I have had my mini for a bit over two weeks now and am surprised to find that the ipod(also new) or ipod connection are broken. When i plug the ipd in it shows the mini home screen and seems to be working fine, but when i switch it over to the cd mode(no cd in) it gives me no sound. Any Explanations...please:impatient!

 

have you revisited the connections? Make sure they are locked in place.

 

Me thinks you have a problem with the adaptor connections. If you have access to another iPod try that first to isolate or eliminate the possibility of a faulty iPod device.

If the dealer did the adaptor installation, I suggest you taking it back to them and let them deal with it under warranty.

Like I said you could have problems either with the adaptor itself, the wire installation, the iPod itself or all of the above.

In the iPod make sure you have the "Sound Check" option turned off under the "Settings" menu.

I have owned my iPod adaptor for a year and a half with no problems. I currently use it with a 4GB black iPod Nano. It rocks!

 

*VERY IMPORTANT*

I forgot to mention a key setting! Make sure that you have created five playlists in iTunes labeled "MINI1", "MINI2", "MINI3" and so on and so forth. Here is why.....

The iPod adaptor requires your song files to be arranged into 5 playlists for the adaptor to be able to upload and play the songs thru the stereo system. Each memory preset key in the radio becomes a "Playlist". For example, preset key #1 will be playlist "MINI1" and so on.

It doesn't matter that you have 15,000 songs loaded into the iPod, because if you fail to create the playlists the adaptor simply doesn't know where to look for your song files and therefore it won't play at all.

Try this and let me know.

 

Perhaps a dumb question (I'm still waiting for our Mini). If I wanted to shuffle the songs, how would that work with creating playlists? Put all the songs I want to shuffle in one list, and something token in the other four?

 

Nope. Preset memory key #6 in your radio is intended for the purpose of automatically shuffling songs among all other 5 playlists.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks C4!

 

Yes. Full function. Passenger can watch a video while you listen to it, if you want. However, you have to control the ipod through the ipod itself. Just push the menu buttons a couple of times until the screen comes up and go from there. Promise. It's not just mine, but my husband's too. Spread the word - no more being stuck to the MINI playlists!

 

Interesting workaround. Which buttons or what sequence you follow to re-enable the iPod screen menus while hooked up to the adaptor?

Since I have a Nano, no video functionality for me but I would be interested in finding out how you did it.

 

Oh and another question.... Can you still control the iPod from the steering wheel buttons even if you are out of external control mode? (Meaning the "MINI" mode screen?)

 

I was just fiddling around in my car and pushed the "menu" pad on my ipod a couple of times - and my ipod screen came up. My husband says he has to do it right after he plugs it in or turns the car on, but I've never had to. I can skip forwards and go backwards with the steering wheel, but can't change playlists or anything like that. What I've basically done is made a HUGE playlist with all my favorite songs, but sometimes when I like to change genres, I'll just pull it out of my box while I'm at light and change my tunes.

 

Cool. I'll give it a try. Would be interesting to find out if the iPod Nano can do the same (I don't see why it wouldn't).

 

Hope it works. I had a 3G ipod that it didn't work on, but I expect the Nano and Video software is similar... Good luck!

 

Not really, button #6 give you the whole iPod library, not just the songs in the other 5 playlists, and it is not a random Shuffle, unless you press RDM on the HU.

Steve