The iPod is a 30pin cable and my iPhone is a lightning cable. So I dont have extra cables in my car. And occasionally I will download a song while on the go via iPhone and I want to listen to the newly downloaded song. So the only way for this to work I would have to run another cable from the back of the avid head unit to connect my iPhone? I just dont get why you would be able to listen via bluetooth with the iPod connected on an older avid edition but not the new one.