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How to make your iPhone/iPod Touch work with Peripherals
If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you have the coolest phone and mp3 player market (and this is coming from a windows guy!) However, you may find that hi-tech gadget in your pocket is too flashy to work with the cajillions of iPod peripherals, namely FM Tuners and iPod plug-in stereo systems. The easiest solution is to double check that you are buying iPhone or iPod Touch compatible peripherals, but if you’re trying to plug your device into your friend’s stereo system at a party, you don’t have much of a choice.
There is a solution to the problem however. All you need to do is go to the settings window, then switch your phone to “airplane mode.” This effectively turns your phone into and Touch into a regular iPod. I wish I had an explanation for why that works, but the end result is all that matters in the end. In my experience, this technique has worked 90% of the time. There was one fidgety stereo dock that didn’t want to cooperate, and another device that didn’t work at first, but unplugging and plugging in the iPhone again made it work.
So the next time you’re at a party with a lame playlist, you don’t have to let your hi-tech tendencies stop you from becoming the life of the party!
I have to give credit where credit is due – much thanks to my brother for making the discovery.
How to make your iPhone/iPod Touch work with Peripherals
If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you have the coolest phone and mp3 player market (and this is coming from a windows guy!) However, you may find that hi-tech gadget in your pocket is too flashy to work with the cajillions of iPod peripherals, namely FM Tuners and iPod plug-in stereo systems. The easiest solution is to double check that you are buying iPhone or iPod Touch compatible peripherals, but if you’re trying to plug your device into your friend’s stereo system at a party, you don’t have much of a choice.
There is a solution to the problem however. All you need to do is go to the settings window, then switch your phone to “airplane mode.” This effectively turns your phone into and Touch into a regular iPod. I wish I had an explanation for why that works, but the end result is all that matters in the end. In my experience, this technique has worked 90% of the time. There was one fidgety stereo dock that didn’t want to cooperate, and another device that didn’t work at first, but unplugging and plugging in the iPhone again made it work.
So the next time you’re at a party with a lame playlist, you don’t have to let your hi-tech tendencies stop you from becoming the life of the party!
I have to give credit where credit is due – much thanks to my brother for making the discovery.
