Male plug connector

A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding receptacle connector of a media player, the male plug connector comprising:

• a housing designed to accommodate 30 contacts spaced apart in a single row of sequentially numbered contact locations, wherein the sequentially numbered contact locations include:
• digital contact locations 3 to 9 designated for digital signals including Universal Serial Bus (USB) contact locations designated for USB differential data signals interleaved with contact locations designated for digital signals other than USB differential data signals;
• analog contact locations 27 and 28 designated for one or more analog signals including at least one audio signal;
• ground contact locations 1 and 30 designated for ground;
• and a ground contact location at least one of contact locations 15 or 16 also designated for ground;
• wherein, analog contact locations 27 and 28 are spaced apart from and separated from digital contact locations 3 to 9 by at least one of ground contact locations 15 or 16.

A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding receptacle connector of a media player, the male plug connector comprising:

• a housing designed to accommodate a plurality of contacts spaced apart in a single row of contact locations, wherein the contact locations are sequentially numbered from a first end to a second end, the contact locations including:
• first, second and third ground contact locations designated for ground, the first ground contact location at the first end, the second ground contact location at the second end, and the third ground contact location between the first end and the second end;
• a first group of digital contact locations designated for one or more digital signals including contact locations designated for Universal Serial Bus (USB) differential data signals interleaved with a contact location designated for another digital signal other than a USB differential data signal, the first group of digital contact locations being disposed between the first ground contact location and the third ground contact location, and a second group of analog contact locations designated for one or more analog signals including at least one audio signal, the second group of analog contact locations being disposed between the third ground contact location and the second ground contact location so that the first group of digital contact locations is spaced apart from and separated from the second group of analog contact locations by the third ground contact location.

A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding receptacle connector of a media player, the male plug connector comprising:

• a housing designed to accommodate 30 contacts spaced apart in a single row of sequentially numbered contact locations, wherein the sequentially numbered contact locations include:
• digital contact locations 3 to 8 designated for digital signals including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) contact location designated for a USB data signal and a USB contact location designated for a USB power signal, wherein a contact location designated for a digital signal other than a USB data signal is located between the USB data signal and the USB power signal;
• analog contact locations 27 and 28 designated for one or more analog signals including at least one audio signal;
• first and second ground contact locations 1 and 30 designated for ground;
• and
• a third ground contact location at least one of contact locations 15 or 16 also designated for ground;
• wherein, analog contact locations 27 and 28 are spaced apart from and separated from digital contact locations 3 to 9 by the third ground contact locations.

A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding receptacle connector of a media player, the male plug connector comprising:

• a housing designed to accommodate 30 contacts spaced apart spaced apart in a single row of sequentially numbered contact locations, the sequentially numbered contact locations include:
• first, second and third ground contact locations designated for ground, the first ground contact location being disposed at contact location 1, the second ground contact location being disposed at contact location 30 and the third ground contact location being disposed at one of contact locations 15 or 16 between contact locations 1 and 30;
• a group of digital contact locations designated for one or more digital signals including universal serial bus (USB) signals, the group of digital contact locations being disposed between the first and third ground contact locations;
• a group of analog contact locations designated for one or more analog signals including an audio left signal and an audio right signal, the group of analog contact locations being disposed between the second and third ground contact locations;
• and
• a group of power contact locations designated for one or more power signals including USB power, accessory power and charger input power, the group of power contact locations being disposed between the first and third ground contact locations.