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Pros: Does exactly what its supposed to do
Cons: If you're using this to fix an iPod the jumper is too high to fit. I had to bend the pins together and solder them, no big deal.Soldering quality on the pin headers look a little sketchy but it probably was fine, I reflowed them just to be sure.
Other Thoughts: I looked at some on ebay and they were higher price, then I realized "I should check Dealextreme" sure enough I found them here and they were half the price.
Bottomline: I've fixed 2 3rd Gen iPods with these adapters, friends just give them to me because they're junk. Pop the hard drive out and replace it with one of these and a CF card (make sure you get the connection from ipod to adapter correct) presto you have a decent ipod that cost you <$20
Pros: I installed this adapter together with a Kingmax 4GB CompactFlash card inside my old iPod (4th Gen).The iPod was recognized without any problem and was successfuly restored using iTunes.
Cons: Master/Slave jumper may be too high for slim iPods (with original hard drive of 30GB or less). It fits all right within my 40GB iPod, which is thicker.
Other Thoughts:
Bottomline: Perfect for reviving an old iPod 4G with a crashed hard drive, at a very low cost.This one will stay connected to my audio setup and serve as an alarm clock ;-)
Pros: Harddisk died on me for my Ipod 4G. Had to find a solution and I came across this in DealeXtreme and thought it'd be useful.Ordered one to try and it resurrected my Ipod 4G! It's so good and easy to use that I ordered another one for standby.Fits perfectly well in the ipod with little technical adjustments needed.
Cons: The jumper for this card has to be tweaked a little for it to fit perfectly in the Ipod 4G. It's a little too long and needed to be bent. Shouldn't be too hard with a plier in hand.It can be used without any tweaking but you'll see a dark spot on the LCD as the jumper is pressing against it.
Other Thoughts: Highly recommended to change your harddisk ipod to a flash ipod.Can now be used for rigorous exercises and the capacity for the ipod can be chosen by yourself.Example, start off with 2GB. when the needs exceeds, then purchase a bigger capacity to replace.
Bottomline: Fun and easy to use. Thanks to DX for bringing my Ipod back to life. :)
Pros: Not much to say - did exactly what I needed it to do.
Cons: - The jumper is too high. For my mod, I needed to bend the jumper close to 90 degrees to reduce the height of the adapter. - Will not work with smaller CF cards (I tried a SimpleTech 256MB card, for example, which failed). This is not the fault of the adapter - be aware that you need a relatively new CF card for this to work.
Other Thoughts: I used this for a CF mod on a Rockboxed Gigabeat F20, using a Lexar 133x 8GB CF card. Used a recent bootloader and build, and it works like a charm. No more lag, significantly lighter, and I believe the battery life is improved.
Bottomline: A very simple product, and did what it advertised.
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