Does the lightning connector charge and play music? Or do I have to use the aux cable along with the lightning connector plugged in?
1475574
You need aux cable to play music, lightning connector will charge, but if you don't plug aux cable then music will only play through phone speaker and not car's
1475575
The lightening connector only charges. You have to use the aux cable to play music or have the phone play through car speakers.
1475576
Do not buy this product. It is a peice of junk, and only worked a couple of times.
1475577
ItI doesn't work anymore but as far I can remember you had to use the aux cable with the lightning connector.
1475578
No, the charger only charges the phone. You also have to use the aux cable in order to play music :)
165583
You can use audio cables to hook into the aux input. Or with lightning cable into USB port that is built in. It will charge the phone and do audio through USB. Display shows current song and you can select songs from unit. Buttons are small though
1954428
Don't use the aux cable. Use the ipod cable to connect the ipod only and then plug the unit into cig lighter. Make sure to select radio station number on unit and use that same number on radio. Works perfectly ;)
14283
Not directly. You would have to purchase an iPhone 30 pin to Lightning connector for it to work. It would then allow you to connect and play music, pod casts, Pandora, etc. But it won't let you charge.
7796
Your I Pod or I pad plays the music from I tunes. your music will play from your devices while it's docked and charging though.
1613648
if it takes a micro USB connection, it will charge, but if you wish to play music you need to get an AUX connection, or play music via bluetooth.
422269
The ports are mini UBS and headphone jack. I have only used the headphone jack, as the jack on my ipod is incredibly touchy. I have never used the UBS port, so I'm not sure, but I would assume it would support a connection to an external DAC, not sure about the charging. I find most of these devises do allow for charging despite the ipod flashing a message that the device does not allow charging.
817142
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.
2123733
The charging connector is for iphone 4 and older, so no charging or music in the dock. You can still play music through the headphone jack and cable. There is an adapter available for the iphone 5 and 6 but at least last time I checked it allowed charging but no audio.
2227274
The iPhone connects via AirPlay. . .but you'll need a separate charger to charge while it sends AirPlay media to the Bose if the battery is low. The USB port is for connecting to computer upon initial set up. There IS an AUX jack you can connect your phone to if you don't have one that's AirPlay compatible.
1498419
If your charger has a USB connectivity you can use this as a charger. I have an iPhone for example. I take the part that plugs into the wall off and put the USB end in the adapter. You can charge your phone and play music at the same time. The auxiliary chord goes in my iphone where headphones go. The music plays through the radio speakers in the car.
433024
Plug in to listen music ? Of course, but I use blue tooth for that purpose. Very simple and easy. Actually I use iPod touch but it is the same as iPhone.
699716
Yes, through the USB/charge cable supplied with the iPhone. It also charges the iPhone while playing music.
1569664
No, this isn't an iPhone dock, it doesn't charge nor allow the iPhone to control it. Most radios that do that are wildly overpriced because of the "iPhone" connective branding where they have to pay royalties to Apple. You can play any songs from plug in USB drive you export from iTunes, assuming they let you do that.Also - You can plug the iPhone into the aux jack with an audio cable to play through the radio system.
2043714
I got this for my girlfriend so I don't use it a lot but I think it has an aux cord attached. it also has an iPod/iPhone connector but I think it was designed for the latest iPhone/iPod technology, less than a year or so old or it wont connect. I think it does charge older devices but I can't remember.
2179630
Hey what's up! The actual dock is not lightning compatible....it does however come with a aux cable so you can hook it up with that
91286
ya it's great!! i can plug the charger into the cigarette lighter and it'll charge while listening to it through my fantastic stereo. you'll need an extra wire that you plug into the player's headphone plug and plug the other into the aux. plug in on the stereo.