dwy1342

Thanks ifi123. Probably not a good idea to guess at the technical wizards who change standards on us lay people every two years. So, if I understand correctly, my iFi was purchased dec 06. It uses 12V firewire to charge the older ipods etc.(my daughter tells me she had a mini when we got the system) The newer devises use 5V to charge with a USB and since they went that route, the pin connectors(male and female) are different and not compatible with the iFi dock. Thus, I need a converter to go from newer devices to the ifi dock. I looked and it seems converters are readily available. any suggestions on a specific model or manufacturer? Thanks for the assistance.

Thanks for all your help on this post. Bought the iFi for my daughter x-mas 09. I was blown away by the sound. She left for college and came home and it was caput. Believe she left it on. Recently decided to have a go at it and found your posts. Sure enough, the caps were blown. 12 dollars to digiking for 5 caps and 75 to the repair guy and I got power. Only thing is the dock is very squirrley, Basically , you have to hold,tape and wiggle the i pad and/ or i phone to get it to fire on all three speakers. Got to hold your mouth right too. Bought an aux cable and the thing is perfect. No glitches and sounds as great as ever. Volumne control works fine. Both aux inputs work equally as well. I suppose the only purpose the dock has otherwise is to charge the device. I have a theory that the pins inside the connector(where the device slides on) get worn or bent, either from use or people not using the proper plastic widget. Same thing is wrong with my wife"s i-home. Would just like to get your thoughts on this. Would have been a cheap fix if I had the skill and tools to do the solder job. Again, thanks for all the insight,