Glad you got a better unit. I felt strongly from your description of what you were doing that you were hooking it up right but just had a bad unit.
Sent from the only computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: Sincerely, The constantly barefooted Ray > On Nov 10, 2017, at 7:04 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Simon, et al: > > Well, as it turns out, I had a bad adapter. > > I simply took the unit into the Apple Store, along with my receipt of course, > and they swapped it out. > > Before I left the shopping center, I tested it and it works beautifully. > > Simon, you can purchase these adapters from Amazon but I purchased mine from > the Apple Store. > > As to your question, no, Apple does not prevent third-party manufacturers > from making certain Apple accessories. Apple sells many Belkin products. > > Thank you all for your feedback on this. > > Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: A Question About Using the Belkin Rock Star Lightening Splitter > > Hi Mark, > > Crazy but could apple have something in the IOS to stop these cables working? > > I thought they did something similar a few years ago to stop non certified > products being used. > > And if not where do I get one of these? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor > Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2017 4:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: A Question About Using the Belkin Rock Star Lightening Splitter > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased a Rock Star Lightning splitter from the Apple Store but, try > as I may, I cannot get it to work on any of my iPhone devices including > iPhone 8 Plus, 7 Plus, 6 S Plus, 6 Plus, or 5 S. > > Is there some special method for connecting it to a device or do I simply > have a bad unit? > > I just don't understand. > > I plug the adapter into the lightning port of the phone, then, insert the > power cable into one port and the Ear Pods into the second port. My result, > absolutely nothing. Just to be certain, I took all of my devices out of > their respective cases to insure a snug fit. > > All Replies welcome. > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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