Why won't it play music from the speakers but will charge with an adapter my IPod Touch 5th gen?
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To the best of my knowledge this was designed to work with Sony devices only. Mine worked fine with my Walkman
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Hi Ashley, Sony SRSNWGU50 Walkman Speaker will only work with Sony Walkmans. -Vincent
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If you use a link cable from the speaker of the IPOD to the Speaker Dock, and insert it into the port of the docking station on the back, then push the input button on the Speaker Dock, that should work. (It is the same cable/wire you use to connect your IPOD to a car's stereo system.) There is a port on the docking station that allows you to hook up other devices to the docking station and use its' speakers. Otherwise, I don't know.
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You have to get the lightening adapter and place on the docking station.I play the latest ipod touch with the adapter.
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The audio system plugs into the ipod like any charger. If the ipod 5th gen has same charger port, then it should work. My son loves his system.
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the aux input doesn't exactly work so well on the jukebox, unless its just a problem with mine i can never get it to work. try finding an adapter that has an input of the old apple plugs and then an output of the new lightening plug, then you can get the bonus of charging your devices as well
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Yes, I used it with an ipod touch, but you have to go into settings and turn on the Bluetooth setting that then pair it with the speakers.
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I'm not familiar with the iPod, but if yours is an older iPod I think it should work fine. But for the newer iPhones/iPads there is a lightning connector adapter you can put on the speaker itself. I had a first gen iPad I used the speaker for, now have an iPad Air, so got the adapter and it works fine. Speaker also charges your device if you play iTunes downloaded songs. Nice. It's a great speaker.
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The one I have is a couple of years old and does not include an adapter that allows me to play anything with the new smaller cord...like the Iphone 5. (Not sure if the 5 was out yet.) I did just purchase an adapter that should allow me to play these things but I have not yet tested it. If your Ipod uses the new cord and has the smaller docking port, be sure you confirm if Pyle has upgraded their technology.
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Not sure but usually if the device in question can charge and play the Ipod it should work.
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If you go by others' reviews of this product on Amazon, even though it claims to be compatible with all ipods, it will not, in fact, charge the 2nd gen Touch or the 4th gen Nano. So it will still play the music but it won't charge it. A dealbreaker in my opinion but it still might be worth it for some.
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According to the Apple experts NONE of the new iPods (the ones with the USB connections rather than the firewire connections) will charge with current JBL docked speaker systems. They will play, but not charge. (as of June 2010)
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I experience this problem when using a newer iPad with the Lightning adapter. Sound will only play using the older iPads with the 30-pin plug.
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It won't plug in directly since iPod 5th gen uses the new "Lightning" dock connector whereas this radio has the older-style 30-pin dock connector. Apple sells a "Lightning to 30-pin Adapter" for $30 which will probably fit OK in this radio but the iPod will lean back, supported only by the plug on the bottom. Maybe not the best combination.
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This does play through the speakers, however via an auxiliary cable and not through the charging/data port. Some versions of iPod will have a headphone port on top which will allow charge and play simultaneously on this. Others would have the choice of charge or play.
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I'm not sure, but I'm guessing if the iPod has a Bluetooth option it would work with the speaker
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I know this is a common concern but I just got this speaker and it CAN charge an ipod touch 2nd generation...if you have the time to deal with it. I tried playing around with it and figured out that if you have the speaker turned on (with the ipod turned on (or in sleep mode) and inserted on the dock) and unplug and replug the speaker, it begins charging each time. The speaker MUST be turned on when you unplug it or else it doesn't work. The ipod doesn't have to be on the dock when its unplugged but it has to be on the dock once you plug it in for this to work. This is the only way I can get it to charge 100% of the time. Tedious but it works. Let me know if this helps. Good luck everyone!
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It has a plug in adapter you can use and it will play through the speaker...but it will not charge/dock the iphone 5
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It would definitely play the audio from the iPod, but you would not be able to charge it. The older iPods use a 30-pin connector, while this uses lightning.