The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 146 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

qusp · 10-14-2008, 02:27 AM

Originally Posted by suicidal_orange

The cable is just 3 flat wires - the connector looks to be long enough to remove at least an mm so I'd think it would be fine. Probably not something many people have done, and if it works as-is why "fix" it though? It shouldn't go wrong till you next open it, which hopefully wont be anytime soon as you have a spare board to play with

thanks for the replies guys

Yeah I figured it would be cool and yes I had thought of the shorting thing. was going to use a scalpel blade so clean and one at a time

i'm already on thin ice with the good woman without having to worry about explosions and electrical fires

also wasn't going to do it unless I needed to; but since its just a bit of tape holding it there and a small one at that, it more than likely it wont be too long before it stretches or moves from being carried around. then again maybe it wont. I'm keeping the new board pristine and in its wrapper for when/if its needed; no sense doing my modding on that because I would have to then take the other one out to test it properly. I realize you're probably joking though

hey guys check these new ultra fast and large capacity (up to 100GB

) CF cards; they're pricey, but blindingly quick; apparently the world record holder for speed and capacity; and they are going to release an interface to allow you to combine up to 4 CF acrds into one HUGE SATA or PATA interface. I wonder if it will be small enough to put in an 80GB 5.5G ipod back-plate if its small enough that could mean a 400GB CF ipod!!! with a read write speed of at least 50mb/s of course tha ipod would come in at about $2800

joneeboi · 10-14-2008, 06:22 AM

That reminds me of the iPod mini someone connected to a 3.5" HDD. I don't remember what the transfer speeds were like, but the battery only survived for something like 7 minutes. That would be an interesting iPod to have stolen.

Something I'd recommend is to test out our logic board before it's too late to return it. I've received a bunch of dud logic boards that I couldn't replace when I found out. Test it and then put it on the shelf.

I'm so excited for myself. I just installed a new car deck, scratch that, two new car decks (one for the boys' car, one for my parents' car because my dad wanted the same thing) this weekend that control iPods and my iPhone. That's right, no more FM transmitter clipping at perfectly reasonable sound levels. I got a Pioneer DEH-P4000UB that now plays all my music without clipping. I'm so very happy. I learned a bit about car stereo, and now I have sweet, clipless audio in my car. I should have bought this before the summer. And the neat thing is I can control my music with a remote so I don't have to shift my eyes between road and iPhone as much. Safety and sweet grooves. I'm so excited.

qusp · 10-14-2008, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by joneeboi

That reminds me of the iPod mini someone connected to a 3.5" HDD. I don't remember what the transfer speeds were like, but the battery only survived for something like 7 minutes. That would be an interesting iPod to have stolen.

LOL did he hook it up outside the ipod or did he build some sort of frankenmod enclosure? if this thing can actually be set up as a raid (not sure if ipod linux could do that but more than likely) then you could be looking at 150-200mb/s

Something I'd recommend is to test out our logic board before it's too late to return it. I've received a bunch of dud logic boards that I couldn't replace when I found out. Test it and then put it on the shelf.

good idea I can always seal it up again if I ever end up selling it. It's supposed to be new and not used/reconditioned; but your right, better to be safe than sorry.

I'm so excited for myself. I just installed a new car deck, scratch that, two new car decks (one for the boys' car, one for my parents' car because my dad wanted the same thing) this weekend that control iPods and my iPhone. That's right, no more FM transmitter clipping at perfectly reasonable sound levels. I got a Pioneer DEH-P4000UB that now plays all my music without clipping. I'm so very happy. I learned a bit about car stereo, and now I have sweet, clipless audio in my car. I should have bought this before the summer. And the neat thing is I can control my music with a remote so I don't have to shift my eyes between road and iPhone as much. Safety and sweet grooves. I'm so excited.

wow jon!!!

sounds like a sweet stereo, your dad must be wrapped

joneeboi · 10-15-2008, 01:12 AM

Well, I haven't actually cased up his car again because I didn't have a dash kit at the time (still don't). I recommend he not drive the car when he needs to park for extended periods because I fear someone would be encouraged to steal the darn thing. Plus he's been bothering me to get him another USB+line out dock. Either way, it seems to be a pretty sweet deck. What more could I really want? Actually, having album art would be nice, but I suppose I can't have my cake at the same time. It was a pretty good buy from Best Buy. I wouldn't necessarily say it was my best buy, but it was quite good.

Lil' Knight · 10-15-2008, 01:48 AM

Anyone in the US has 2 pairs of BG 47uf caps? I'm finding them but stuck by the minimum order from Percy Audio

qusp · 10-15-2008, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by joneeboi

Well, I haven't actually cased up his car again because I didn't have a dash kit at the time (still don't). I recommend he not drive the car when he needs to park for extended periods because I fear someone would be encouraged to steal the darn thing. Plus he's been bothering me to get him another USB+line out dock. Either way, it seems to be a pretty sweet deck. What more could I really want? Actually, having album art would be nice, but I suppose I can't have my cake at the same time. It was a pretty good buy from Best Buy. I wouldn't necessarily say it was my best buy, but it was quite good.

how do I know thats real jon?lol looks like its been edited in photoshop hehe

BTW where are you getting the USB LOD from? (<-cheeky grin)

joneeboi · 10-15-2008, 06:45 AM

All real.

No smoke or mirrors, just a product photo from the Pioneer website. And that "USB LOD" is just the regular USB cable that we all get with our NIB iPods.

qusp · 10-15-2008, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by joneeboi

All real. No smoke or mirrors, just a product photo from the Pioneer website. And that "USB LOD" is just the regular USB cable that we all get with our NIB iPods.

I doubt thats a real product shot; its too perfectly front on and the specular highlight on the glass is too perfect if it was reall the camera and the person holding the camera would be reflected in the glass. thats a CGI rendering (I have some experience in CGI). AHA 'USB LOD' huh cool i'm making one (a crystal cables picollino one) for myself at the moment. I got it charging; just need to work out the rest of the pinouts for syncing etc.

joneeboi · 10-16-2008, 03:17 AM

Hm. You learn something new every day. How are developments on your battery wires?