I bet you could sell these for a ton. There's a real demand for Bluetooth iPods.

@GalacticKid407

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m looking to buy one lol can anyone send me in any direction ?

@DarkAurora2002

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you want Bluetooth instead of a real 3.5mm audio jack on an iPod??? If you are using Bluetooth, the iPod won't sound any better than any phone that supports Bluetooth 5.0

@Wacypro

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAurora2002 it's not really about the sound quality for me. I use an iPod because I have no space for music on my phone. Bluetooth would add lots of functionality for me

@noelkoh97

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkAurora2002 Male karen

@fdivito12

3 жыл бұрын

@president Elect Collective But how much battery does it take? Its already is small and old, with a external bt adapter I don't think it'll last much at all...

Cool mod, but there are a few notes I'd like to make: 1. The 7th generation iPod Classic uses a Cirrus DAC, whereas the 5th generation uses as Wolfson DAC. Most audiophiles agree that the Wolfson DAC sounds better. 2. The 5th generation iPod doesn't have that metal shield behind the display, and its faceplate is plastic, so you wouldn't have to cut out that little rectangle if you used a 5th generation. Additional notes: If you get a 5th generation iPod, make sure to get the 80gb version. The 30gb iPods have 32MB of RAM, while the 60/80gb have 64MB of RAM. This allows you to put as many tracks on it as you can on your 7th generation, while the 30gb iPods can only have half as many tracks loaded at once. The 80gb is the 5.5 gen, while the 60gb is the 5.0 gen, so that's why you should get the 80gb.

@syn010110

3 жыл бұрын

finding 80gb 5th gen ipods is real tough tho

@thomas5

3 жыл бұрын

there is literally no difference between 5th gen and 5.5th gen. all you are doing is throwing away cash

@unchpunchem8947

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Simpson there is though. More ram means it can handle more storage if you wanna flash mod it and stuff it full of songs.

@thomas5

3 жыл бұрын

@@unchpunchem8947 there is no ram difference between 5 and 5.5

@UdodaTube

3 жыл бұрын

Wish I would've known what DAC was a few days back before buying the 6thGen classic

So, before you comment. Yes... The copper wire is insulated and won’t short out the iPod. It’s thin enameled copper wire made for motor windings. I feel the need to pin this here since a growing number of you keep commenting about the wire. Also, if you’re interested I have a new video detailing how to install Wireless Charging in an iPod, watch it here! kzread.info/dash/bejne/opuGyNyye8zddKg.html Cheers!

@joseoscargonzalez7078

3 жыл бұрын

Can you repair my iPod?

@mikeymendez3749

3 жыл бұрын

How is the Ipod holding up today? Anything wrong with it? What changes would you make if you could. Anything you wouldnt do next time? How is the battery life now? Any flaws or defects when using today? Any audio problems?

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeymendez3749 I plan on releasing a follow up in the near future. Just have been flat out with work that I haven’t been able to work much on my channel, in short it’s been perfect. I’ve had to open it up a couple times to make a couple modifications to the antenna placement and lock switch, but it’s even sat in my car during a hot Australian day and it still works happily. Battery still lasts months at a time.

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

@@joseoscargonzalez7078 What’s up with it?

@BuildProne

3 жыл бұрын

With the 3000mah battery and The iflash 4 micro sd card board I was able to fit 500gb of storage and 3000mah battery in the 30gb thin ipod classic 5th gen but hand filing the metal internal aluminum frame that holds the pcb down to just a hair above the screw holes. I have a little gap left that i might be able to fit a bluetooth board in if i can find a compact enough one and solder the connections to ribbon cables rather than thicker cables. I'm also trying to get 30pin to hdmi adapter cause my Goal is to have a huge storage ipod that I can store loads of music and movies on with a crazy long battery life, so i can listen to music while driving then when i get to a hotel or my GFs house I can simply plug it into the tv and have like 200 movies ready to go. I've also found an app that lets me reformat dvd movies to a format that works with the 5th gen ipod and set to a resolution so that on the ipod it has 2 black bars but on the tv itl match 720p resolution

DankPods aint gonna be happy about whos been in that iPod lmao jk

@theoblivious2001

3 жыл бұрын

“Someone’s been in here!”

@iwantitpaintedblack

3 жыл бұрын

its a nice nugget

@bongiovi7618

3 жыл бұрын

Na-No

@gregx5096

3 жыл бұрын

"WHO'S BEEN IN HEAH?? Oh they left a thank-you note!"

@kooldudeno-lastname

3 жыл бұрын

yep

I knew I had shaky hands, but this project TESTED my patience. You made it look so easy haha! Thanks for the tutorial, love the product.

@Pendleton115

2 жыл бұрын

Practice makes perfect! Using a “Helping Hand” helps a lot too :)

@tylerlhotta7317

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pendleton115 hey mate I'm having an issue all of the sudden where if I plug in the ipod while it's assembled it restarts and won't boot if not plugged in. But if I try the same thing with the back case off she works as expected. Any thoughts as to what to troubleshoot

@Pendleton115

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylerlhotta7317 sounds like you might have something shorting to ground, verify your wiring is correct and is properly insulated.

@tylerlhotta7317

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pendleton115 That did it! My switch for the Bluetooth board was making contact. Thank you a ton.

I have never been so satisfied with just playing a repair video out of curiosity and be so entertained by it. Earned a sub here.

4:05 the *pro strat*

@thomas5

3 жыл бұрын

it actually makes it harder to open btw

@MarbleFox162

3 жыл бұрын

Our Lord “DankPods” disagrees.

@thomas5

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarbleFox162 well guess he is wrong then

@MarbleFox162

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomas5 I meant that DankPods calls it the pro strat as well.

@itsirish9582

3 жыл бұрын

Solid dankpods reference

It's amazing to see old devices like this able to be updated and even understand it's storage is many times more than what it was designed to have.

Bluetooth module in ipod is genius. Apple need to take note and re-launch the ipod with FLAC and max storage capability as well as BT5. They could market this at Car Audio users who need to dock it in the car. Apple could sell a car docking kit as well.

@gzsenpai

3 жыл бұрын

I agree but I predict if they do re launch it it will take lots of steps forward and two major ones back based on there history, COUGH COUGH airpods max COUGH COUGH can't turn it off, its bra I mean "case" and then fact you have to buy there lightning to headphone jack or else you can't listen to it wired, although Apple being the greedy pigs that they are they can mark up the price of a new ipod classic, and me being someone who wouldn't give those fuckers a single cent of my money would still buy one, unless it exceeds 400$ plus.

@jxirocxmpos

2 жыл бұрын

Why would I use an iPod instead of my smartphone to put music while driving?

@husky3g

2 жыл бұрын

@@jxirocxmpos The audio out of an iPod sounds much better than a smart phone. Also you don't have to kill your phone battery listening to music or waste space on your phone to do so.

@ishkar5k

2 жыл бұрын

well that didnt age well...

@funnyman4233

Жыл бұрын

just use an ipod touch

That Bose is rubbish compared to the DankPods/EFM Toledo. ‘Battery 70% 🤖’ “bluetooth mode 😘”

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

😓

@IbbiAhmed

3 жыл бұрын

auxiliary mOde ;)

@iexist5083

3 жыл бұрын

I set a shortcut on my iPhone so when it connects to CarPlay it says “auxiliary mode” in the sexy speaker voice (just a trimmed clip from one of danks videos)

@IbbiAhmed

3 жыл бұрын

@@iexist5083 show it in action

@kooldudeno-lastname

3 жыл бұрын

yep

How much hot glue? Pandleton: Yes

I've bought a few parts from Christopher before - he was so helpful and really went above and beyond. Great video - been looking for ages to see if someone had done this, can't wait to give it a go myself.

@PaulMathias1

7 ай бұрын

I have a unused, classic iPad generation 7 and it’s in absolute mint condition. I must find some idiot proof instructions to do this.

I ordered all the parts to get this mod done..with the extra space on the iflash they themselves can incorporate a BT 5.0 module & make a ribbon cable splitter for power🔋 & audio..all we would need to do is add our own button 🤔

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

YUNVMY COOLNAME now this would be awesome

I don't own any iPods (well, one Shuffle, lost somewhere) and don't really have interest in modding one, but this video held my attention quite well! Glad to see that the modification is fairly straightforward for someone with electronics hardware technical skills and know-how!

This is exactly the way i wanted to mod my Ipod. Thanks man i appreciate what you done.

I just purchased a NIB 7th Gen. I’m really excited to mod it! It will be my deployment iPod with great battery life for long flights and can store some movies, music, and pictures for big trips(: Hats off to you brother. The pairing switch is ingenious

@EpicB

3 жыл бұрын

Cool. I'm looking into getting a modded 5.5 gen. The 5th/5.5 gen iPods are apparently much easier to open. Lots of cool stuff is available for those. Not just the iFlash boards but also all sorts of front and backplate mods.

Thank you so much, I loosely followed your tutorial but used a different bt board and pulled the audio straight from the motherboard. I got it working! So now it's a thick, transparent, 256gb iflashed, 3000mah, transparent, bt modded 5.5 gen ipod. Thank you (Update, I now have the same board as in the video in the iPod and it sounds way better and has a lot better range and no static. Thank you again.)

@mofakah5906

3 жыл бұрын

How’s the Bluetooth sound quality? Any lags? Disruptions? Static?

@shrekboi2465

3 жыл бұрын

@@mofakah5906 I used a crappier bt transmitter that I had lying around so this wouldn't really be relevant to the mod he did. But with my crappier board, there is some static and sometimes it cuts out for a split second here or there because of how the board is placed. It still is a very enjoyable listening experience. I recommend if you do this to not cheap out on a Bluetooth transmitter like I did.

@mofakah5906

3 жыл бұрын

@@shrekboi2465 good to know, thanks. I found a $5 iPod classic. Hopefully I’ll be able to do it like he did.

@shrekboi2465

3 жыл бұрын

@@mofakah5906 Just take your time and be careful with things and you should be okay. Best of luck to you.

@mofakah5906

3 жыл бұрын

@@shrekboi2465 Thanks! I just picked up a 5.5 classic today... for $5 bucks. lucky

I can't stop watching this beautiful innovative re-design of an iPod Classic. It is for the genius mind and brains.

Honestly this is would be a good idea what a iPod classic pro would be like in 2016 if they had not discontinued it. And this is probably one of the most polished iPod mods as your not losing functionality or making it look different, just a sick look

Thanks a bunch for this video and the diagrams. I used a combo of this and the other guide from r/iPod and made my own 5th gen BT iPod. Works wonders so far!

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

Eva [Freak] awesome! Glad to hear I was of service 🙂

@wilkin8977

3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could tell me the post you used for the 5th gen BT iPod build?

@TheEvaFreak

3 жыл бұрын

@@wilkin8977 www.reddit.com/r/ipod/comments/hgflz2/ipod_2020_bluetooth_guide_and_some_warning/

@wilkin8977

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

This is such a great project. After market large capacity iPod batteries are no joke. My 5th gen iPod with ssd and large capacity battery last weeks on a charge.

OMG. What a great Idea to use the hold swith as the bluetooth control button! This changes everything... now i will definitelly build bluetooth into my Ipod! Thank you very much for sharing!

This is absolutely sickkk. I love the simplicity of the iPod and now it's even better.

Great work! One tip, don't brush with solder. That can lead to cold solder joints that break.

This is fantastic! Great job! Also your production style, music choices and narration is top notch! The DankPods channel is good, but can become grating with his loud and in your face KZreadr style.

Well done Tim. Very brave of you. I was about to begin my conversion until I learnt that both my ipod's have the EU volume limiter built into them. Until there's a hack they're only fit for scrap!

Honestly, the improvements over his build are good for people who love headphone jacks

with my old ipod, a old 5th gen... i could pry it open with my fingers, it sadly had a mother board problem and broke. don't know where it went, but this mod is amazing! keep up the good work.

this deserves so much more views

@brayannexon4613

3 жыл бұрын

No the use of hot glue and sticky tach is gross wtf.

Awesome. Awesome to the max. I'm looking into getting a modded 5.5 gen Classic right now. Lots of cool stuff is available for those right now.

Liked that iPod dock at the end, I have two of them now! I used a jail-broken iPod touch to turn them into Airplay speakers.

This is a very soothing video lmao the smooth jazz helped too

This is just incredible. I would love to buy one.

Absolutely well done for attempting and completing this conversion? Retrofit? Call it lot you like, it's a good job, well executed!

You are a true craftsman. I like the Apple iPod Dock, I have one too. I have a an old iPod touch docked in it. So I can listen to music stored on the iPod, or from Spotify, or with the help of an (jailbroken ) app, I can turn it into an AirPlay receiver and send whatever music I want from my iPhone.

That was so incredibly satisfying to watch

Amazing Idea of Click Button idea near the Hold Switch. Hats Offf!!!1 You just got another subscriber.

That was absolutely phenomenal Sir. After that Posting, I am now 100% ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that I will never be able to have Bluetooth capability, on my 1TB, 7Th Gen, 3000 Mah Ipod. I Guess the cords gonna be as good as it gets for me. Nevertheless, thank you for the Posting Sir.

I love this project. Thanks for showing this!!

“Someones been in here!!!”

This video is a masterpiece

Brilliant! Just brilliant! I want one of these!

I want to attempt this mod so bad now!! Great video my dude!

Since september i pondered about convert my ipod with bluetooth+flash. And Lakey Inspired in credits its a goal... You got my vibe. Thanks for vid and regards from russia!

Perhaps someone will combine Bluetooth and an SD/CF adaptor in the future :)

Those jungle albums are both some of the best shit I have ever heard, incredibly underrated artist

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

They are my favorite 😄

Awesome man. I have one iPod classic, that would be a great upgrade for this powerful old product. Thanks.

You and dankpods are beautiful!

This is AMAZING!! A job well done! 👍 I wish I can send u my iPod to mod it for me! ☺️

Very nice video mate, elegant and love how it looks

I have the 6th gen 160gb version so I’m wondering my options for this. Too much work for me 😂 I admire your dedication

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! Don't be ashamed of the fact you're an audiophile! Wear it with pride and let yourself enjoy the great hobby!

I've never soldered anything in my life but I want to take on this project so bad!

@xandermoore8874

2 жыл бұрын

What’s stopping you? Come one Jason you got this bud.

@pressxtojason

2 жыл бұрын

@@xandermoore8874 I actually did try this and completely destroyed the power module on the board

@xandermoore8874

2 жыл бұрын

Good on you for trying!! Hell ya brother!! That board needed to learn its lesson.

@pressxtojason

2 жыл бұрын

​@@xandermoore8874 lol thanks. I found a seller on eBay that sold just the power modules in bulk so I ordered 5 because I know I'll mess up more. Also the video doesn't do this justice, but the soldering pads are TINY on this board! I don't have the best eyesight nor the best soldering iron (some cheap $10 one I found on Amazon) so that's probably not helping. However with the power module outta the way, I was able to practice my technique and I might have the hang of it. I'm also trying to use an off the shelf bluetooth module that modders have successfully used to add bluetooth to Game Boy Advances. It's $5 compared to the $20 one this guy uses and doesn't require breaking apart a consumer level product. EDIT: The bluetooth part I'm using is the KCX_BT_EMITTER. Can be found on Ali Express.

@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN

2 жыл бұрын

@@pressxtojason Have you had another try at it and if so, how did it go Jason? I know what you mean about the tiny soldering pads after some experience with soldering tiny drone boards/modules, I ended up buying glasses with different lenses and built in lights to help, they work great.

Very impressive work!

Thanks so much I used this guide and another to make a 4th gen bluetooth.

I’ve been wanting to see this video for a long time 🙂

"What you're about to see is not for the faint of heart." 16:58 [Recoils in pain]

Thank You! Thank You!! For sharing this upgrading IPod classic, fantastic! I have 7th generation 160g would like to upgrade this my self, seems easier after watching this video. Thank you!! 💡👍🏼😃😎

Id buy that, something super comfy about the scroll wheel and airpods. I love that you didnt do anything to change the aesthetics of the ipod for the bluetooth.

Great video, Its probably just outside my skill set, a kit I could handle but the modifications required to make it work might be too problematic, I guess if I ordered multiples than the safety net of that would allow me to get the job done. The idea is firmly rooted now and even if I just do the giant battery upgrade alone with a thick back plate thats something. thanks for the tips, I'll be back some time to leave a reply of what I did with my system. :)

Some iPods have custom OSs available, might be worth looking into to step things up a notch :)

Excellent vid! Thank you so much! Yes I was very concerned from the moment I saw Dankmods bluetooth module being placed surrounded by metal!

Duuude the dankpod is the pope! for ipods mods!

when you own tons of actual good songs on vinyl yet play a none copyright generic music for testing the ipod lol, that's youtube for ya !

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

THIS ☝️☝️

Would be interesting seeing something like this done with one of those official ipod bluetooth adapters that use the usb cable port so you could also change tracks with the controls on headphones or in a car.

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

There are actually transmitters that can do this over the AUX connection, unfortunately they're much bulkier normally. If someone can find a compact one I'd love to give it a shot!

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

@@ZLFProductions Oh interesting, may be possible. Although you'd need some nice soldering skills to solder to the 30 pin connector.

@ZLFProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pendleton115 couldn’t you bypass the 30 pin connector possibly?

I’ve done this following your guide, many thanks for it, only issue I have is I’m only getting sound out of one side of my headphones

I really enjoy watching dankpods too

Thank you so much for your astonishing work. And for the video, and for the music in this video, and for the calm and intelligible manner of presenting information. -) Well, unfortunately, I won't dare to do that. I will still master the simplest mechanical work of disassembling and assembling, but all this soldering and adjustment is hardly. Yes, in fact, it would be great to be able to acquire such things from modern artisans performing engineering miracles. I would definitely buy one.

Hi Pendleton, I was able to do this mod using your wiring guide! Soldering into the battery connectors is TOUGH and I actually shorted one motherboard by bridging connections. Alternatively, anyone doing this for themselves can solder into the second black (or yellow) capacitor right above that battery connector, which has a much larger solder pad. I chose to and the only caveat is that bluetooth module cannot be turned on independent of the ipod. There's no use case where I would do this anyway so it's perfect.

Great job! Thanks for the guide.

Duuuude you're amazing!! Thanks for this! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Looks like top shelf work. Not sure about the blue tack (looks messy!) but whatever got you to your final product is great. I was really impressed with that little bit of push button ingenuity. The biggest issue with BT modding an Ipod for me has definitely been what to do re: pairing. With the push button adhered to the lock button, this becomes a non-issue. That chonky back is something else for a seventh gen. Is it twice as thick as an actual 7th gen back? I have been sitting on my flash modded 7th gen and BT transmitter for months now. Perhaps some time soon.

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

It's not that much thicker, maybe 3-4mm. It definitely looks a lot larger when compared to the thin back, but you quickly get used to it and honestly doesn't really impact its daily use. It's not a brick like the 20gb iPod Second Gen lol.

@Mattia_22

10 ай бұрын

Where do I get the thick back for my 7th gen?

Love the idear of this it's brilliant....so much of me wants to criticise the embodiment but i will resist. you have a great item

DankPods is Amazing channel!

Thanks for video! Thanks for work !

I am more motivated than ever to do this. I have 5.5 gen and been wanting to do this but I want to add larger memory. I wonder if I'll be able to fit 4 sd cards in the larger chassis of the 5.5 gen

@husky3g

2 жыл бұрын

The max supported capacity of the 5.5 gen is 128GB, so 4 SD cards is kinda pointless. You can use one 128GB SD.

@Hailsbells

Жыл бұрын

@@husky3g from what I've read, Rockbox bypasses the limit but ultimately you're limited by the ram you have

I WOULD SOOOO PAY THIS GUY DO DO THIS FOR ME

great tutorial, thanks so much!

stumbled upon on this Man youre an instant Legend

can it run shreck

*vinyl scratch sound effect* wait, vinyl's come with digital album's? I've been buying CD's wrong the entire time!

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

It depends, only some albums come with a digital copy, and more often than not it's not even marked on the box. But it is nice when they do :)

@EpicB

3 жыл бұрын

Some LPs come with downloads but not all do, and they don't always advertise the download. For instance, Back To Black Vinyl releases often have the download advertised on the front, but if you pick up a new Metallica LP it probably will include a download but it won't say so on the packaging.

Good job, Tim!

Ordered the parts. Only a different BT transmitter, same principle tho, i hope the cirquits are not too different... Thx for this vid! Stoked to get my classic up and running like this again!

@tylergleason8079

3 жыл бұрын

How’d it go? Which transmitter did you end up using?

The real question is how you got Catalina running on an iMac g4

@HoLDoN4Sec

3 жыл бұрын

hes probably just using the imac as a display for a mac mini somewhere around it or inside it (i'm aware of such a mod for these old imacs) the catalina patcher is only compatible with intel macs, so that would make sense tbh

"audiophile" **uses Kevin Macleod music**

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

Hey if you’re offering to pay royalties my DM’s are always open 😉

Well made video! very inspiring

Had to do this for my ipod 5th gen as I was sick of it not playing in my car with its wire. Kept on saying Play list error. Was worth it and there was no lag that you sometime get. Defo a project of you have an old ipod u wana revamp

what is up with aussies and bluetooth ipods

@Pendleton115

Жыл бұрын

We’re all the same breed 😎

ジャックのとこ最初からハンダはずせよ（）

This is awesome! I wish I could convert mine.

Excellent job.

Man, I love the ingenuity, but please stop dousing these types of mods in hot glue. If your solder joints don't hold on their own, they aren't good enough for a reliable connection anyway.

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, let me know how your iPod holds up when the wires have no re-enforcement ;)

@Pendleton115

3 жыл бұрын

Just to clarify, what you said is correct, but for the case of this mod I decided to re-enforce the wires with hot glue, as I plan on opening and closing this iPod quite often to work on it, as i bend the wires I don't want to put un neccesary strain on small joints. Hot glue protects them from this and can be removed quite easily if need be in the future. Also if you drop your iPod the hot glue can give a bit of impact resistance.

I know this is old but just dug out my classic gen 5 to replace battery. I notice everyone struggling to get them open and I'd never done it probably this video came up in my feed . Anyway I used one of those tiny flat blade screwdrivers and the inserted a bunch of guitar picks and was even able to use the picks to slide around the edge and it opened surprising easily.

@potater8034

4 ай бұрын

Yeah the 5th generation is easier to open since it's plastic and the 7th gen is aluminum

extraordinaria idea!!

Truly brilliant

I would genuinely buy this

Woowww you did an amazing job!!

Awesome video, I have 3 classics that I am going to do this modification to. thanks

Much respect for the share!

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