Sonic Impact V55 ASTONE V55 and Ipod 160 GB

I was in an secondhand market and bought an item i never seen before.

It was an Ipod / Iphone docking unit with a screen.This unit is an old unit that was made for ipod gen 4 or gen 5.

You can buy one here the price was in 2006 100 US dollar.

here is the unit in action with and older ipod:

The name of the unit was Sonic Impact V55 or ASTONE V55. I bought it so cheap and the guy said he not own an ipod so he never used it.




 


A) 
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/iPod/sonic-impact-V55.htm


B)
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/sonic-impact-video-55-video-and-speaker-dock-for-ipod/

c) http://reviews.cnet.com/portable-video-players-pvps/sonic-impact-video-55/4505-6499_7-32081794.html

After trying it home, i found out that i not was able to get video to work on to the screen.

I found out that apple changed somethings inside that made this unit not to work with newer Ipod, as 160 GB.

From a website i found this:
"iPod has disabled the TV out with any connection device that does not contain one of their ID chips."
  
The company that produced these unit went bankrupt because of Apple changed some part into IPOD. That made this unit unable to play video.

And that made Sonic Impact V55 to a unit that not could be used on newer ipods.
 

But guys "i have a way to fix this"

See forum that talk about this problem.

IPOD Classic 160 TV out not working.

http://pinouts.ru/forum/index.php?topic=2097.0

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/apples-new-ipods-dont-play-nice-with-last-gen-video-accessorie/
 
I found a way to "hack" the unit. Not really a hack, but what should i call it? Hehe

I found out this after trying to make it work.

The unit has an AV in. So i connected this cable under to my ASTONE. 





















I connected a wire for Ipod that you can connect your ipod to TV.

See link here for more info

 Then i used a wire like this

Here is what i found out.

I connected the ipod to ASTONE in AV IN

But nothing happend. I only got sound through the cable.

But as i never like to leave it . I  just docked the ipod into the ASTONE. And what happen ?

 

Picture of an old music video showed up on the screen. My Ipod is an 160 GB 6 gen.

The problem is when the video is finished, then this picture come up that you need to connect Av cable to play next video.

 
So i just connected the wire to my ipod again. 
Pressed video i wanted to play and then toke out the wire when the video had started.

 

And here you see what happen.

 

Therefor there is a way to trick the ipod to think it is connected with and "original Apple wire" then take it out and connected the ipod to ASTONE V55.

To show you all that my ipod is an 160 GB i give you my about picture.

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My metode in short :

a) Connect your ipod with an Ipod AV wire. (Into ipod unit) like this.

If the wire is not connected you get this.( See below)

So plug in the wire into your ipod.

b) Then -> Start the movie you would like to see.

 













Then you get this picture. (See below)

c) Take the ipod AV wire out while video is playing on the ipod

d) Dock the ipod into th ASTONE V55 and have the menu option in "ipod"

Let the movie play like this.


e) The video will the come onto Astone V55.
Sometimes it take a second or 2 then video will come on the screen.

This trick the ipod to think it is still connected to the av wire and it will then work.

Problem is that you need to connect the apple wire every time and do this way a - e to trick the ipod.


This solution was really by a test and i was supprised that it worked.

I belive that older unit that was made for ipod 30 - 60 GB can be hacked in this way.

Also i think this is an software problem that Apple made to stop producers to make non apple unit. 

But Astone V55 is really a unit that really should come on the marked again.

It has an pc battery and remote. The sound is amazing. And it has a screen to show music video made into mp4 format.

And how cool is it to travel and see movies from you ipod.I have not been able to find a docking unit that has a screen and video like this.

Battery on ebay for this unit:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonic-Impact-V55-Replacement-Lithium-iOn-Battery-/270798406646 

you can buy this unit here:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=Sonic+Impact+V55&_sacat=0&_from=R40


I put a video out on youtube where my ipod 160 GB is playing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsv-69yIbyU

 Original instuction card for Sonic Impact V55