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    Apple iPhone cable to USB

    Going nuts trying to find the adapter(s) I need for my car - thought I'd pick the collective brains on here!

    Have a streaming / iPhone kit for my Becker headunit. The iPhone connection on the kit is the old 30 pin one (male). I need to connect this to a standard USB cable - also male.
    So ideally I need a female 30 pin adapter at one end, going into a female USB adapter at the other. Have seen one listed on aliexpress only, and apart from having to wait 2 months for it to arrive, the stuff on there is normally tat.

    Have looked at getting a 30 pin to lightning connector, and then using a female lighting adapter to female USB adapter - but they don't seem to exist.

    Anyone have any ideas on an elegant solution??

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    Quote Originally Posted by kdevitt View Post
    Going nuts trying to find the adapter(s) I need for my car - thought I'd pick the collective brains on here!

    Have a streaming / iPhone kit for my Becker headunit. The iPhone connection on the kit is the old 30 pin one (male). I need to connect this to a standard USB cable - also male.
    So ideally I need a female 30 pin adapter at one end, going into a female USB adapter at the other. Have seen one listed on aliexpress only, and apart from having to wait 2 months for it to arrive, the stuff on there is normally tat.

    Have looked at getting a 30 pin to lightning connector, and then using a female lighting adapter to female USB adapter - but they don't seem to exist.

    Anyone have any ideas on an elegant solution??
    What’s at the other end of the lead with the 30 pin connector?

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    First one only allows charging (all the micro USB ones seem to be charging only)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnH View Post
    What’s at the other end of the lead with the 30 pin connector?
    A box connector for the streaming device - its pretty agricultural looking!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kdevitt View Post
    A box connector for the streaming device - its pretty agricultural looking!
    Ok so unlikely to find elsewhere...

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    What are you trying to achieve? If you're trying to effectively plug the 30 pin Apple connector into a standard USB that's unlikely to work.

    You could find yourself in a situation where you've got your adapter and the host device doesn't have the firmware to drive the guest device.


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    Hi Ken,
    I have a BMW cable, 61122179623, with 30 pin male to USB (male) +3.5mm jack if you can get the female connectors.
    Let me know if it's any use.

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    Thanks for the comments gents - got sorted in the end. Was a slight brain fart, I actually needed something a bit different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kdevitt View Post
    Thanks for the comments gents - got sorted in the end. Was a slight brain fart, I actually needed something a bit different.


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