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Problem playing iPhone 4 through car speakers

  • 15-02-2011 01:20PM
    #1
    brophs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭


    So I usually play my iPod through my car's speakers, though either

    apple-ipod-mini-retractable-30-pin-dock-connector-to-standard-3-5mm-connector.jpg

    or

    Male_to_Male_Extension_Auxiliary_Cable.jpg

    as car car stereo has a 3.5 aux input on the front. This morning I tried to plug my iPhone in using a cable like the first picture (the iPhone connector in the bottom of the phone to the 3.5 headphone jack on the stereo) and I got no sound through the stereo, only through the iPhone's speakers. My iPod (Classic) works perfectly, as does the cable. I have tried cleaning the dock for dust etc. No joy. I have tried three cables. The iPhone works fine when connected to the computer or through the headphone jack.

    Any ideas as to why that is?


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  • #2
    brianhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭brianhickey


    brophs wrote: »
    So I usually play my iPod through my car's speakers, though either

    as car car stereo has a 3.5 aux input on the front. This morning I tried to plug my iPhone in using a cable like the first picture (the iPhone connector in the bottom of the phone to the 3.5 headphone jack on the stereo) and I got no sound through the stereo, only through the iPhone's speakers. My iPod (Classic) works perfectly, as does the cable. I have tried cleaning the dock for dust etc. No joy. I have tried three cables. The iPhone works fine when connected to the computer or through the headphone jack.

    Any ideas as to why that is?
    When you press Up/Down on the volume buttons, does it say "ringer" or "headphones" on the volume graphic that appears onscreen? There may be a little piece of fluff or something in the headphone socket, fooling the phone into thinking there are still headphones connected.


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