[Hammer1]

I have a question about the Pure I20 and Ipad 3. When it is hooked up in the truck it is sometimes showing Not Charging on the Ipad. I also noticed that it will not keep the Ipad fully charged. Does the Pure I 20 not put out enough power to charge a Ipad 3. And has anybody modded one to put out enough power to charge a Ipad

 

[cobb2819]

Pure i20 was never intended for the power consumption of a device that requires the larger wall brick. Check with Mrs Papasin for her solution.

 

[Hammer1]

Going to mod the charging part of the I20 to get the higher current needed to charge a Ipad. Will post back the results when I get it done.

 

[Kjekz]

Any progress on the I20 mod?
Want to implement my ipad mini in the car, would be awesome to be able to get optical out from it as well, instead of bluetooth which it uses now.

 

[jdigital]

Any progress on the I20 mod?
Want to implement my ipad mini in the car, would be awesome to be able to get optical out from it as well, instead of bluetooth which it uses now.

Behringer UCA202 and Matrix USB-SPDIF will provide you either spdif toslink or spdif coax outputs from ipad without requiring additional bus power. If you prefer using a different interface that requires more bus power than the ipad gives by default, ebay has ipad usb camera hubs (with charger input) for $8.

 

[Kjekz]

thanks for the tip, but the problem with those as far as i can tell is that they wont let you charge the ipad at the same time?
Which is why a modded i20 would be awesome.

 

[Hammer1]

No luck with a power mod on the I20. I then tried a Monoprice HDMI switcher and that will charge the IPad but it is a bad unit and sound keeps cutting out so now going to use the
Parts Express HDMI Audio Extractor with Toslink and L&R Audio
This unit will also let you charge the Ipad with the apple digital AV adapter.

 

[jtaudioacc]

what failed in the i20 mod? did you read Mrs.Papasins solution with the hdmi adapter? that will work, but you'll lose video on the ipad, if that matters to you.

but i'm curious what you tried as far as the i20?

 

[Hammer1]

I tried to mod the circuit board to add a higher output power supply but you can't get to the connections on the board. You lose video with the pure I20 too and that does not really matter to me. I went with the same setup Mrs. Papasins did and it works great. I might try again on the I20 now that it does not matter if it gets ruined.

 

[jtaudioacc]

I tried to mod the circuit board to add a higher output power supply but you can't get to the connections on the board. You lose video with the pure I20 too and that does not really matter to me. I went with the same setup Mrs. Papasins did and it works great. I might try again on the I20 now that it does not matter if it gets ruined.

you don't lose video with the original ipad mini at least. i think most were thinking you could break the power line in the cable somewhere and feed another source.

 

[jdigital]

UCA202 $25
ipad Camera connection hub with power input $8
= spdif output while charging ipad

or

pure i20 $75-$100
= doesn't charge ipad

So other than costing 4 times the other solution that provides the same result (but better since it charges a tablet) and needing to be modified to charge a tablet, what is the appeal of the i20?

 

[jtaudioacc]

UCA202 $25
ipad Camera connection hub with power input $8
= spdif output while charging ipad

or

pure i20 $75-$100
= doesn't charge ipad

So other than costing 4 times the other solution that provides the same result (but better since it charges a tablet) and needing to be modified to charge a tablet, what is the appeal of the i20?

have you personally tried this? can you post a quick video of it working? thanks

 

[jdigital]

have you personally tried this? can you post a quick video of it working? thanks

from http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/car-pc-forum/120725-who-getting-spdif-out-their-tablets-2.html

Nice, I just plugged a uca202 I had laying around in to my IPad (through a camera kit) and it powered right up. Can't believe that I never thought of trying it. Thanks for the tip.

 

[jtaudioacc]

from http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/car-pc-forum/120725-who-getting-spdif-out-their-tablets-2.html

okay, so you didn't. and how does the ipad charge, and which ipad? Inductive charging?

 

[Burksdb]

from http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/car-pc-forum/120725-who-getting-spdif-out-their-tablets-2.html

this works pretty well from what ive seen. Ive got this DAC on my Nexus 7 and am planning on swapping it out for the Ipad Mini 3 i have, but i need to buy the usb adapter first..... only downside is im not sure how i am going to supply power to the tablet.

 

[jdigital]

how does the ipad charge

These interfaces don't require additional power to run, but if you must charge while using it anyways just plug it into one of these rather than straight into the tablet

 

[Hammer1]

I now have optical to my 6to8 and charging on my Ipad3. Using a apple digital AV adapter to a hdmi audio extractor that I picked up at Frys. The Apple digital AV adapter allows you to be able to charge with the apple cord.

 

[jtaudioacc]

These interfaces don't require additional power to run, but if you must charge while using it anyways just plug it into one of these rather than straight into the tablet

have you actually tried this? or are you just guessing what should work? i don't mean any disrespect, but tried and true only here, please. not just reposting stuff that may or may not work.

 

[jtaudioacc]

I now have optical to my 6to8 and charging on my Ipad3. Using a apple digital AV adapter to a hdmi audio extractor that I picked up at Frys. The Apple digital AV adapter allows you to be able to charge with the apple cord.

what did you do about video? or do you just care about audio?

 

[Hammer1]

Really only care about audio. I dont watch videos in truck and maps works. No videos with Pure I20. Just needed it to charge