apro284

Hello i have 08 mustang gt which came with a trip tune for an ipod. i never had an ipod and didnt test it out till i bought one yesterday, i plugged in the ipod( 4g nano) and put the unit into AUX(SAT1) mode the music is playing fine but my i cant control my ipod with my radio unit except for the volume. i can still control the music with my ipod but not with the radio unit. on the display when i plug it in it says "no ipod"??? am i doing something wrong?

apro284

My car came with a trip tune, 2008 GT i recently got a ipod nano and decided to try it out, but sound comes out fine but i cant control my ipod with the radio unit and it doesnt charge. is 4g nano compatible with the trip tune?

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Nuke

If you're plugging the iPod into the AUX jack, there is no 2-way communication between the HU and the iPod. I'm not familiar with how you'd use the HU to access your iPod but I'll guess there's some other equipment that'll dock the iPod which allows it to communicate with the HU.

apro284

sorry for the late reply but my car came with a option called trip tune advance from factory. it has both aux input and ipod connector. and my guess is that my HU arent made for 4th gen ipod nano.

157dB

nanos dont allow trip tunes to manipulate the controls via the radio front panel buttons.
Get a friends IPOD and see if it works correctly....

Murphdog

I don't have the Trip Tunes adapter, I have the iSimple adapter from Best Buy. It works, with my nano 4 gig and my classic 120 gig. Ultimately, I'm not happy with the ipod interface you are forced with on the factory unit's so I'm waiting to pull the trigger on a Pioneer, eventually. Having to scroll through possibly hundreds of album folders to get to the right one is a pain on the Ford head unit.

Etropal

Thanks for that info, Murph. I had been thinking about getting that adapter.

apro284

thanks for the comments i am currently looking around to see if anyone has ipod classic of video. i was just wondering i have a stock 4 speaker audio, if i change the speakers to better quality ones, would i get more clear sounds? or do i need to change out the HU?

Murphdog

I think no matter what adapter you get, they will all perform the same if you are using the Ford head unit. So don't take my suggestion thinking that the iSimple is worse than the other 3rd party adapters. I don't recall how well the Trip Tunes adapter is but I would expect it's pretty much the same.

I would really suggest replacing the Ford head unit with one that supports mp3's, whether you need an adapter for it or not. I had a JVC that was compatible with a cd changer, but they (JVC) also sold a ipod adapter that you could use in that port instead. The browsing on it was much easier than the Ford unit is. There are definately better options.