The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 91 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

CAvanessia · 02-12-2008, 02:09 PM

haha! I was on my iPod touch. The spell check automatically changed "modded" to "nodded"

My obbligatos are burning in nicely. Will post impressions in a few days.

joneeboi · 02-12-2008, 03:37 PM

Good to hear it, Russ. I found them, but I didn't get the 100 ohm resistance you found. From line out to striped end of the capacitors, I found continuity. That makes it one of the easier soldering jobs, considering the dock inductors are sitting right next to those caps. Remove caps C53/C54, remove inductors L7/L8, then remove caps C69/C70. Good stuff.

wgr73 · 02-12-2008, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by joneeboi

Good to hear it, Russ. I found them, but I didn't get the 100 ohm resistance you found. From line out to striped end of the capacitors, I found continuity. That makes it one of the easier soldering jobs, considering the dock inductors are sitting right next to those caps. Remove caps C53/C54, remove inductors L7/L8, then remove caps C69/C70. Good stuff.

Are those caps to be removed in the 5.5diymod as well?

joneeboi · 02-12-2008, 08:21 PM

The equivalent of the C69/C70 on the 5G is the complementary pair C84/C85. You want to remove those too.

no_eye_dear · 02-13-2008, 07:10 AM

.....and the LOD

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC01233.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC01232.jpg
I don't use the USB or charger when playing as I think the power is quite dirty, it runs much quieter off the battery.
I did another with Blackgates and bypass silver mica's.... not sure which is best at the moment. The films have better control of the bass but the midrange/highs are a little muddy.... The BG's are bright but that's as expected... need burn-in.
TTFN

joneeboi · 02-13-2008, 01:00 PM

no_eye_dear, you have some really good photography! I loved that photo of the dock inductors so much I put it on the OP. It demands my eyes' attention. What caps are those in this dock? Or is this the dock with the steel base that you removed for photos? Simply stunning. Keep up the good work!

jamess71 · 02-13-2008, 01:35 PM

no_eye_dear, Nice work. what theme is that you are using with rockbox?

James

gueri_fr · 02-13-2008, 05:47 PM

no_eye_dear, great work!

From my part (I don't really know if it's the good terms in english!), I received my new ipod video 30gb and I installed Rockbox :-)
I'm probably going to buy a defected ipod motherboard to see if I am capable to do imod myself with success. Wait and see...

eric

no_eye_dear · 02-13-2008, 07:41 PM

Hi Chaps,
joneeboi... an honour sir.... I'm on the OP

This is the other dock that I haven't put a plate on, those films are starting to open up, been burning for several days now. The films are specials from our 'Aladin's cave' @ work, so is the silver wire, we have some nice kit! Things you can't buy off the shelf

The theme is Marquee James, you can customise it as you please, I love Rockbox if only because I can play FLAC

gueri_fr... your English is absolutely fine

joneeboi · 02-13-2008, 11:04 PM

I gotta get me one of those workplaces.

What kind of caps are you using, no_eye_dear? I can't identify them from the photo.

Something I often wonder is how many people that are following the thread have done the diyMod but haven't chimed in yet. We've got 44k+ views, and I'm guessing most of those folks are of the DIY-ing type capable of doing the mod themselves. If you have, please let us know you've diyModded your iPod so we can share in your joy! Share the good news, share pictures, share struggles and triumphs, share it all.