charge iPhone from car USB player port

truthman007

Is it possible to charge iPhone from car USB player port, will it be same as computer one.

Has anyone every used before.

Thanks

DCFC79

I would have thought so, my brothers got 1 so surely it does teh same job as if the ipod was connected to the pc

truthman007

DCFC79 wrote: »

I would have thought so, my brothers got 1 so surely it does teh same job as if the ipod was connected to the pc

Thanks for this, before want to try just want to make sure it does not blow up iPhone

DCFC79

truthman007 wrote: »

Thanks for this, before want to try just want to make sure it does not blow up iPhone

have you googled for 1 to see what it says in teh description eg can be used to charge an iphone, im sure you can find an answer within 5 minutes

truthman007

DCFC79 wrote: »

have yu googled for 1 to see what it says in teh description eg can be used to charge an iphone

Yes i tried, everyone is talking about buying a adapter kind of things, not the one we discuss here.

DCFC79

truthman007 wrote: »

Yes i tried, everyone is talking about buying a adapter kind of things, not the one we discuss here.

you dont mean the part that plugs into the 12v fag lighter but the cable that can be connected to the car battery somehow

truthman007

DCFC79 wrote: »

you dont mean the part that plugs into the 12v fag lighter but the cable that can be connected to the car battery somehow

No i was searching google to find out how we charge from computer to iPhone, the same method just insert the other end of usb into car usb player port. But Google they people talk about connecting/charging from cig.lighter one via adaptor.

Psychofly

It's a little more complicated than just will it work unfortunately. Best bet is to try it and see. The iPhone uses a slightly different wiring in the USB cable that changes how and if it charges meaning a lot of old docks and chargers are hitting problems. They stopped allowing charging using firewire and moved solely to USB which means any equipment using the firewire style wiring (even though it's a USB cable !) may not work. I know it doesn't make much sense but it's Apple... they don't need to make sense.
I bought one of these : http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TS696LL/A for using with my old Kenwood stereo which sorted out the iPhone charging issue for me. Got it from eBay for a lot cheaper than Apple wanted though ! There's another company make a similar adapter but I can't remember who.
So in short, plug it in and see if it starts charging. Hope that helps.

truthman007

Psychofly wrote: »

It's a little more complicated than just will it work unfortunately. Best bet is to try it and see. The iPhone uses a slightly different wiring in the USB cable that changes how and if it charges meaning a lot of old docks and chargers are hitting problems. They stopped allowing charging using firewire and moved solely to USB which means any equipment using the firewire style wiring (even though it's a USB cable !) may not work. I know it doesn't make much sense but it's Apple... they don't need to make sense.
I bought one of these : http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TS696LL/A for using with my old Kenwood stereo which sorted out the iPhone charging issue for me. Got it from eBay for a lot cheaper than Apple wanted though ! There's another company make a similar adapter but I can't remember who.
So in short, plug it in and see if it starts charging. Hope that helps.

I tried now, but it does not work. i will go for the option yo mentioned.