its the updated ipod and yes it plys audio fine ,if i get the apple cable it goes in the headphone jack right? would i leave the d3 ipod cable plugged in as well? and last one - i have read on the threads some were having problems with the ipod controls on the d3 with the old version,if i redo my ipod to the old firmware is this going to cause a problem with the controls on the d3?