MinyBoost and Belkin TuneFM for iPod

[deek]

So I great discovery had been made tonight. I needed to buy a new FM transmitter for my iPod and I found the TuneFM. It comes with a car adapter (no more wasted AAAs from accedently leaving my old one on). Much to my surprise the output of this adapter is 5V and has a USB connector (The ones used on most digital cameras) I plugged it all in and to my joy the transmitter works & the charge icon comes on in the iPod.

While I don't know how much power is actually getting to the iPod for charging I think it may still charge. I am currently running my iPod battery down to check how well it works.

Anyone else using this setup that can comment on its charging capabilities?

[deek]

Little update. While the iPod does infact charge (faster than the mintyboost alone) I believe it is trying to draw to much current and the whole entire tin gets hot. This may not be the case but I am pretty sure it is since on the power adapter it says 5V/500mA.

[adafruit]

yeah its ok if the batteries get toasty. its clearly drawing a lot of current but, eh. who cares?

[hal90002010]

If you are using the TuneFM. How are you pluging in the MintyBoost?

[deek]

I use a USB cable. The TuneFM has a mini USB jack in the bottom of it



MintyBoost -> USB Cable (USB A to mini B) -> TuneFM -> iPod

[hal90002010]

OK, I was hoping there was a way to hook up the minty boost without using a cable. I am not an Ipod fan, but that tuneFM looks like a very elegant solution.
Thankyou