Thread: iPod Control with Factory Nav Radio is Here!
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 12:29 PM
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Default Re: iPod Control with Factory Nav Radio is Here!
Push the blue releases on the sides of the radio to remove the tools...then the radio just snaps into place. Too easy!

Picture of the finished install.

When you connect an audio sound via the 3.5mm input...the radio displays an AUX-IN message...and you get whatever sound is coming out of your audio source (mp3 player).

From previous posts...you know that when you use the iPod interface cable you need to have already set up 6-10 playlists (depending on your version of iControl) named CD1 through CD10 with up to 99 songs per playlist. The iControl tricks the radio head unit into thinking that these are CD's from the external CD changer. If you select CD6, you have direct control of what plays through the iPod/iPhone (which I like best) and you see the message below.

The only suggestions I would have for future software updates (because of the way I find myself using the interface) would be to have CD1 as the iPod direct location. Since I use this function the most...and the system defaults to CD1 when engaging the "CD Changer"...it would make things easier for me.

I decided to give myself a total wireless option too! I purchased a Bluetooth receiver with a female 30 pin iPod connector off eBay.

I simply connect this Bluetooth device to the iControl iPod interface cable...allow my iPhone to connect wirelessly to this device...and BAM...all audio from my iPhone flows through the stock radio! I may move the iPod cable into the glove box...but for now I just have the extra cable tucked under the right side of the center console. That way I can just pull the cable back out if I want to use the cable directly (for charging the iPhone).

In this Bluetooth configuration...it doesn't seem to matter what CD I select from the radio menu...it only displays CD1 Tk 1...but plays fine...even when the phone is in my pocket! The only negative thing I will say about the Bluetooth configuration is that the audio quality is a little less...due to frequency compression. Most people may not notice or care...but that is the price you pay for the extra convenience of wireless.

Like I said before...everyone with a NAV radio (and some sort of mp3 player) should definitely have one of Rudy's iControl adapters! Works great and is super easy to install...doesn't get any better than that!
 
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