Julie and Paul kindly gave me an iPod dock for Christmas. I was all excited about hooking it up, until I noticed the sticker on the box that said “only for iPods with the Click Wheel”. Mine’s a third-generation unit (it has the row of 4 buttons under the screen), so I went hunting for a dock that would work with a 3G and struck out– except for eBay. I couldn’t find anyone else who actually sold the correct Apple part number for the third-generation dock. After a little more experimentation, I found that the 3G iPod fits just fine in the “Click Wheel” dock, provided you use the little plastic cover marked “20GB”. This may not work for every 3G unit, but I’m happily charging mine as I write this. Thanks, Julie and Paul!
Update: so, I was obviously on Dristan when I wrote the above. The iPod fits in the dock, but it’s a little too thick to actually engage the dock connector all the way; thus, it wouldn’t charge. I ended up getting a dock/remote/case combo on eBay, so live is good.
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