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Offline Mr9

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Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« on: August 18, 2011, 01:30:59 AM »
Hey guys,

i want to buy pure i-20 dock for ipod. http://www.pure.com/products/product.asp?Product=VL-61429&Category=Dock
now im listening only to flac files. i want to get better quality on my home hi-fi stereo.
pure i-20 dock takes the digital signal from ipod and converts digital to analog with his own DAC, does anybody know, will it work with Rockboxed version of ipod?
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Offline Archon

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 10:58:15 AM »
I just borrowed the Pure Dock i-20 from a friend, and unfortunately it does not work with my 5th Gen 30 gig iPod with rockbox 3.9.1 It thinks its plugged into a pc and switches to the file management mode, which you can't play music from. So far I haven't found a way around this :(
« Last Edit: December 04, 2011, 11:09:26 AM by Archon »
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Offline bluebrother

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 02:08:46 PM »
Hold Select while plugging it in.
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Offline Archon

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 05:44:51 PM »
Actually I did some digging in the Pure website, and the gen 5 iPod is not supported by the i-20.

So while your suggestion did work for getting the iPod to dock without going into PC mode, it still did not function. I have no idea why the Pure i-20 wouldn't support the Gen 5 iPod, its one of the most popular models...

Guess I will have to look elsewhere. Thanks anyway though!
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Offline Mr9

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2012, 02:58:12 PM »
is any Rockboxed Ipod which could work with Pure i-20 dock?
I`m searching for Flac player for my hi fi system...please help guys..
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Offline saratoga

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2012, 03:07:24 PM »
Quote from: Mr9 on January 16, 2012, 02:58:12 PM
is any Rockboxed Ipod which could work with Pure i-20 dock?
I`m searching for Flac player for my hi fi system...please help guys..

The digital interface on ipod accessories is heavily encrypted.  I doubt it is possible for anything but Apple software to use it. 
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Offline JohnP

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2012, 12:13:21 PM »
Quote from: saratoga on January 16, 2012, 03:07:24 PM
Quote from: Mr9 on January 16, 2012, 02:58:12 PM
is any Rockboxed Ipod which could work with Pure i-20 dock?
I`m searching for Flac player for my hi fi system...please help guys..

The digital interface on ipod accessories is heavily encrypted.  I doubt it is possible for anything but Apple software to use it.  
It's mostly 'just' a matter of paying apple for the 'right' to buy the Digital Restrictions Management-chip and use their key .
There aught to be Laws against abusing encryption to harm consumers choices !

@ OP :
No, the i20 will only work with the hardware they list as supported, running apple's firmware .
You need to choose what is most important for you, FLAC-support or digital out .
ALAC isn't 'bad-sounding' either, it's just annoying to have to convert everything :) 
« Last Edit: January 24, 2012, 12:31:07 PM by JohnP »
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Offline Chronon

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Re: Rockboxed Ipod and Pure i-20 dock with digital out, will it work?
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2012, 03:41:05 PM »
 
Quote from: JohnP on January 24, 2012, 12:13:21 PM
It's mostly 'just' a matter of paying apple for the 'right' to buy the Digital Restrictions Management-chip and use their key .
There aught to be Laws against abusing encryption to harm consumers choices !
Not really an option for Rockbox, though.
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