Hey guys can someone help me? I recently bought a $50 ipod cable from Apple after hearing that my Japanese ipod cable might be faulty. Every time i go to play video from my ipod, the F900 plays a second of it and shuts the ipod connection off like it doesn't recognize it. my ipod is a new 160GB classic. So said screw it and stopped trying to play video. Now when i leave my ipod in my car and start the car the only recognizes the iPod 1 out of a 100 times. If i unplug the ipod and plug it back in, it'll play then stop like it doesnt recognize it. I am running the version right before V3.0 its like 2.1101 or something. Help me if you can.....Thanks

help please someone....

Why don't you try the FX3.1 upgrade. If your firmware is corrupt, this may fix it.

where could i get this and is there a professional that can install it? I dont wanna end up like the many with an expensive brick in their dash

Try resetting the ipod. Hold play and menu until it restarts.

there's nothing wrong with the ipod.

I understand that, but I've seen it resolve this issue before.

there's nothing wrong with the ipod.

at least not that you can see by normal use (which is only part of a fully working system) you clearly do have a problem, and the first steps should be the most easiest things to do, resetting the ipod is by far the most easiest thing that you can do, and should be the first thing done when trying to figure out a problem like this.

i concur with Jason, i have seen this fix many many ipod problems where there was "nothing wrong" with the Ipod, but resetting it fixed the problems

Try resetting the ipod. Hold play and menu until it restarts.

I have done this before with my iphone when it couldnt connect to the Avic. I would reset it and then, all is fine, it would connect instantly. It wouldn't hurt to try it

i reset my ipod...but the problem still continued. Now When i get the ipod to work i leave it on map before i turn the car off. When i turn the car on it goes to map and the ipod works. However, if i try to play video on it the same thing happens - it plays a second of the video then shuts off.

anyone else have this issue...

Do a complete restore on your iPod an re-sync your content.

Do a complete restore on your iPod an re-sync your content.

Complete restore? Like on iTunes? And what am i re-syncing again?

Complete restore? Like on iTunes?

Yes.

And what am i re-syncing again?

Your content.

Yes.

 

 

 

Your content.

Another option: Try a friends IPOD that is the same model. If it reproduces then you know it's the Avic. If not it's the IPOD.

Another option: Try a friends IPOD that is the same model. If it reproduces then you know it's the Avic. If not it's the IPOD.

if the problem has to do with a ipod firmware version that is not compatible, then both ipods could exhibit the same symptoms. the chances of this are pretty minimal but it could happen, i have seen a few ipods that have had problem get cleared up by either up dating or back dating the firmware

thanks guys ill try that...

the resetting trick lasted two weeks now when i reset it, it play for a second and turns off..., imma try a friends ipod now.

I'm having a similiar issue. My ipod is the generation before adict's. I can play the first video on my video playlist. but no video's after that. everything else works fine.

i updated my ipod and tried my sisters 60gb with old firmware, same thing happens. where should i take it to get fixed?

where should i take it to get fixed?

ship it to Pioneer

I am having the same issue and unfortunately I am not sure there is a fix for it. I have the same 160GB ipod. I can't remember where I heard this but that ipod requires a little more power. I took 3 other ipods (80gb, iphone and nano)and none of them had any issues. And the ipod I have works great when connecting to anything else. It just has issues with the Pioneer unit.

I can also tell you that I also bought an Apple cable to replace the cable that came with the unit. And it was actually worse for me. I know a lot of people here say it works better but I can tell you that wasn't the case for me. I wound up putting in the original cable. Since then I have just been using my iphone and I haven't had any issues with the disconnecting. I did have the unit replaced only for it to happen again.

I know this is probably not what you wanted to hear. The biggest problem I had with getting service on this was because other ipods works fine on the unit. So the answer I usually got was "It is the ipod".

Good luck,

Dave

when i use my sisters iphone4 it worked like a dream, so i hit up pioneer and they sent me new software, so ill see how that works. But dave, your situation sounds like exactly what happened to me.

update: installed the new firmware that pioneer sent me, no success. Ipod still does the same thing.

does anyone think going to Firmware 3.0 will help this problem?

i dont think it will

1loudls, which ipod are you using?