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Wiki > Main > IpodPort > IpodAccessories

The iPod Accessories Page

Introduction

This is a work-in-progress list of iPod accessories tested with Rockbox. Many accessories for the iPod which connect via the dock adapter do not work with Rockbox. This is because they use Apple's proprietary Apple Accessory Protocol, which is only partially implemented in Rockbox (and is only implemented for the Mini 1G, Mini 2G, 4G Grayscale and 4G Photo/Color, 5G Video, 5.5G Video and Nano 1G). What follows is a list of accessories, and whether or not they work in Rockbox in any fashion at all.

Note: Please test with Accessory Power both off and on.

When adding information to the chart, please be kind and fill in the Model Number if you can. Many manufacturers have released different physical models under the same name, or confusingly similar names. Please also be nice enough to list the model of iPod you tested on as well.

Note - the ADC Reading column refers to the value shown in the Debug Menu, under "ACCESSORY:" . Entering this information into the table below will help the Rockbox developers to extend the Apple Accessory Protocol implementation in order to handle these devices better!

Please also report your findings in FlySpray FS#9951.

If you need help adding to or updating, this list; please post a question (or simply a list of the information needing added) to the forums, IRC, or the user mailing list.

            Working Features          
Category Manufacturer Model Model Number Connection Type ADC Reading Charging? Audio Out? Remote? Audio In? Reporter Verifier Comments Date Tested SVN Revision
FM Transmitters                            
  Belkin TuneCast Auto   Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A Forums   Photo Tested on 5G 2006-06-14  
  Griffin iTrip PAV4014 Headphone + Remote   N/A DONE N/A N/A AdamGashlin   Photo Tested on 4G 2007-03-01  
  Griffin iTrip Auto   Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A Forums   Photo Tested on 5G 2006-06-07  
  Griffin iTrip Dock PAV4026 AKA 9781-TRP30xx Dock   DONE DONE/choice-no N/A N/A ChristiScarborough   Photo Tested on 5G - charging and USB via mini USB connector - does not power on as transmitter. (Mixed reports on this model. Christi's does not power on with Rockbox, another report claims perfect functionality. Buyer beware.) 2009-03-02 r20179
  Griffin iTrip LCD PAV4026 Headphone + Remote   N/A DONE N/A N/A Marcin Chojnowski   Photo Tested on 4G 2010-11-04 Release 3.7
  Griffin RoadTrip   Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A Forums   Note Photo, Tested on 5G 2006-06-07  
  Griffin RoadTrip   Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A JonathanMueller   Note Photo, Tested on 4G 2007-03-01  
  Newer Technology TRAFFICJamz   Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A GarrettAlbright   Tested on 5G 2007-02-11  
  Kensington Digital FM Transmitter/Auto Charger for iPod 33199 Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A Forums   Tested on 5.5G 80 GB 2007-07-28  
  Kensington FM & RDS Transmitter for iPod 33364US Dock (mainly) 867 DONE DONE N/A N/A DaveWoyciesjes   Track title & artist don't get transmitted/displayed on radio (RDS), and transmitting frequency does not show in iPod screen, but still usable. Photo. Tested on iPod Video - 5.5G 30 GB 2009-02-25 r20102
Docks / Speakers                            
  Apple iPod Hi-Fi   Speakers   DONE DONE DONE N/A IRC user (superluig164)   Tested on Ipod Photo / 4G Color 2020-03-05 Release 3.15
  Apple Universal Dock Model A1256 EMC 2190 with thin IR receiver Dock 0 DONE Untested DONE N/A RiccardoBoninsegna   Accessory power required. Tested on Mini 2G. Menu button does nothing (same as on official firmware - intended for Mac use), Play/pause/next/previous/FF/REW work fine but not terribly useful outside of WPS. 2020-12-17 3.15
  Altec Lansing IM600   Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A donpipo (Via DavidHall)   Accessory power not required. Tested on 5.5G. Remote works in WPS but not menus. 2008-07-22 IAP Test
  Bose SoundDock II   Speakers 0 DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A RiccardoBoninsegna   Accessory power required. Tested on Mini 2G. Stop button doesn't power off iPod and previous/next playlist buttons do nothing (play/pause/next/previous/FF/REW work fine but not terribly useful outside of WPS). 2020-12-17 3.15
  Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin   Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A DannyVanDongen (Via DavidHall)   Tested on 5G 30GB. 2008-09-28 IAP Test
  Cygnett GrooveTime   Dock   DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A karlbowden (Via DavidHall)   Prev/Next work for changing track, Play/Pause works as expected when in WPS. Menu, Enter, Up, Down do not do anything 2008-10-07 IAP Test
  Goodmans Universal Ipod Speaker GSPK29IP Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A jmooy (Via DavidHall)   Accessory power not required. Tested on Nano 1G. Remote works in WPS but not menus. Remote does not turn off player in Rockbox but does in Apple firmware. 2008-10-05 IAP Test
  iHome IH36   Dock   DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A lixer (Via DavidHall)   Tested with iTunes-loaded music. Accessory power required. Pause + Resume - works fine if the drawer is open but not when the drawer is closed. Unit thinks that the Ipod is paused but it keeps on playing. This unit displays Track + Artist + Album info when the drawer is closed. 2008-07-28 IAP Test
  JBL On Stage Micro v2 Dock 0 DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A hstammlerj   Tested on 5.5G 80GB. Play/Pause, Skip/Wind Forward/Backward works; Menu, Up, Down, and Select do not work (but IAP Packet is changing in debug view). 2010-10-30 Release 3.6
  Kensington Entertainment Dock 500   Dock   DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A audio-i (Via DavidHall)   Accessory power not required. Remote appears to send long key presses instead of normal ones - making remote use very problematic. Tested on 5.5G 80GB. 2008-07-22 IAP Test
  Logic3 iStation Speakers IP106 Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A RobChown(Flid)   Tested on 5G + 4GPhoto 2007-02-12  
  Logitech Speakers mm50 Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A BrentCoutts (c0utta)   Tested on 5.5 80Gb 2008-01-01  
  Logitech PureFi Anywhere 2 984-000057 Dock 0,1 DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A Brad Phillips   Tested on 5.5G 80GB and Nano. Remote playback controls work, shuffle and repeat work, but Menu, Up, Down, and Select do not work. 2009-03-04 r20200
  Onkyo Black (B) DS-A1X Dock 0 DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A Darek Przyzycki   Pause, play, ffwd/rwd, previous/skip, shuffle, replay one/all buttons work. unfortunately there is no way to navigates through files, because up/down buttons are not working. [read] 2009-11-29  
  Onkyo   DS-A2X Dock 0 DONE DONE DONE N/A BrandonLow   Skip, pause, ffwd/rwd, shuffle buttons work 2009-01-27  
  SDI Technologies iHome iH5 Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A DrewShiner   Tested on an iPod gen4 2008-05-31  
  The Sharper Image AudioClear CD Stereo with Dock for iPod SO335 Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A 51dusty (Via DavidHall)   Tested on an iPod 5G 80GB 2008-09-22 IAP Test
  Sony Clock Radio ICF-C1iP Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A mfraser (Via DavidHall)   Tested on an iPod 4G. 2008-11-09 IAP Test
Recording                            
  XtremeMac Micromemo XRD06MVIC01USBK Dock alternates 0,1 N/A DONE N/A DONE/choice-no MikePittaro   Tested on 5.5G Video iPod . Line recording works, mic recording has volume problems. Volume control works for playback through internal speakers. 2010-08-01 Release 3.6
  Macally iVoiceIII iVoiceIII Dock 0,1,2 N/A N/A N/A DONE/choice-no MalcolmTyrrell   Tested on 60G Video iPod. Line in works, mic doesn't. 2010-08-23 r27773
Car Audio                            
  Alpine CDE-103BT   Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A AndyPotter   Tested on Mini 1G, Mini 2G, Nano 1G, 4G Greyscale, 4G Color/Photo, 5.5G 80GB Video. Play / Pause / FF / RW / Playlist Selection all OK 2015-01-12 HEAD as at 2015-01-12
  Belkin Auto Kit for iPod F8V7058-APL Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A BrentCoutts (c0utta)   Tested on 5.5G 80 GB 2007-11-17  
  DICE HighDef Ipod Integration Kit   Dock   DONE DONE DONE/choice-no N/A LurkAzusa (Via DavidHall)   Tested on 5G 60 GB. Most remote controls work, but incorrect FF and RR button mapping. Track info displayed on head unit. Another incomplete report says "both DIP switches on the DICE need to be set to Ipod." 2008-07-23 IAP Test
  JVC KD-PDR40   Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A rpress (Via DavidHall)   Tested on 5G 60 GB. Accessory power is required and the iPod needs to be turned on prior to enabling iPod mode on the head unit. Track info displayed on head unit. 2008-07-25 IAP Test
  Kenwood iPod interface kit Kenwood KCA-iP500 Dock   DONE DONE choice-no N/A RichardVanDenBerg   5.5G, 4G grayscale and Kenwood EZ-500. Works with many Kenwood decks. Using Rockbox 3.2 on 5G head unit does not show info and can't control iPod. 2009-03-30  
  Mazda 2006 Mazda 3 OEM Head Unit with AudioLink   Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A johnkooistra (Via DavidHall)   Head unit and steering wheel Prev/Next buttons work. 2008-11-06 IAP Test
  Monster iCarPlay Wireless Plus   Dock   N/A N/A N/A N/A RobinAllen   4GB iPod nano (1st gen.) 2009-04-30  
  Monster iCarPlay Wireless 200 A IP FM-CH 200 Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A nirv from IRC   Tested on 5G 80GB. Turn Car Adapter to YES and Accessory Power Supply to NO. Load up your playlist before connecting it since you will loose all functionality of the iPod's buttons after you plug it in. 2011-02-20 3.7.1  
  Pioneer   DEH-P4800MP with CD-IB100 iPod Adapter Dock   DONE DONE N/A N/A DavidMarsh   iPod 60GB. Will allow Rockbox to play. Volume control only from Head Unit 2007-04-21  
  Pioneer Double DIN In Dash DVD/Multimedia/Navigation Unit, w/ iPod control cable AVIC-D3/CD-I200 Dock 0 DONE DONE/choice-no choice-no N/A Starcom826   Audio does not play when Pioneer set to Music mode, but does when set to Video mode (Entry added by Dave Woy...) 2009-02-22 r20074
  Renault Audio Connection Box   Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A FrankGevaerts   ipod video 5G. Apparently (according to my experience and the manual) only supports pause/play. Pause mutes immediately but only actually pauses after 3 or 4 seconds. Showing track number on in-car display doesn't work. 2009-05-08 r20874
  Sony Dashboard unit CDX-GT820IP Dock   DONE DONE DONE N/A ElliottJordan   ipod video 5.5G. Play/pause and track skip usually work. Displaying tag information sometimes works. Sometimes gets in a cycle of hanging ever couple seconds (sounds like a CD skipping). Sometimes works better to turn the ipod on/start playing before plugging in. 2009-12-19  
  Volkswagen Radio Navigation System RNS-510 Dock   DONE choice-no choice-no N/A JamesLee   iPod 5G 60GB 2010-03-04 Release 3.5
Bluetooth                            
  Motorola D650   Dock   N/A DONE N/A N/A trailblaze (Via DavidHall)   Tested on Nano 1G. 2008-11-11 IAP Test
  Motorola D670   Dock   N/A DONE/choice-no DONE/choice-no N/A AlexandreViard   Tested on Ipod 5.5 80Go. Works only if plugged while in the "view PCF registers". 2011-08-08 r30212
  Motorola S9 Headset   D650 Adapter   N/A DONE DONE N/A trailblaze (Via DavidHall)   Tested on Nano 1G. Remote only seems to work when buttons pressed repeatedly. 2008-11-11 IAP Test
Other                            
  Apple iPod Radio Remote MA070G/* Dock 0-5 N/A DONE DONE DONE LaurentGautier   Tested on 5G 60Gb. 2009-12-10  
  Monster iEZClick Remote Control for iPod 127563-00 Dock mostly 0,1, also see 2,3 N/A N/A DONE N/A Brad Phillips   Tested on 5.5G 80GB and Nano. Remote playback controls work, press and hold delay time is too short. Long press on Play/Pause activates menu mode on Nano and goes to current track in file tree on 5.5G. 2009-03-04 r20200

Devices that need retesting

On 2008-12-25, preliminary support for Ipod accessories was committed to Rockbox SVN, so devices tested before that might work better now. If you own one of the devices listed below, please re-test, and add your results to the table above.

ALERT! To restate - the information below is very possibly inaccurate.

            Working Features        
Category Manufacturer Model Model Number Connection Type ADC Reading Charging? Audio Out? Remote? Audio In? Reporter Verifier Comments Date Tested
FM Transmitters                          
  Kensington FM Transmitter for iPod 33365EU Dock   N/A X N/A N/A GilesNorthRow   Photo Tested on 5.5G 60 GB 2008-04-16
Docks / Speakers                          
  Apple Speakers w/ IR Remote iPod Hi-Fi Dock   DONE DONE X N/A BrentCoutts (c0utta)   Tested on 5.5 80Gb - Next, Prev, Play/Pause do not work - Volume ok 2008-01-01
  Altec Lansing Speakers w/ IR Remote iM3 Dock   DONE DONE X N/A RobChown(Flid)   Tested on 5G + 4GPhoto 2007-02-12
  Bose SoundDock   Dock   DONE DONE X N/A DanielAnkers   Tested with 3G and 4G - remote works for volume, but play/skip don't work 2007-02-16
  Bose SoundDock   Dock   DONE X X N/A AdamKessel   Tested with 80GB iPod Video - no audio, only charging 2008-05-10
  iLuv Alarm Clock w/ IR Remote i177 Dock   DONE DONE X N/A RobChown(Flid)   Tested on 5G 2007-02-12
  Keyspan AV Dock w/ RF remote AV-DK1-W Dock   DONE DONE X N/A RobChown(Flid)   Tested on 5G 2007-02-12
  Koda iBass iP200 Dock   DONE DONE X N/A DavidMarsh   Tested on 60Gb iPod Video - Next, Prev, Play/Pause do not work - Volume/Tone/Mute ok 2007-04-14
  SDI Technologies iHome HiH66B Dock   X DONE N/A N/A DevConW All of us Tested on an iPod Video (DavidHall is suspicious about the charging report, even though he was there.) 2007-06-14
  TEAC Micro Hi-Fi System CD-X10i Dock   DONE DONE X N/A GustavoLang   Tested on 30Gb 5G - Volume functions are independent of iPod so they work fine 2007-05-26
Car Audio                          
  AudioLink Mazda6 CarKit w/ stalk remote AL2005i-MAZ Dock   DONE DONE X N/A RobChown(Flid)   Tested on 5G + 4GPhoto 2007-02-12
  Sony iPod Controller Sony XA-110IP Dock   DONE X N/A N/A SumitKhanna   Sound barely audible, Unit says "No Pod". Sony requires accessory link to enable sound in. 5.5Gen 2008-02-13
Bluetooth                          
  Jabra A125s Bluetooth Music Adapter Dock   N/A DONE X N/A SumitKhanna   Audio works fine. Next/prev controls do not work. 5.5Gen 2008-03-xx
  Ten Tech / Motorola 98742H naviPlay Bluetooth Stereo Adapter for Apple iPod Dock   DONE DONE X N/A RobinPowell   Tested on 4G photo and non-photo. Sound comes through just fine. Next/prev track controls do not work at all. 2007-11-xx

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