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HowTo: Old DVD Drive + Yankee Ingenuity= Ghetto iPod Dock

Jun 3, 2010 10:00 AM

Sometimes ghetto is the way to go. Yankee ingenuity is always the way to go (at least on WonderHowTo, that is).

Says creator Tim Schiesser, "I noticed recently that my DVD drive wasn't getting much love, but my iPod Nano was getting loads of use and needs charging all the time. An idea came to me suddenly one day that I should put the two together and make a simple dock for my iPod from my DVD drive and some materials I have lying around the place."

Three qualities WonderHowTo holds dear: Clever. Cheap. And best of all, materials you can dig out of the junk drawer.

Hand using pliers to break a CD.

You will need:

An old DVD or CD that you don't mind cutting up
The plastic iPod docker that came with your iPod
iPod charging/transfer cable
The iPod iteslf
Knife/scissors/pliers for cutting DVD
Sandpaper for sharp edges
Permanent marker
Blu-tack or similar adhesive
Tape
DVD drive (laptop DVD drives won't work unfortunately; neither slot-loading drives)

Click though for the HowTo.

Digital media player on a reflective surface.

A reflective CD placed against a surface with a white cable attached.

Music player docked on a device with a CD tray.

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