Can 2.46 volts kill an iPod? (line level to mic input test)

[zackokross]

Did I just sit here for 6 mins and watch a guy play with big boy toys....

[boogiebootique]

Hi, can i plug my ipod to my 80's boombox's mic imput to play music?

[TimpBizkit]

it won't 'kill' the device but will just sound distorted if it's too high an input. Microphones don't produce as much voltage so need more sensitive inputs

[millantje123]

i dont understant

how it works

[SuperSonicSourD]

Here's a nice one, ABBA.

hahahahhahahahhahah!!!!!

[azzamrockon]

NERD~

[Theofficialastro]

2:16 when he talks about the volts

[thegreek32]

in soviet russia the ipod tourte u

[violet606]

i want it to blow!!!!!!!

[hmbam1]

i thought this was about blowing up an ipod

[motherbord09]

jan 2000 Was when i was born! BORING!

[Agent2471]

You sound like Joel from RoosterTeeth.

[radar3699]

boring as heck

[vwestlife]

@radar3699 Thanks for watching! :-)

[1980KNIGHTRIDER]

are u kidding me??

[chrischoy9]

bare in mind that ipod shuffle supports 5V and 1Am max shown under the shuffle's clip (2nd gen ipod shuffle).

And about the $10 MP3, does it use the plug that the cell phone uses?

[vwestlife]

Yes, the iPod charges through USB, which provides 5 volts at a maximum of 500 mA (0.5 Amps).

The cheapo MP3 player uses a 2.5 mm jack, a.k.a. 3/32", which is the same size used by cell phones.

[coondogtheman1234]

I dont think the 2.46 volts will harm the ipod but I even think the plug in power will maybe charge the ipod's battery not sure. ive plugged in devices into mic jacks and the only thing it really did was overdrive the preamp. mostly on my toy megaphone. and the user CassetteMaster does this but he made some type of attenuating cord that adapts a line out signal to a microphone input and it works really well.

[DoubleJandM]

ik snap het niet

[jjred86]

I just bought an old 80's boombox with an ext mic input. I wonder if I plug my zune into it if it will do any harm.... Wish I had a meter to try it out.

[vwestlife]

The mic input on a boombox or home stereo is typically for dynamic microphones and thus has no voltage present. If you don't have a microphone, you can plug in a pair of headphones and use the left side earphone as a dynamic microphone!

[alb00gie181]

well i connectd my i pod touch to ma crown amp which is 6000 watss and it blew it

[AnalogueJosh]

I think it doesn't damage anything because the current is so low, well i think anyway!

[bmtimv]

DRUMTASTIC!

[CoolDudeClem]

How come the Ipod's line out does not overdrive the mini-disc's mic input?

[vwestlife]

I turned down the iPod's volume so it wasn't as high as true line level (like direclty out of a tape deck or CD player).

[SuperSmasher97]

i was waiting for the build-in smokebomb lol

[pdmillar]

Haha it's that ABBA song again. That has even peakier drums than Video Killed The Radio Star!

Haven't iPods always had capacitatively coupled outputs anyway? Mostly all unbalanced audio devices do.

[Noyjeetut]

Neat experiment.

[MicrosoftWindowsGuy]

I wonder if you could do a direct headphone jack-to-microphone jack on a laptop...

Looks like I'm the first comment!

[vwestlife]

PC microphone jacks have no auto level control so a line-level source would overmodulate quite badly. Also most PC mic inputs are only mono and have poor quality (hissy, low-fi sound). If your computer has no line-level aux input, you can use an external USB audio input device to record.

p.s. I measured my IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre's mic jack and it is putting out 3.64 volts on both channels (it is a rare Stereo mic jack).