LAYEN i-DOCK - Premium 30 Pin Bluetooth Adapter | Qualcomm CSR Chipset | aptX = Superior Wireless Audio | Multi-Pair | for Bose SoundDock & Other iPod/iPhone Docks and Speakers - (Not for Cars)

Amazon, it's story time. Once upon a time there was a young man named Jimmy Pops. He had a nice little setup with his 4th generation iPod Touch and his Altec Lansing imt800 Boomboox. One day, Jimmy Pops dropped his iPod touch right on the pavement of his local Planet Fitness Parking lot. Upon purchasing a new iPod Touch, he discovered that Apple changed the stupid connectors from the 30 Pin to the Lightning Adapter. Alright so being serious now, I was in no mood to cough up another couple hundred bucks for another sound system. Everything always has to change doesn't it? A new connector type, a new cable needed, it's never easy; at least not until I discovered this thing. This Layen i-Dock allows you to immediately turn any "obsolete" sound dock system into a wireless Bluetooth speaker compatible with any device that has Bluetooth. This forty buck gem will save you from having to buy another sound dock more or less ever so long as the dock itself continues to function and you continue to like the sound it has. The device itself is pretty much what you see in the picture. It's a matte black device that has a 30 Pin connector on the bottom. It has a small button on the top to initialize the Bluetooth search to connect to a device and a little blue light to let you know it's either searching (very fast blink) or active (slower blink). The blue light, while nice to know it's operational, is a bit of a con for me. I have my sound system in my room so when I go to bed, if I leave the Layen connected to my Altec Lansing there's a pretty bright blue light that doesn't stop blinking as the light will blink so long as it's plugged in. It's a simple fix though. Unplug it. I really can't justify taking off a star for laziness. Sound quality over the Layen is fantastic. Does my iPod sound better than it would if it were plugged in directly? Probably not, but the difference is so indiscernible to be honest I'm not sure I could tell the difference. What I will say in regards to sound quality is that over Bluetooth there's a lot of volume loss; you either need to crank the iPod or the sound dock it's wirelessly hooked up to. Once you find the right combination that floats your boat however, it sounds great. Plus I'm willing to make some sacrifices for the wireless capabilities. It's so nice to be able to walk around my room and play music from wherever I'm at. I am sure this will be nice for when I'm...you know what never mind. This adapter is a fantastic buy. Honestly, this is the best forty bucks I've spent in a long time. I'm thrilled with the Layen. It works well, it looks pretty inconspicuous, and it gives me plenty of freedom. If you are looking to make your sound system wireless or need to compensate for a 30 Pin to Lightning discrepancy, the Layen will fit the bill great!

I am so pleased with this unit, it worked straight away pairing easily with my phone and tablet. It's so simple to set up, even a pensioner could do it !!!! Out of the box, plug it into the iPod Dock 30 Pin port and it immediately started looking for BlueTooth devices. My phone was also visible and it paired almost instantly. The sound was great too although with no music playing, it is possible to hear the data transfer noises made by my phone. To be fair though, that my be the fault of my phone so I haven't marked it down for that. I easily paired it to a second device. Simply press and hold the button on the left side of the LAYEN iDOCK adaptor until the blue light blinks quickly, it is then visible to other devices. It is definitely a worthwhile upgrade to give the old iPod Dock, which doesn't have an auxiliary socket or any other form of imput, a new lease of life. I'm guessing that it will even make it possible to connect this old, but great, sound system to a new Alexa or similar BlueTooth device.

Tengo un receptor AV Sony str-dh810 con el dock tdm-ip10 conectado al DM port. Con este aparato, ya puedo disfrutar de música por bluetooth desde mi móvil o incluso desde mi Echo Dot. Se empareja en cuestión de segundos, y listo. Incluso se puede cambiar de pista, pausar y reanudar con el mando del Sony. Lo único en contra es que mi móvil se conecta automáticamente al Layen si el receptor está encendido, aunque no esté en modo DM port, y tengo que estar pendiente y desconectarlo porque no se oyen notificaciones del móvil. Este puede ser problema del móvil, pero no encuentro la manera de que no se conecte automáticamente. Por otro lado, a pesar de que la descripción pone que no es para automóviles, sí funciona en mi MINI Countryman R60, (el mismo sistema que todos los MINI R56, 57 etc y los BMW E90 etc) conectado al cable Y, pero no se detecta como iPod, sino que tengo que seleccionar entrada aux en la radio y controlar todo menos el volumen con el móvil. Aún así, esto es un plus bastante interesante. Probablemente funcione igual con cualquier modelo BMW / MINI de la misma época que tenga para cable Y con 30 pines (R50, E46 etc.) La calidad de sonido es muy digna. No es de audiófilo, pero por 20 pico euros, qué quieres? En resumen, estoy encantado. Por muy poco dinero, tengo música por Bluetooth en el salón y también en el coche!

Old iPod Classic now obsolete, so needed something to connect to my 30 pin dock of my Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin. Bought a new iPod Touch & Layen i-dock , paired iPod to the Layen attached to the 30 pin Zeppelin & hey presto, works like a charm. Great product, compact, no more trailing wires. Sounds good through the Zeppelin.

It was a guess, but works perfectly with my old JVC RV-NB52B boombox.