interestingly enough, it works now. I have no idea what I did, i just left in plugged in to my computer for about an hour, plugged it into my car on the way to work...and it is functional!!! before that I turned AV1 OFF and AV2 to video, then took the keys out. Started up the HU again and switched AV1 to iPod and AV2 to OFF and restarted to HU. Basically randomly turning things on and off. thought i'd share my happy moment of the day.