Nic Barnes
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bought a pioneer radio today. mp3 ipod control and all that stuff. was 150 odd quid. plugs into car no problems everything works, everything is great. except.....it cant read my ipod. comes up as n/a usb. bollocks. tried mates ipod, his wifes ipod, another mates iphone, putting music onto usb stick all works perfectly. it just cant pick up my ipod for some reason. ive re-formatted it to pc one as i use a mac thinking that might help. nope. restored it and updated it again, nope. it still works as an ipod, plug it into anything else and comes up as my ipod. just not the radio.
what the hell is going on? its an ipod photo 30gig one. i mean its maybe 3-4 years old. is it just too old for modern technology?
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willay
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can you update the firmware of the ipod via itunes? might be that.
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willay
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or alternatively, check the spec of the radio to see if its compatible with the firmware on your ipod...
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Corsa_Scotty
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You not got it sorted yet 
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
can you update the firmware of the ipod via itunes? might be that.
updated it to 1.21 or something it said on itunes. tried it again. comes up as usb n/a again. annoying as hell. i mean atleast i can chuch some music on a usb pen and it works fine.
there arent instructions for the headunit as such. they are on a cd though will dig it out and find out.
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ShEp
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tbh
get one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-8GB-MP3-MP4-Player-WMA-FM-Radio-Video-Free-Gift_W0QQitemZ170301583635QQihZ007QQcategoryZ73839QQcmdZViewItem
I bought one, I was dubious, but it's an excellent bit of kit, works fine with all apple accessories and cd players.
and delivery took 6 days,
For the price I couldn;'t not buy it
I've just negotiated buying 20 off him for a cheaper price 
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Nic Barnes
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im happy enough using a usb pen for now really as i can still scan through folders and stuff which i couldnt do on my old headunit. had to actually play each artists which was annoying.
but im determind to make it work somehow
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ShEp
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cut wires and shit
it'll work eventully
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Nic Barnes
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well ive updated it again and been and tried it no luck. has to be the ipod as everyone esles ipods work in it.
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Nic Barnes
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would i be wrong knowing fine well it works with anything other than my ipod to take it back? i mean i need a new radio anyway as the std tape player just doesnt cut it.
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Bram
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Surely you can get all of your Phil Collins songs onto your USB stick 
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Nic Barnes
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i can and i will. but id rather have 30gig worth of 80's music than only 4
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antnee
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What model headunit is it?
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Nic Barnes
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deh-p7000ub
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antnee
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Ive done some digging for you and I think your HU is a 'basic' USB reader. As in it can read music from a stick as its filepath is root/music/file, where as an Ipod changes filenames and hides the files within hidden folders of other hidden folders, also your Ipod is unlikely to be already set up as a Flash drive
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Nic Barnes
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it works with all other ipods ive tried with it. just my own ipod it doesnt work with.
i have tried 2 nano's
1 60gig old style
1 30 gig same as mine old style
1 ipod touch
1 something else ipod thing
1 iphone
all work perfectly well.
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antnee
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O and if you change your Ipod to a flash drive and have simple file directory then the Ipod interface cant find the files, so you then have a big mem stick
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antnee
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O I thought you meant you had tried the others and they didn't work
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by antnee
O and if you change your Ipod to a flash drive and have simple file directory then the Ipod interface cant find the files, so you then have a big mem stick
ive restored it on itunes on a mates pc thinking it was maybe as it was an apple formatted ipod causing it problems as i use a mac at home. it wasnt. so came home, restored it again and updated it, still doesnt work but works fine as an ipod in anything else like the soap box, the ps3 etc
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Nic Barnes
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16gig usb stick on ebay for 23.99 with free delivery. that should do the job really. i mean it aint as cool as an ipod, but if i cant get mine to work it will be as good for now.
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strange one that nic
its the sort of thing i could cure if i had it infront of me for 30mins
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
strange one that nic
its the sort of thing i could cure if i had it infront of me for 30mins
you reckon you could ivi? im all out of ideas. im blaming the ipod itself as thats all it can be.
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