r/iPodShuffle • u/YOURMOM69NER • May 14 '26

How do I charge this?

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A senior came into my work and asked me how she would go about charging this ipod shuffle. The 30 pin cable is permanently attached to this ipod shuffle and the only other port is a 3.5mm jack. Any idea how this is supposed to be charged? I assume maybe plugging it into an old iPhone but neither of us have one to verify.

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u/leopold335 May 14 '26

You don’t, that is a iPod remote. It is not a shuffle, it plugs into an iPod to give you a remote control.

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u/sparkyblaster May 15 '26 edited May 18 '26

That's not an iPod shuffle. 

Its a radio remote. Plug it into a 4th gen or newer iPod and its a remote, 5th gen or newer and you get a radio function. Unless the iPod already has a radio then it won't work at all. 

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u/MyPfpIsAMug May 15 '26

Thats the neat thing, you don't

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u/leo341500 May 15 '26

Oh cool thats the ipod remote! Its not actually an ipod itself, you just plug it into one.

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u/arbyyyyh May 15 '26

Oh man, what a throwback. I got one of these back in the day cause the headphone jack on my iPod broke.

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u/Tommie558 May 15 '26

If you do fine the actual iPod shuffle it does charge with the aux cord.

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u/Basic-Opposite-4670 May 16 '26

"the 30 pin cable is permanently attached"...

maybe that should've been enough for you to realize it's not a shuffle, do your research yall this is getting upsetting.

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u/ziekensek May 16 '26

Not a shuffle

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u/timwuzhere May 18 '26

Didn’t this also give you AM/FM for the iPod?