How to connect a Beats Pill 2 to the iPhone 3G

How to connect a Beats Pill 2 to the iPhone 3G

Beats Pill 2

The following list of instructions show you how to connect to Beats Pill 2.0 speakers to the iPhone 3G. Please note that these instructions refer to the Beats Pill 2.0 and not the original Beats Pill first generation, please visit the Beats page on WikiConnections.org for the full range of Beats bluetooth speakers. Before you connect Beats Pill 2.0 speakers to anything we recommend downloading the latest Beats firmware from the official Beats Pill support site [1] using the Update tool for Beats. These instructions assume that you have installed Apple iOS 4 or greater on the iPhone 3G.

How to charge the iPhone 3G from a Beats Pill 2 using an Apple 30 pin cable

Find out how to recharge the iPhone 3G from a Beats Pill 2 using the Apple Lightning cable.

  1. In order to charge the iPhone 3G from a Beats Pill 2 you'll need a USB to Apple 30 pin cable [4].
  2. Plug the large USB end of the USB to Apple 30 pin cable into the Beats Pill 2. You can access the red USB port by pulling and rotating the rubber port cover marked beatspill on the foot of the unit.
  3. Connect the other end of the USB to Apple 30 pin cable into the dock connector on the iPhone 3G. The iPhone 3G dock connector can be found at bottom of the iPhone 3G.
  4. Turn on the Beats Pill 2 and the iPhone 3G will start to charge. Typically the Beats Pill battery life after a full charge is roughly seven hours but charging the iPhone 3G might cause this to be much lower. For more details read the Beats Pill 2 charging instructions [3] on the Beats web site.
  5. The battery icon which appears in the top right hand corner of the iPhone screen will display a charge icon to indicate that the phone is powering up which should take roughly one-four hours to fully recharge to 100% capacity. [AD]
How to charge the iPhone 3G from a Beats Pill 2 using an Apple 30 pin cable

See also

  1. Beatsbydre - official Beats Pill support site
  2. Apple - official iPhone 3G user guide
  3. Beatsbydre - Beats Pill 2 charging instructions
  4. USB to Apple 30 pin cable - This connects compatible iPhones, iPods and iPads to a USB port for charging, syncing and playing music.