DOCKING the Sanza Fuze

MP3 players Sansa Fuze
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The physical connectors are the same, thus the problem, if you put your sansa on an ipod accessory you will likely damage your sansa.

The adapter that lets the sansa sit on an ipod accessory would be very popular, but as far as I know it is not yet available. If wired properly the recharge feature would work, pin outs for the charging of both would help that idea, but I don’t know the pins myself, but here should be the sansa ones:

Sansa pins 

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"… if you put your sansa on an ipod accessory you will likely damage your sansa.

 

The adapter that lets the sansa sit on an ipod accessory would be very popular, but as far as I know it is not yet available. "

This is exactly why I’m looking to build one!

I’m not overly interested in charging (although it would be nice) - Given the Fuze’s exceptional battery life, I’m happy to allow it to run under it’s own steam.

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I’m currently working on modifications to a Klipsch iGroove SXT to take a Fuze directly. When/if I get it worked out, it should be the basis for a Fuze to iPod adapter cable. You’re pin 5 and 6 on the iPod end should be 3 and 4. These are lineout on the iPod and will be linein on the device connected to.

The Klipsch won’t enable the preamp unless it knows something is in the dock or something is on the aux in. The problem that needs further looking into is device detect for the accessory device to know that something is docked. This may not be the same for all accessory devices, as they may implement the connection different. It may also be the reason a universal adapter or cable does not exist due to variations out there. There are quite a few ways it can be done on the iPod, but some connections will change charging voltage depending on resistance on an input. This can get tricky, so you better have a spare Fuze in case you blow one!!!

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14124all - Thanks for your clarification on the ipod pins - I had obviously read the ipod pin spec as female rather than male.

I, too, am a little nervous on the power issue and hence hadn’t planned on implementing that. 

I would be most interested to hear how you get on with the Klipch - The iGroove was one of the quality ipod docks I was referring to (although I think it’s now disconntinued?).  Failing that, the Bose is next on my list of contenders. 

I had also thought about opening the dock and modifying the dock internals but if I spent a decent amount on the dock itself and trashed it…

I’ve got the parts on order (from Qables)- enough to make a couple - but they will take a week to arrive I suspect.  I’ll report progress when I’ve got somewhere.

Thanks again,