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post #16 of 21
10/12/04 at 3:09pm

Who has a schematic?

Anyone have a schematic of the ipod's amp section. I have access to state of the art SMD soldering and desoldering equipment. Maybe a part number of a possible replacement amp / cap combo. I have a 20 and a 40 gig 3g ipod, I would try it on one of them. I would not know where to get this info.
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post #17 of 21
10/18/04 at 11:18pm
Let's keep this thread alive!!

Good news! I found a picture of the IPOD main PCB board that includes labels and the numbers of all the chips! Click
here

Its a bit grainy, but it says that the IPOD uses a Wolfson #WM8721 stereo d/a with headphone amp.

While someone is at it, maybe they can replace the RAM as well with a bigger value chip. It would save the hdd from spinning up when playing flac files, wouldn't it?
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post #18 of 21
10/20/04 at 6:39pm
cmon...isn't anyone trying?
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post #19 of 21
10/21/04 at 1:12am
Man, that is one scary looking board to try upgrades on. Talk about densepack!

On a related topic, is it possible to get digital feed out of the ipod?

If not in stock config, would it be possible to get digital out with a modification?

An outboard d/a and amp would be very interesting.

gerG
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post #20 of 21
1/20/11 at 5:37pm

You can get digital out without a mod. FiiO offers this: http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-L3-Line-Cable-iPhone/dp/B003UCESP8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1295573726&sr=8-3

 

If you're looking for a digial out + portable amp on the cheap you can get the L3 and FiiO's E5 both on amazon for ~$30 + s&h.

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post #21 of 21
1/20/11 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by gmoz11 View Post

You can get digital out without a mod. FiiO offers this: http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-L3-Line-Cable-iPhone/dp/B003UCESP8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1295573726&sr=8-3

 

If you're looking for a digial out + portable amp on the cheap you can get the L3 and FiiO's E5 both on amazon for ~$30 + s&h.

 

Is there really a need to dig this thread out of the grave?

 

Plus, that is a LOD for analog / line-out, not digital out.
 

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