Battery
- Part / capacity
- Video 30GB battery #616-0229; Video 60GB battery #616-0232. Capacity: 580 (30GB); 850 (60GB) mAh.
- Fitment
- 5th-gen video 30GB / 60GB variants
Medium confidence
iPod video (5th generation)
5th generation · 2005–2006
Available in
- White
- Black
Identification and specifications
- Product family
- iPod full-size
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Year(s)
- 2005–2006
- Model / A-number
- A1136; MA002/MA003 (white); MA146/MA147 (black)
- Capacity
- 30, 60 GB
- Colours
- White, black
- Identifying features
- First full-size iPod with video playback and 2.5-inch color screen; commonly called 5th-gen Video.
- Flash / iFlash notes
- Yes; widely modded with iFlash/SD adapters.
- Rockbox support
- Rockbox supported; mature/very stable port, with feature differences by build.
- Popular mods
- iFlash/SD flash mod; battery/large-battery; Rockbox; Bluetooth; click-wheel/case; USB-C conversion feasibility unverified.
- Catalogue notes
- Family-level ReclaimStuff video benchmark only; not revision/condition-specific. Mod sources: https://ipodwiki.com/wiki/IFlash; https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodPort; https://ipodwiki.com/wiki/Bluetooth_modification. USB-C compatibility is unverified; https://ipodwiki.com/wiki/IPod_modding exposes only an unfilled/red USB-C link. Dates cross-check: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/index-ipod-specs.html.
Typical recorded value
$100–$150 USD
Rough range shared across the whole iPod full-size line, not specific to this generation. Per-model sold prices are coming.
Parts & upgrades
Storage
- Factory capacities
- Factory HDD: 30/60GB.
- Upgrade path
- 30GB: iFlash-Solo + 128–256GB SDXC. 60GB: iFlash-Solo, Dual, or Quad; 256–512GB recommended.
- Maximum practical capacity
- 256GB (30GB model); 512GB (60GB model)
High confidence
Front / back shell
iFixit lists separate 30 GB Video rear panel and Video front panels; 30 GB thin and 60/80 GB thick chassis must be matched, but the retrieved pages do not establish all revision/capacity cross-fitment.
Verify capacity and thin/thick chassis; 5.5 80 GB and original 5G 60 GB use thick cases, unlike 30 GB.
Medium confidence
Click wheel
iFixit lists black/white/red replacement click wheels for iPod Video; a specialist listing identifies the Video 5th/5.5 wheel flex as 821-0372-A, distinct from Classic 821-0545-A.
Match the Video generation and color; never substitute a Classic wheel.
Medium confidence
Screen / LCD
Fitment is revision-sensitive: iFixit says its iPod Video Color Display installs in any 5th-generation iPod Video, while a specialist seller distinguishes the brighter 5.5-generation LCD from original 5G. Match the exact revision; cross-fitment is unresolved.
Original 5G and enhanced 5.5 LCD are advertised separately by one vendor; conflicting/generic fitment language prevents a firm universal claim.
Medium confidence