I have the 140 BH and started having issues with my IPOD, that I leave connected in the glovebox 24/7. In the past it would always keep the IPOD charged and it would start playing my music off the IPOD shortly after starting the truck, which is a 2000 F350. Lately if the truck sits for a couple days the IPOD is dead when I start the truck. It takes around ten minutes for it to get enough charge in it to work through the headunit. If I turn the truck off the battery symbol changes from charging to just running off the battery about 5 to 10 sec after shutting the truck off. Can someone please verify if this is how yours works, or does yours stay in the charging mode when truck is turned off? I would sure appreciate it. I have also noticed that the stereo shop I used ordered a cheap China made cable and not the genuine IPOD cable that I wanted them to use. If something is wrong, I hope it is a bad cable and not the headunit itself.

Thanks

NCH

My ipod always stays charged and plays less than 30 seconds after starting the car. When the car shuts off and the avic turns off, the ipod stays on for a couple minutes until it goes into auto shutdown. It did take several minutes to get enough charge to power up when I went a couple weeks without using it.

Thanks for the info. So it sounds like the IPOD doesn't stay in charge mode when the vehicle is turned off. It simply goes into a hibernation mode, but even in this mode a small amount of power must be drawn, and after several days of not starting the vehicle it will in fact drain down to the point that it takes some time to gain enough of a charge in order to play the music? I haven't been driving the truck nearly as often as I use to, Sometimes it will sit for 2 weeks or longer before it is started. If I am understanding you correctly then it sounds like it is working properly. Can someone please do me a quick favor? Plug the IPOD into the head unit and shut the vehicle off. Watch the battery icon at the top right on the screen, Does the charging symbol change on it about 10 to 15 sec after shutting the vehicle off. If it does than I am sure my head unit doesn't need to be sent in. Thanks again for all your help.

NCHornet 

anyone???