Mono option on iPod 5th gen?

I have a 30GB black 5th generation iPod, and I want to have the choice of mono and stereo. I don't want to re-rip the songs in mono; I just want the option on the iPod itself, as there is on more recent iPods. Is there any alternate firmware?

iPod classic

Posted on Jul 10, 2012 8:55 PM

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Jul 11, 2012 11:17 AM in response to planb77

Unfortunately only one channel is coming out of the headphone jack (water damage, I imagine). That's why I want to get the iPod to play back in mono: then I could use a stereo-to-mono plug, producing a composite mono sound in both ears.


Another idea is a line-out dock jack, but I think the line-level signal would be too soft for headphones.


Still holding out for some sort of firmware hack.....

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