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3.5mm Audio Cable

August 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’ve been using the Belkin Retractable 3.5mm Stereo Cable and it is very convenient, but since it is unshielded, in cars, you get all kinds of interference. When you plug an iPhone in for charging, you get unbearable hum.
But when I use a decent home cable that is thicker those problems largely go away. [...]

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iTunes error E8000001 could be a bad cable

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · iPhone

I got this cable trying to sync the new iPhone 3G, but kept getting an unknown 0xe8000001 error. I tried a bunch of things and was using the combo Bluetooth headset charger plus USB connector. On a lark, I swapped cables and the error 0xe8000001 went away. I think the cable was flaky. I did [...]

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iPhone accessories

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

OK, since losing a bunch of components somewhere on the road, its time to load up again. Here are some things:

Griffin SmartShare Headphone Splitter and Adapter While $15, this is both a connector the iPhone that is slim so you can attach anything and a 2 into one adapeter. Works better than the $10 [...]

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