Touch Audio and Home Theater System
 

I just recently got a new Onkyo home theater system (HT-S5100) that included an iPod dock that allows you to listen to your iPod through the home theater system. In fact, by connecting your iPod to the receiver you can operate the iPod with the home theater remote. If you own an iPod and have a lot of music on it, I don't have to tell you how convenient this is.

Does anybody know of a way that I might be able to use my Touch in place of an iPod in this situation?

gottago
Sprint Touch w/ WM 6.1

Re: Touch Audio and Home Theater System
 

Well if you have a usb port on this system it mat be possible...But the dock itself will not support your device...

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Using bluetooth or a mini usb to 3.5mm jack and then using a male-male cable for audio output. There is no really 'clean' way to do it.

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Sprint sells a Bluetooth adapter for any Ipod accessory. I bought two at a price of $10 a piece! Works great. Plug the adapter into the Ipod dock and the phone sees it as a bluetooth stereo headset.

Link to it on Sprint's website

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This sounds great! I had just found this in my initial search but I like your option much better.

gottago

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Okay, so I got this Sprint (Anycom) FIPO adaptor today, however, I am not getting any sound! I know my phone is paired with the FIPO 'cause I am able to control Windows Media on my phone with my Onkyo remote. When I look at the profile being used on the phone it says 'Wireless Stereo'. Is that the same as A2DP? Both the Touch AND the FIPO are A2DP capable so why no sound? Anybody got any ideas?

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Sorry, my setup was pretty plug and play. Other than turning up the volume, I didn't have to do much.

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Well the problem can only be with 1 of 3 items; FIPO, Touch or my stereo system. This is a real bummer! I was expecting that I wouldn't be able to control Windows Media with my remote but still be able to listen to my music. Not the other way around!
Hmm, I am going to have to ponder this over a beverage and will have to post updates as I go through the three potential problem areas.

Manchild, this was a good find and I thnak you for passing it on.

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Thanks. I hope you are able to get it working. Let us know if you do.

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You have to be careful when buying those adapters. The Motorola ones are not compatible with HTC devices. HTC devices use ExtUSB.

But this FIPO sounds interesting. I'm gonna have to check that out.

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Wow, that is the cheapest bluetooth receiver I have ever seen. $10 bucks I will give it a shot!!:headbang: , and i have looked. Never thought to look on the sprint site as I am a VZW user. I currently use a monster cable RCA/3.5 adapter with the stock usb splitter, and leave my selection to shuffle.

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I was thinking, when you are paired, do you get the little headset in the title bar next to the Ev icon?

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Yep I sure do. but for some reason I get no sound thru my stereo.

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I'm trying with my Sony Bravia system and I get the same results. Units pair just fine and music instantly stops playing through the speaker but I get nothing through my system.

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I finally got a US number for technical support at Anycom and spent at least 45 minutes trying to get them to understand what I was trying to do. While they were pleasant enough, I was/am a little concerned that they understood. He could only offer that if my dock was not A2DP capable then I would not hear any sound through my receiver. I suggested that isn't that what the FIPO is, an A2DP receiver that converts an A2DP signal to an ipod connector? After much back and forth, he took my info and said he would forward to 2nd level tech support.

I think if others with the same issue were to call or email they may be motivated to respond more quickly than to one call. Here is their US contact info:

For US and Asia:
ANYCOM Technologies Inc.
PO Box 10127, Newport Beach CA 92658, USA
www.anycom.com – E-Mail: US@anycom.com
Support: 866-553-9426 – Fax: (949) 209-2611

gottago

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I was looking at my home theater documentation and found that my Dock is NOT compatible with generation 3 ipod. I have no idea what that is but it iis possible that the connector used in the FIPO is 3rd generation. So far that is the only possible issue i've found on my end. I will wait for a response from Anycom (see above post).

gottago

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Hmm...Here's the specs for my HT unit:

Hopefully it will end up being compatible. I'm really looking forward to using this feature.

Re: Touch Audio and Home Theater System
 

So it seems that your ipod dock specs are the same as the specs on my Onkyo S5100 with the exception of 3rd generation compatibility.

Separately, I took my FIPO with me to BJ's warehouse and plugged it into an iHome clock radio unit with an ipod dock and sure enough it worked and worked very well. So, there must be some design or technical reason why the FIPO is not talking to the home theater docks.

Hopefully I will hear something soon.

gottago

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well hear is my setup really ghetto
but ey i setup for free woooo free lol:headbang:

USED
old seekers from the back yard lol
Old power supply 450 watts
old cables laying around
bam makes one bad *** system in my room

Cheers

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seidio makes an innodock, I think, that has an audio output jack on it!

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I did the exact same thing last night. Plugged the FISO into a clock radio with an Ipod dock and it worked perfectly. Oh well, I might consider buying the bluetooth adapter for my HES. It's like 70 bucks so hopefully they get back to you with another alternative.

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wow this is ghetto u connected a power supply from a pc to a car amplifier lol i always wanted to do that i have everything needed to do that except a spare pc power supply...so i never did...hows it sounding??