod and will have to be locked in the correct mode to avoid overvoltage to the Fuze lineout enable input. If done wrong, it will fry the input on the Fuze.
I have a priority ahead of this project and that is a modification of my original Fuze lineout cable used as a basis for an E200 series lineout cable.
I’m very interested in your thoughts of an adapter. Trying to upgrade my car stereo with the ability to use my Fuze seems to be impossible. If you make any progress, please post your findings. Thanks Louis
I bit the bullet and got the Altec-Lansing iM413 but for $30… but still, if there was an adapter I could have gotten I might have opted for something different.
I picture a 30 pin “barrel” labelled IPod on one end and Sansa on the other, the sansa end plugs into the player, the IPod end goes to whatever IPod accessory you have… inside the wires are rerouted appropriately. Maybe the thing is 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch high with a snap-on plastic support to hold the fuze in place and reduce the stress on the connector.
And I still say having these available would be a boon for Sansa. A better quality player compatable with the 100’s of different IPod accessories should sell quite well. Heck, the adapter could even come with the thing, or you might find them hanging on a peg near the IPod accessories at the retailer.
Creative sued Apple and won a shed load of bucks so it is not so simple as it sounds. If only Apple had made things compatable they would have saved $100 million plus all the development costs, and maybe sansa would have followed and we would be so happy!
If anyone does make a crossover plug I will buy one.
I would certainly buy one! My question is what is the reason for Sandisk using the pinout they do on the Sansa devices? You would think they would have made it the same as the iPod so that there would be fewer reasons to NOT get the Sansa.
There really are SO many accessories (some I wouldn’t really call accessories) for the iPod! Most HTIBs (Home theater in a box) and receivers come with some form of iPod dock. Heck, even some TVs are now coming with an iPod dock! It seems that just about anything that can play audio is iPod compatible.
I would certainly buy one! My question is what is the reason for Sandisk using the pinout they do on the Sansa devices? You would think they would have made it the same as the iPod so that there would be fewer reasons to NOT get the Sansa.
Perhaps Apple has a patent on their connector, and Sandisk wasn’t allowed to use it.
Apple absolutely has a patent on their proprietary connector. Licensing this connector to other MP3 player makers would negate the huge advantage they currently have in accessories. It seems like locking customers in with proprietary connectors and formats has always been attractive to MP3 player manufacturers.