Touch won't charge with Bose Sound dock???

I just got off the phone with Bose and my only option is to pay $99 to have my Sound dock refurbished to work with my Touch or $179 to buy the portable sound dock which is on sale for $359 minus $30 instant rebate. This is ridiculous. Bose should have let people know of this change and/or rectify it free of charge. Does that mean I will continue to shell out money for a sound dock due to Bose being too lazy to keep up with technology???

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iTouch 3Gs 32 GB

Posted on Dec 23, 2009 8:42 AM

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Jan 1, 2010 11:09 AM in response to Anna Sandham

Well now. My 3rd gen Touch no longer charges on a Bose Sound Dock that happily charged the previous Touch it replaces (sadly stolen). Is this Bose's fault? I'm a bit more peeved with Apple for rendering a bunch of accessories half useless without saying anything - OK, maybe they needed more power for the new iTouch, but we all had to discover this for ourselves! 😟

Feb 6, 2010 5:31 PM in response to kafuna

Thank you for your many Blogs re this issue. Is this a software issues or is there a hardware problem? Apple, can you please sort out a software up date to fix? The Bose SoundDock is by far the best I have heard and I purchased one on advice from the Bris Apple Shop. The Dock id's Nano fine and charges but my Touch comes up with a warning - Not Charging.

Feb 7, 2010 11:52 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

It is Apple who have decided to replace the power input for the iPod touch 2nd Generation onwards. I too had a Bose sounddock which charged my Nano, but cannot charge my iPod Touch.

Wikipedia says {quote:title=:} 2nd generation (and onward) iPod Touch's also operate on 5V, unlike 12V like most previous iPod's, resulting in these Touch's not charging in vehicles equipped with an iPod connection. Most aftermarket manufacturer's of such equipment however are producing new cables and/or adapters, that essentially just kick down the voltage from 12 to 5.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_touch

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