The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 111

It sorta depends on what DIY you do to the Mini, but if you use the "standard" method of sending the improved signal to the original dock pins, no it won't affect the headphone out at all.

Great thanks. I just got my hands on two iPod Minis

i have a 160gb ipod, which is part no. mb150ll/a. most sites list it as 6G, however i am not sure. i think i read somewhere that 6G were only 120gb. can someone shed some light on this because i am thinking of buying a line out dock rca cable or even risk it by doing the mod.

thanks
tio

So how does the sound quality of a diyModded iPod compare to say just a an iPod using the standard LOD?

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/im...rience-231319/

hmmm
i wanna see a comparisson for 6G ipods vs imod or dyimod.

Uhm... going on a limb here, but I'd say it would be pretty much the same comparison as any other iPod vs iMod. Just a thoght... it's not like anything changed inside.

I thought Vinnie didn't do iMods to 6th gen iPods because they don't have the awesome Wolfson DAC chip that the earlier iPods did, making modding it kinda pointless. Of course, you're certainly welcome to try to diyMod one.

EDIT: whoops, I may have misread what you were asking, orys, but did you mean a 6G iPod vs 6G iMod/diyMod?

hi guys, I'm having an iPod mini coming soon.
it's a 2G mini with already-dysfunctional 4GB microdrive & somewhat short battery life... I bought it from a friend for only around US$35...
he was actually going to replace the microdrive w/ CF, but I talked him into selling the mini to me instead

I'm planning to replace the microdrive w/ a 8GB CF and get a hi-capacity batt. and while it's open, yeah why not add a DIY-mod as well, I thought.

a couple questions I'm throwing in here:

1) in bmwpowere36m3's DIYmod mini 1G, he shorted C53 to C69 and C54 to C70. however, in FallenAngel's DIYmod mini 2G, he shorted C53 to L7 and C54 to L8. is this correct? I tried to search the thread for FallenAngel's post, but it was to no avail (read: I was too lazy to look at the search results )

2) I have ATA/IDE (a.k.a. harddrive) ribbon cables laying around, which consists of 28AWG wires. would these cables suffice for the job? if they do, I might as well just chop 'em and use 'em... save me the trip to the audio parts store (which is quite far from where I live)


I guess that'd be all the questions so far, and I'd like to say thanks in advance for any response.
oh and please forgive me if one day I might pop another question or two

For my 2G mini I did as FallenAngel did in the pic in the first post of this thread - remove L7+8 and short C53 to C69 and C54 to C70 - it works. Lots of swearing at it but mostly as I had no clamp and little tweezer control

As for the wire a fast IDE cable (UDMA100? Can't remember but if you have one hopefully you know what I mean) would work, but it is quite stiff (maybe this would be an advantage though if you bend it to the right shape before soldering either end - solder one end and bend the wire and you could lift a pad). It's a really short connection so the wire won't make much difference in the sound quality.

Good luck

My iPod was a 1G Mini and FallenAngel's was a 2G Mini, both of ours work the way we have done them.

And, actually yes I used an old ATA133 cable to connect the pads together. I pulled off two "strands" of the ribbon and used them. It's actually just a solid copper conductor.

I picked up a cheap ($30) used 4G 20gb (non-photo) iPod today, to be used as a guinea pig for Rockbox and if that works out, a DIY Mod.
Having previously found the parts needed, I need to know if I can use a bigger battery and/or hard drive just by getting the larger case back.

Also, there was a point that I need clarification on regarding the cutting of two traces to enable the HP jack to be used as the line out. Is that all, (besides the wiring), that needs to be done, and if the traces aren't cut, the HP jack works normally?