iPod works but wont charge or turn off with ignition

[mjw]

When I plug my iPod into the glove box connector, it shows up just fine and I can control everything through the stereo but it won't charge and won't turn off when I turn the car off. So I basically burn through the iPod's battery and then have to take it in the house to recharge it. I also have to open the glove box and turn the iPod off everytime I get out of the car or else it stays on and drains the battery.

When I connect an older iPod that I have it works perfectly, charges and turns off when I turn off the car like it should. It must be an issue with the iPod that I have. It is the last generation of iPod Nano (not the most recent one that just came out in August '09 or so).

Any ideas? Will updating the stereo software fix this? Or is there a patch for the iPod that fixes this issue?

Thanks!

[OhareFred]

When I plug my iPod into the glove box connector, it shows up just fine and I can control everything through the stereo but it won't charge and won't turn off when I turn the car off. So I basically burn through the iPod's battery and then have to take it in the house to recharge it. I also have to open the glove box and turn the iPod off everytime I get out of the car or else it stays on and drains the battery.

When I connect an older iPod that I have it works perfectly, charges and turns off when I turn off the car like it should. It must be an issue with the iPod that I have. It is the last generation of iPod Nano (not the most recent one that just came out in August '09 or so).

Any ideas? Will updating the stereo software fix this? Or is there a patch for the iPod that fixes this issue?

Thanks!

I've had problems with my new IPOd as well. It seems to be an IPOD issue, as mine will not work with chargers that I had for an older version. They must expect you to by everything new!

On a side note, what stereo do you have and what cable # are you using?

[rozwell911]

When I plug my iPod into the glove box connector, it shows up just fine and I can control everything through the stereo but it won't charge and won't turn off when I turn the car off. So I basically burn through the iPod's battery and then have to take it in the house to recharge it. I also have to open the glove box and turn the iPod off everytime I get out of the car or else it stays on and drains the battery.

When I connect an older iPod that I have it works perfectly, charges and turns off when I turn off the car like it should. It must be an issue with the iPod that I have. It is the last generation of iPod Nano (not the most recent one that just came out in August '09 or so).

Any ideas? Will updating the stereo software fix this? Or is there a patch for the iPod that fixes this issue?

Thanks!

Shutting off the raido/car is not going to shut off your iPod / iphone. Even the BMW's and Mini Coopers here at my dealership don't do that with the factory installed iPod adapter. they are not designed to.

Becasue people use a lot of apps, and in some cases their phone, while they are driving, they are not designed to shut it off. Imagin an iPhone customer plugging their phone in to listen to music, and then they shut off the car and it shuts their phone off...thats irratating.

Or think about a customer using a navigation software on their iphone or ipod touch, and you have to restart the device everytime you shut the car off at a pit stop.....it would get really annoying after a while.

I guess, since i deal with these types of devices every day, i can see the logic behind both arguments, but in the long run, for the majority of users, it would be a greater inconvience for the device to auto shut-off then to manually turn it off yourself.

Also, the reason it will not charge is the age of the ipod. the older ipods are only capaible with a particular voltage, so you need that voltage carble/charger. BMW and Mini make due with software updates to the Ipod system control unit, so it can manually compisate for the difference in voltage between different ipods.

Apparently Chrylser does not do that or you would not have a problem.

One thing i can say is that not evem BMW/MINI support generation 1 ipods, and some gen 2 ipods are not compatable either.

[larryl]

Shutting off the raido/car is not going to shut off your iPod / iphone. Even the BMW's and Mini Coopers here at my dealership don't do that with the factory installed iPod adapter. they are not designed to.

Becasue people use a lot of apps, and in some cases their phone, while they are driving, they are not designed to shut it off. Imagin an iPhone customer plugging their phone in to listen to music, and then they shut off the car and it shuts their phone off...thats irratating.

Or think about a customer using a navigation software on their iphone or ipod touch, and you have to restart the device everytime you shut the car off at a pit stop.....it would get really annoying after a while.

I guess, since i deal with these types of devices every day, i can see the logic behind both arguments, but in the long run, for the majority of users, it would be a greater inconvience for the device to auto shut-off then to manually turn it off yourself.

Also, the reason it will not charge is the age of the ipod. the older ipods are only capaible with a particular voltage, so you need that voltage carble/charger. BMW and Mini make due with software updates to the Ipod system control unit, so it can manually compisate for the difference in voltage between different ipods.

Apparently Chrylser does not do that or you would not have a problem.

One thing i can say is that not evem BMW/MINI support generation 1 ipods, and some gen 2 ipods are not compatable either.

[larryl]

My Ipod(5th gen 80gb) never needs charging & its hooked up to the Uconnect in the glove box-it has been in there for weeks at a time & never goes dead & I play it constantly occasionally I get a Ucom error but it resets by pushing another function button then returning to AUX

[Remline]

When I plug my iPod into the glove box connector, it shows up just fine and I can control everything through the stereo but it won't charge and won't turn off when I turn the car off. So I basically burn through the iPod's battery and then have to take it in the house to recharge it. I also have to open the glove box and turn the iPod off everytime I get out of the car or else it stays on and drains the battery.

When I connect an older iPod that I have it works perfectly, charges and turns off when I turn off the car like it should. It must be an issue with the iPod that I have. It is the last generation of iPod Nano (not the most recent one that just came out in August '09 or so).

Any ideas? Will updating the stereo software fix this? Or is there a patch for the iPod that fixes this issue?

Thanks!

not sure about the Nano put the Touch and iphone do not have the firewire charge circuit anymore. So it has to be charged on the USB circuit. I solved the problem by getting this:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/...o-usb-converter

It does not turn off the phone but it does charge it.