Quote: Originally Posted by
halfzack 
by the way, wile you are using the digital out on the ipod it is being charged. thus boosting the ipods crap battery, with the one in your car.
True it is charging the battery but the circuit still uses the same voltage which I believe is 1.8v internally for the audio chip. It is true that it now has more current it can pull from, but it doesnt. This would cause the iPod to melt because it would have to be designed for this high current situation which would mean either (a) a switching circuit which is expensive or (b) that it would only work when plugged in and that wouldnt go over so well with the mobile mp3 player!
