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Belkin F8Z177 Headphone Adapter for iPhone | 
 enlarge | Brand: Belkin
Category: CE
List Price: $10.95
Buy New: $2.49
You Save: $8.46 (77%)
New (51) from $2.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.7 x 4.3 x 5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: F8Z177
Model: F8Z177
UPC: 722868640944
EAN: 0722868640944
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Features:
| • | 3.5mm plug to RCA | | • | 7 ft. cable | | • | Chrome-finished connectors and nickel-plated contacts and Color-coated connectors |
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Product Description
Belkin's new Headphone Adapter for iPhone uses a specially shaped headphone plug that fits in iPhone's recessed headphone port. The Headphone Adapter thereby enables virtually any pair of pre-iPhone headphones or earphones to work with iPhone's uniquely-shaped top surface -- for users of premium earphones, a superior alternative to junking your old favorites in favor of replacements. Though its central portion looks like hard plastic, it's actually flexible, and bends with the cables you attach.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
Don't buy this... you can trim your current headphone and it'll fit into iphone... July 12, 2007
101 out of 105 found this review helpful
Don't buy this product...! Save yourself the $10 and the bulk ... use an exacto knife and slice off about 1/8" off the rubber ( go all around so it's flush with the metal base) and then it fits into the iphone hole perfectly. The rubber on most headphones are quite soft and easy to trim off.
I did with my expensive Senheiser noise cancelling headphone and it didn't damage the headphone at all... it still look great and I save myself the $10 and not having to deal with adding another thing to the jack.
Check out the image I submitted under "customer own images"; it has a diagram of how to do this.
 Ridiculous design July 11, 2007
29 out of 33 found this review helpful
I have to echo another reviewer who asked if they were actually serious. Most Belkin accessory products are fairly well conceived, and it was based on that reputation that I took the risk even though it looks bad in the picture. If I were trying to come up with the worst plausible design for an iPhone headphone adapter, I don't think I could do better than this. It's absurdly large and stiff, and there is no benefit to it over just a simple short headphone extension cable. Please, don't waste your time on it like I did.
Of course this begs the question why Apple made the inexplicable and utterly indefensible decision to ship the "best iPod we've ever made" that won't work with any headphones other than the unusable ones that come with it. Is the "best iPod we've ever made" not intended to be used for personal audio or something??? However, that said, I love my new cell phone. I was hoping I would love my new iPod too, but so far I'm disappointed.
Thank MTLA July 31, 2007
21 out of 26 found this review helpful
Mr. MTLA is spot on. I have a favorite Bang-Oluffsen lightweight headphone set that I used with my ipod. It was so frustrating that it didn't fit into the iphone speaker port. Just a quick 1/8 inch trim of the rubber off the male end (above the metal) narrowed it enough to fit snuggly into the iphone port. My only add-on: you don't need a fancy knife. My fine-sharp steak knife from the kitchen did just fine.
Thanks again. MTLA Time for Apple to come clean.
Are they serious ? July 11, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Does Belkin seriously think people would want this 2" long thing sticking out of the top of their iPhone ? Why could this adapter not simply be made with a short 3" or so cord between the male and female plugs ? Also, they seem to have forgotten that the connector needs 4 conductive surfaces, not 3, seeing as this phone has stereo sound and a microphone in that jack. This adapter will only allow you to use headphones on it, not a headset with a mic. I honestly can't believe this product made it to production in it's current form.
 It works as advertised September 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'd like to say a word on behalf of the Belkin adapter. It works.
I had no desire to mutilate the plug of my expensive Bose noise canceling headphones, so I figured spending an additional ten bucks for this adapter was a very small price to pay for the option of using them with my new iPhone.
There's been a lot of moaning about Apple's changing the design of the plug for the new iPhone. Now I'm not an electronics expert, but I assume that given that the iPhone ear buds have extra functions (built-in microphone, answer/end call) there was a need to adapt the plug.
Anyway, I'm happy that I spent a mere $10 on this adapter. And I'm really happy with my iPhone!!!
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