If it had Blue & Me fitted then there is a USB port in the glovebox. Otherwise it's CDs.
If you have B&M then you have to convert all AAC tracks to something Windows Mobile recognises (eg. MP3) and reformat your iPod to work with a PC and not a Mac.
Pardon my ignorance, but what's Blue & Me? I've just got a 159 and noticed it has a Windows Mobile socket in the glove box - it looks like USB. Can I plug my ipod into that and it should work? I'm pretty sure everything on my ipod is mp3 format...
If it has no blue and me there is a shelf in the glove box for an ipod with a small removable panel that allows you to easily fit a dension or alfa branded ipod lead if you remove the stereo and feed the wire through FYI the lead branded for the GT and 156/147 fits and works fine. It plugs into the blue plug on the back of the headunit.
I'll have to check on that when I collect it in the morning, not sure if it has blue&me, sounds like a bit of a faff though - but I guess nothing is ever simple with Alfa's, but then again would we want it to be? Probably not!!
I had my Dension playing in Ipod mode on the 156, this meant you selected tracks on the Ipod but steering wheel controls worked, can you do that on the 159. You accessed Ipod mode by selecting CD2 when starting I think!
Okay, it plays but it seems to take control over my iPod and I can't access its controls, and it just plays entirely random tracks! Can I control it from the stalks? I'm not helped by the fact I live in Belgium so all the controls are in French and I barely speak a word of the language!
Having read the various threads on this subject I decided to take the plunge and get the ipod kit for my 59 plate Brera. Managed to find the ipod interface (part 50903120) on eBay and followed CJs excellent step-by-step fitting instructions. All seemed to go well, got the little Alfa logo on the ipod, reference to playlists etc, but, the display on the stereo unit won't show up as 'Changer' as it apparently should, instead it just has 'Aux' and no sound?
Is my head unit not compatible with this kit (later car?) or have I got some other kind of problem?
Having read the various threads on this subject I decided to take the plunge and get the ipod kit for my 59 plate Brera. Managed to find the ipod interface (part 50903120) on eBay and followed CJs excellent step-by-step fitting instructions. All seemed to go well, got the little Alfa logo on the ipod, reference to playlists etc, but, the display on the stereo unit won't show up as 'Changer' as it apparently should, instead it just has 'Aux' and no sound?
Is my head unit not compatible with this kit (later car?) or have I got some other kind of problem?
It can sometimes be fickle, plug the ipod in with the engine off and restart to see if it recognises it (it does this with changers too)
Its possible I suppose that as I done my guide nearly 4 years ago that the firmware has changed - and the part number I used was actually for a 147 - as Alfa hadnt listed one for a 159 (mine is actually in the 147 now - and just as fickle! - as I have B&M on my present 159)
I would plug it in tonight and see if it works in the morning, from memory, you access it through the 'CD' button on the head unit.
In theory (at least) it should work as the specified changer it emulates hasnt changed since launch.
Shouldnt make any odds, if youre around glasgow city centre one lunchtime I can take a look if you want.
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