[laz]

Good afternoon guys n girls,

Sorry if this has been done before. I got my G a couple of weeks ago, 11 plate..
So, am i doing something wrong? I'm literally plugging in the ipod with the ipod lead. No-thing is happeing! Is there some magic button i have to press or something!! i would take it to the dealer to ask..but they're about 60miles away!! also my ipod is a few years old?

Any help would be awesome!!

laz...

 

[irb]

you probably need the ipod adaptor which was built in to later versions.
Blue&Me iPod iPhone Adaptor | Blue And Me Adaptor

 

[laz]

Thanks for the quick reply! but my G is one of the newer ones?!? literally 2 weeks old.

maybe they just missed it out.. bummer...

 

[GhostyDog]

which ipod is it? I have a 5th gen ipod video, I plugged it in to the usb port with a normal apple cable, hit the blue and me button on the steering wheel spoke the command 'folders' and it started enumerating the folders and creating a database of songs.

this is on a Brera but can;t see the system having changed that much??? Have you read the manual?

 

[laz]

er, im not sure what generation it is! tis a video ipod, about 3-4 years old max..

but whats this your saing about hitting the blue and me buton, havent heard that before.. i'll try that. folders you say?!?

 

[GhostyDog]

er, im not sure what generation it is! tis a video ipod, about 3-4 years old max..

but whats this your saing about hitting the blue and me buton, havent heard that before.. i'll try that. folders you say?!?

yes, do you have a manual? its a seperate one for the blue and me

 

[laz]

yeah, i have the manual... but been to bone idol to open it! my bad....

 

[GhostyDog]

yeah, i have the manual... but been to bone idol to open it! my bad....

read it, you wont get anywhere unless you do, honestly, everything you need to know is in there

 

[philbean]

When I plugged mine in it just selected & played it automatically.

Does your USB socket have a 3.5mm AUX socket next to it?
If it doesn't.. it's an old port.

 

[laz]

yeah, it does have the Aux port next to it.. its driving me crazy now!!

 

[Alfred TI]

yeah, it does have the Aux port next to it.. its driving me crazy now!!

Mine is a Jan 2011 ordered / March delivered G and does not have the Aux socket, however my 80gb 4th gen ipod video connects with the standard ipod lead and has worked ok.

Well up until about 4 weeks ago anyway when I started having a problem with the ipod stopping mid song and the radio or CD taking over. The only way i could get it to start again was to stop the car, switch it off then on again. Well it is windows after all :lol:
A quick diagnostics on Sat showed the B&M module has a fault and it is being replaced in the morning.
Apparently they will be fitting the newer B&M module. Not sure if they will retro fit the aux socket though.

 

[Whiskeymac]

Laz, You really do have to read the structions.

You probably have to set your iPod to act as an external disc drive, which you do in iTunes as explained in the book in the iPod section, some way on in the media section.

Once done there is a pause whilst a library is set up.

Read through the paragraphs to learn how to use voice commands after pressing the windows logo button. You can use commands such as artists, albums and genres. I couldn't work out why the command was repeated back to me but nothing was displayed on the radio. Eventually I noticed it comes up on the display seen through the steering wheel, as an alphabetical scroll through, scrolled via the steering wheel buttons. The only command that won't work is playlists, as iTunes playlists are incompatible with Windows based B&M.

If the same track keeps repeating there is a remedy command, something like track loop off (check that), and if tracks are played sequentially,
the shuffle command will give you random playback.

Hope you've found all this out by now but thought I'd input it for any new readers with a start-up problem.