DIY IPOD dock.

[Steenamaroo]

Hey all.

This is nothing fancy at all but I thought I'd share.
People are always coming round here and the conversation ends up with

"Oh, I have it on my iphone; Do you have somewhere I can plug in"

So now I do.








It's made from scraps. Dual LM386 amp, on/off switch, stereo volume pot.
Runs off 9v psu and I got 5v regulator so it'll charge my ipod/iphone too.
(regulator hasn't arrived yet, hence the charging cable in the photo.)

The on/off switch doesn't kill the charge option.

Ok, It looks like shit all squared, but I'll build a little enclosure for it and maybe get 3" or 4" speakers instead of the 2" ones I had lying about.
Any recommendations on the cheap? I'm thinking just some full range car door speakers or something.

 

[moresound]

I'll order five of those units to begin with, Paul.

 

[kip4]

Nice one mate. Simple but effective and yer i'd get down to the scrap yard and see what speakers you can rip out of a car door.

I'll take five Ghetto Finger Blasterers too

 

[PRHunt]

Paul, would you please post a shot of the empty dock? I'd like to see how you are making the audio connnection to the ipod.

I love the enclosure! Nothing says ghetto like audio gear housed in cardboard!

Paul

 

[Steenamaroo]

Paul, would you please post a shot of the empty dock? I'd like to see how you are making the audio connnection to the ipod.

I love the enclosure! Nothing says ghetto like audio gear housed in cardboard!

Paul

Hey Paul.
I got my regulator chip today so now it charges my phone.

Here's the dock.

It's not very 'diy'; There's a 3.5mm out jack.

I was originally gona cut up a charging cable and wire it up to the amp, but a standard charging cable is missing all the pins for audio, afaik.

 

[Savannah]

Whoa, that's fancy! At all! It looks as if that iPod is sitting on a little toilet. With two switchish things. Perhaps it's a bidet. With an iPood on it. Shut up; I thought of that.

 

[PRHunt]

Cheers Paul. Now I see what you're using.

Neat solution!

 

[Auralsects]

Good hack on line level... Also, you "could charge it"

 

[Steenamaroo]

Good hack on line level... Also, you "could charge it"

What's that now?

 

[Steenamaroo]

Whoa, that's fancy! At all! It looks as if that iPod is sitting on a little toilet. With two switchish things. Perhaps it's a bidet. With an iPood on it. Shut up; I thought of that.

You're fucked up.

 

[PRHunt]

Now that I've looked into it, I find that you can get break-out boards for the ipod connector, to expose all the various inputs and outputs.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8295

Hmmm.

 

[PRHunt]

Whoa, that's fancy! At all! It looks as if that iPod is sitting on a little toilet. With two switchish things. Perhaps it's a bidet. With an iPood on it. Shut up; I thought of that.

Someone hide this lady's keys

 

[Savannah]

You're fucked up.

Hey, only one of us built a tiny iPod toilet.

 

[diggy_dude]

I love the enclosure! Nothing says ghetto like audio gear housed in cardboard!

I built a ghetto computer in a cardboard box once.

My iPod dock is just a 6 foot Y-cable plugged into the tuner inputs on my amp. Works great!

 

[Steenamaroo]

My iPod dock is just a 6 foot Y-cable plugged into the tuner inputs on my amp. Works great!

I'm in my 20s....I don't own an amp with tuner inputs.

Actually, that's a complete lie.

 

[PRHunt]

I'm in my 20s....I don't own an amp with tuner inputs.

Actually, that's a complete lie.

Which, the 20's bit, the tuner input bit, or both?

 

[Steenamaroo]

LOL, the tuner bit. I have a few of those.

Any ideas how to shield from cell interference (when a call or txt comes in)? Is it as simple as housing the amp in a metal box and grounding it?

 

[kip4]

i'm not sure i know what i'm talking about but what about ferrite bead?

 

[Steenamaroo]

Tried ferrite beads. No good. Thanks though.

 

[PRHunt]

I think a properly earthed metal enclosure would provide shielding.