RSE AUX Connectors & IPOD (Video)
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RSE AUX Connectors & IPOD (Video)
Yesterday I tried to connect my son's IPOD to the AUX1 connection of the RSE (MB installed) that is under the rear seat. The cable I bought was the component cable made by, and purchased from, Apple. But between the way Apple makes it cables and MB makes it input connectors, the cable won't work.
The cable has a round solid sleeve rather than the standard metal pieces that surround most rca cables that I am familiar with. Complicating matters is MB's Aux connection which has a very thin ring around the hole which only allows what I would consider the "standard rca cable", not this solid jacket that Apple's cable has.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Did you use some aftermarket cable instead of the one from Apple? I guess and can a male/male extender/coupler which may fix the connection on Apple's cable.
Any ideas? (I hope I described that clearly!!)
The cable has a round solid sleeve rather than the standard metal pieces that surround most rca cables that I am familiar with. Complicating matters is MB's Aux connection which has a very thin ring around the hole which only allows what I would consider the "standard rca cable", not this solid jacket that Apple's cable has.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Did you use some aftermarket cable instead of the one from Apple? I guess and can a male/male extender/coupler which may fix the connection on Apple's cable.
Any ideas? (I hope I described that clearly!!)
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I'll check it out. Thanks
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Yesterday I tried to connect my son's IPOD to the AUX1 connection of the RSE (MB installed) that is under the rear seat. The cable I bought was the component cable made by, and purchased from, Apple. But between the way Apple makes it cables and MB makes it input connectors, the cable won't work.
The cable has a round solid sleeve rather than the standard metal pieces that surround most rca cables that I am familiar with. Complicating matters is MB's Aux connection which has a very thin ring around the hole which only allows what I would consider the "standard rca cable", not this solid jacket that Apple's cable has.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Did you use some aftermarket cable instead of the one from Apple? I guess and can a male/male extender/coupler which may fix the connection on Apple's cable.
Any ideas? (I hope I described that clearly!!)
The cable has a round solid sleeve rather than the standard metal pieces that surround most rca cables that I am familiar with. Complicating matters is MB's Aux connection which has a very thin ring around the hole which only allows what I would consider the "standard rca cable", not this solid jacket that Apple's cable has.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Did you use some aftermarket cable instead of the one from Apple? I guess and can a male/male extender/coupler which may fix the connection on Apple's cable.
Any ideas? (I hope I described that clearly!!)
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Went around town to a few electronic stores to find a m/f adaptor, spoke to a few people there and the conclusion is as follows:
The Apple cable pins are just fine. The problem is that the RSE DVD player's pin holes are flush with the casing (unlike home DVD players) and therefore doesnt allow the cable pins to insert properly. Need to show it to a MB dealer & make them find a solution to this silly problem.
The Apple cable pins are just fine. The problem is that the RSE DVD player's pin holes are flush with the casing (unlike home DVD players) and therefore doesnt allow the cable pins to insert properly. Need to show it to a MB dealer & make them find a solution to this silly problem.
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RCA cable
My experience has been as follows with a regular RCA cable:
Interesting fact is they (Apple) switched the RED and yellow feeds on their cable vs. a normal cable from any video camera. In other words, the RED RCA out is the Video(YELLOW) on any other cable when connecting to a ipod.
Anyway I did purchase the Apple cable before discovering the switch.................... interesting marketing by Apple.[/QUOTE]
Interesting fact is they (Apple) switched the RED and yellow feeds on their cable vs. a normal cable from any video camera. In other words, the RED RCA out is the Video(YELLOW) on any other cable when connecting to a ipod.
Anyway I did purchase the Apple cable before discovering the switch.................... interesting marketing by Apple.[/QUOTE]
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Yesterday I tried to connect my son's IPOD to the AUX1 connection of the RSE (MB installed) that is under the rear seat. The cable I bought was the component cable made by, and purchased from, Apple. But between the way Apple makes it cables and MB makes it input connectors, the cable won't work.
The cable has a round solid sleeve rather than the standard metal pieces that surround most rca cables that I am familiar with. Complicating matters is MB's Aux connection which has a very thin ring around the hole which only allows what I would consider the "standard rca cable", not this solid jacket that Apple's cable has.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Did you use some aftermarket cable instead of the one from Apple? I guess and can a male/male extender/coupler which may fix the connection on Apple's cable.
Any ideas? (I hope I described that clearly!!)
The cable has a round solid sleeve rather than the standard metal pieces that surround most rca cables that I am familiar with. Complicating matters is MB's Aux connection which has a very thin ring around the hole which only allows what I would consider the "standard rca cable", not this solid jacket that Apple's cable has.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Did you use some aftermarket cable instead of the one from Apple? I guess and can a male/male extender/coupler which may fix the connection on Apple's cable.
Any ideas? (I hope I described that clearly!!)
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This is a really old thread. But I'm not understanding how to play music from my MP3 player using aux. I have the RSE system also.
On one side, I have the mp3 player connected, and the other side's plugged into the yellow/red cable in the DVD player. Do I have to do anything else?
Thanks much for the assistance.
On one side, I have the mp3 player connected, and the other side's plugged into the yellow/red cable in the DVD player. Do I have to do anything else?
Thanks much for the assistance.