z1 and iphone issue - can't play music

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by **RunyonAve** on Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:24 pm

I have a z1 upgraded to z3 and a first gen iphone. i never had a problem connecting the phone and playing music. After the most recent update to the iphone software (3.0 i guess) i've found that the headunit won't recognize the phone as an ipod anymore thus not allowing me to play music. I still get the "airplane mode" error on the phone though, so obv its not a problem in the connection. I've done searches and havn't come across anything explaining this. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Please and thank you.

by **RunyonAve** on Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:35 pm

Just to update my own problem:

I received a 3G iphone from a friend. After upgrading to this phone, everything works as it did before. Not sure why i had 2 different first gen iphones stop working, but everything appears fine with the 3G and beyond.

by **1vmo** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:35 pm

I had the same problem with my 3GS. If you are using a third party cable this is most likely your problem. I took my phone to the apple store and discribed the problem, they said that the new software is not recognizing the cable. I bought an apple composite cable and adapted a car cig ligther power source. Problem sloved! Now I can play music and watch my music/other videos. Looks like apple is trying to keep sales of their products high. Hope this helps.