Today there are all kinds of small and large speakers made for the iPhone. My Bose Sound Dock 10 which is intended for the iPhone weighs over 25 pounds and of course does not use batteries but it is a first class music system and it can send the video out to a large screen TV.
In our motor home, I have a Logitech sound dock that comes with a small remote control. It's also a clock radio. I paid like 80 dollars for it and it has a very good sound for a speaker costing under a hundred bucks. I also have a small speaker that my wife bought for 20 bucks. It is maybe 5 inches long, 2 inches high and slightly thicker then the 3 triple "A" Batteries it takes. The audio cable is actually the wrist strap. The 3.5Mm plug has a twist to lock feature so that the jack is protected and you carry the thing around on your wrist or as I do, connect it to my iPhone, or my Victor Reader Stream 1 and drop both in my shirt pocket. All the big box stores plus Radio Shack and Bestbuy stores as well as others usually have a large selection of portable speakers which use the 3.5 Mm connector. If you can't find a speaker to meet your needs and for a good price, keep looking. These models usually are changed very often due to the high demand but you should be bail to find one that does you well. ----- Original Message ----- From: Traci To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 7:46 PM Subject: Re: using speaker with 3.5 jack :) The speaker did finally die, but boy, it was a long time coming! This little speaker is brilliant! I also like the packaging, it'll be great for travel. Thanks for the input y'all! Traci On Apr 26, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: When your using the bluetooth radio, it requires power from the speaker. When you just use a 3.5 Mm plug from your iPhone to the speaker, it is not using the bluetooth radio and so nothing is being drawn as far as power goes. HTH ----- Original Message ----- From: Traci To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 2:34 PM Subject: using speaker with 3.5 jack Hey all, I have a question about using a bluetooth speaker with a 3.5 audio jack. I have the hmdx jam jar speaker, which I love! If I remember correctly, it is 4 hours battery life via bluetooth and 12 hours via the 3.5 jack. Well, I have been mostly using it via the audio cable and I sware it has been way beyond 12 hours. Does it eventually draw any power from my iDevice? I'm baffled here, I've used it on bluetooth for a short while, but for the last couple weeks, I've used it exclusively via the cord. What do you think is up? I haven't charged the thing once. Lol, not complaining, but the tech girl in me is curious. Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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