What's the trick for connecting an iPhone to a Win11 PC?

Tasmania Green said:

I found a USB-C to 3.5 mm cable at a local store. I'll get that as it's quick and easy.

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I am going to assume it is one of these:



Which means you’ll likely need a 3.5mm Audio cable (Male to male)



People generally have them laying around (I have a draw full) but should be easily purchased.

antspants said:

OK

Bluetooth you don’t have to leave your phone at the PC. (Or the house to buy an adapter)
You can connect and play music and sit at the table with your guests browsing the net and reading messages, thus ignoring them so as to offend.

My dinner parties are spectacular, apparently. I cannot confirm as I am generally busy browsing this forum.

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We rarely have dinner parties, so that's not a worry.

So, if I send you a very rude, very naughty joke, your guests might wonder why you're laughing hysterically? Of course, I would never do that. Propriety and modesty are my middle name. (I have a very complex middle name, as you can tell.

antspants said:

I am going to assume it is one of these:

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Which means you’ll likely need a 3.5mm Audio cable (Male to male)

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People generally have them laying around (I have a draw full) but should be easily purchased.

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I don't have any cables like that at home. But here is what I'm talking about:

OK so you have an iPhone with a USB-C (Not lightning)

Then you might be good to go. I cannot confirm, busy ignoring guests. And I just farted at the table.

Beware as iPhones are picky and don't work with any USB Type-C to 3.5mm adapter. Make sure it works on iPhone before buying. Yet another attempt by Apple to force us buy their official much more expensive adapters. And others complain about Microsoft monopoly tricks. Apple is far far worse. "The rooster called the donkey stubborn", as we say in Greek (meaning they both behave the same so the rooster shouldn't judge the donkey).

A lot of more recent iphones do not have a 3.5 mm socket any more.

cereberus said:

A lot of more recent iphones do not have a 3.5 mm socket any more.

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If you could buy a cheap adapter, no problem albeit annoying. But if you are forced to buy an expensive iPhone compatible adapter is outrageous.

iPhones haven’t had 3.5 mm jacks for many years. I’m going to get a cable that has a usb-c plug in one end (for the phone) and a 3.5 plug on the other end (to connect to the mic jack on the computer. I tried using a regular USB-A to USB-C cable but couldn’t get it to work. The new cable will connect directly to the sound system.

Tasmania Green said:

iPhones haven’t had 3.5 mm jacks for many years. I’m going to get a cable that has a usb-c plug in one end (for the phone) and a 3.5 plug on the other end (to connect to the mic jack on the computer. I tried using a regular USB-A to USB-C cable but couldn’t get it to work. The new cable will connect directly to the sound system.

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Like I said, any USB Type-C to 3.5mm adapter should work for an Android smartphone, but iPhones don't support all adapters. Make sure it works on iPhones before you buy or at least that you can return it for a refund or replacement if it doesn't work. My guess is Apple has some identification chip embedded in their much more expensive adapters and other manufacturers have to pay loyalties to make their adapters compatible with Apple devices. If your iPhone doesn't detect the identification chip, it simply won't work. I have seen that happening. Compare Dell laptops that refuse to charge the battery unless a genuine Dell charger is detected. With third-party chargers you can only use it connected to the mains. It doesn't charge the battery.

spapakons said:

Like I said, any USB Type-C to 3.5mm adapter should work for an Android smartphone, but iPhones don't support all adapters. Make sure it works on iPhones before you buy or at least that you can return it for a refund or replacement if it doesn't work. My guess is Apple has some identification chip embedded in their much more expensive adapters and other manufacturers have to pay loyalties to make their adapters compatible with Apple devices. If your iPhone doesn't detect the identification chip, it simply won't work. I have seen that happening. Compare Dell laptops that refuse to charge the battery unless a genuine Dell charger is detected. With third-party chargers you can only use it connected to the mains. It doesn't charge the battery.

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I didn't know that. Thanks for the advice. I found a cable, made by Belkin, that has both the 3.5 mm & usb-C connectors. And I verified on the Belkin website that it is compatible with my iPhone.

If it works, post the part number, so others know what to buy.

spapakons said:

If it works, post the part number, so others know what to buy.

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Absolutely. This site for helping each other.

Does anyone still use iTunes to sync iphone email and calendar with Outlook? It worked, until it didn't, and I have been afraid to try it again, so my Outlook doesn't get all screwed up.

Using a USB cable, I have never had any issues connecting an iPhone with my Windows PC, Win 10 or Win 11.

I finally got music to play from my iPhone through my PC's speakers. Sort of.

1) I followed the video by Ray Pastore on YouTube: . This video showed me what settings to adjust.

2) Instead of using the audio cable shown in the video, however, I used an iPhone-compatible cable: the Belkin RockStar 3.5 mm audio cable with USB-C connector - SKU F7U079bt03. (I appreciate Spapakons for reminding me that " iPhones don't support all adapters." That encouraged me to do some research before buying anything.)

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3) Initially, the sound was coming out of only one desk speaker. To have the sound come out of both speakers, I went to Settings \ Accessibility \ Audio and turned on the Mono audio setting. This Ironically, as the Windows description says, it combines "both left and right audio channels into one." The result was music coming out of both left and right speakers.

4) The problem is that you have to go through these steps each time you connect your iPhone to your computer. If you have an old iPhone, you can just leave it connected. But I use my phone every day . So, I decided that it's just not worth the hassle it to use this method each time I want to play music.

5) It might be possible to use the computer's Bluetooth connection to do the same thing. I tried downloading iTunes and Apple Music from the Microsoft Store. Although I was able see files and pictures I had on my iPhone, I still wasn't able to play music from it. At this point I'm not interested in playing downloading 3rd-party software.

6) The end result is that I'll either get new speakers that I can plug my iPhone directly into (I've checked and my current speakers don't have that option) or I'll buy a stand-alone Bluetooth speaker that I'll just use for my iPhone. Still, I've learned quite a bit about computer audio, so I consider this a good experience.

I have 2 JBL Flip 7’s
Connected at the same time with the music playing through them both, sounds great.
I believe you can add up to 100 of them in the JBL App and play through them all at the same time, which would be hilarious.

Waterproof

Great speaker for the iPhone in my opinion.

Many to choose from:

If your PC has Bluetooth, play through the JBL’s

If you have Bluetooth on the PC, download the Bluetooth audio receiver app from Microsoft Store. This makes the PC a virtual Bluetooth speaker. So you connect your iPhone to the virtual Bluetooth speaker and you hear the sound playing from the speakers or whatever is the output device. If it doesn't have Bluetooth, just buy a Bluetooth USB dongle, that's what I use to connect my JBL speaker.

spapakons said:

If you have Bluetooth on the PC, download the Bluetooth audio receiver app from Microsoft Store. This makes the PC a virtual Bluetooth speaker. So you connect your iPhone to the virtual Bluetooth speaker and you hear the sound playing from the speakers or whatever is the output device. If it doesn't have Bluetooth, just buy a Bluetooth USB dongle, that's what I use to connect my JBL speaker.

Bluetooth Audio Receiver - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

This app allows you to use the latest version of Windows 10 2004 (Bluetooth A2DP Sink) to play music from Bluetooth devices on your PC. For the app to work correctly, you must have a Bluetooth adapter and a playback device that supports A2DP, and pre-pair the devices in Settings - > Devices ->...

apps.microsoft.com

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Oh you're awesome! That works perfectly and is very easy to use. Thanks Spapakons!

You are welcome. That's what the forums are for. To share experiences and help each other. As I have been helped from the forum, I want to help others. If you had asked in Microsoft support or community, you would receive useless suggestions and still wait for help.

OMFreakingG Mike, read post 17?

antspants said:

Use a Bluetooth Audio Receiver App:
Download and run the Bluetooth Audio Receiver app from the Microsoft Store on your Windows computer.

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