Hello guys,
I have Versa 2011 SL and it came with a Ipod connection but not usb since I don't have the NAV option. Is there anyway to use Ipod interface with USB? Is there and Ipod to USB adapter of some sort? If there isn't, what is the best way to add USB capability to my vehicle? Are there any options beside grom?
Thank you
Onat
IPOD to USB?
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Eemrek
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Re: IPOD to USB?
Factory HU without getting NAV. No.nounlu wrote:Hello guys,
I have Versa 2011 SL and it came with a Ipod connection but not usb since I don't have the NAV option. Is there anyway to use Ipod interface with USB? Is there and Ipod to USB adapter of some sort? If there isn't, what is the best way to add USB capability to my vehicle? Are there any options beside grom?
Thank you
Onat
You'll have to go aftermarket HU. None of the non-NAV factory HU's for the Versa, AFAIK, support USB. iPod only. USB, I believe, was exclusive to the Bosch NAV OE unit.
Cheers,
Eemrek
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aliciap1214
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Re: IPOD to USB?
And guess what, you're most likely going to have tons of issues with the Nissan cable. We have a 2011 Versa 1.8 SL w/o navigation, and we've had to take it in 3 times to get the interface looked at. So far, nothing has been resolved.
Re: IPOD to USB?
My reply from another thread:
It's not Nissan's fault for any of the issues you are having - it's Apple's. When they update the firmware - it can mess with the way other devices talk to it. As an example, my 4G touch won't even work with a Specktone home speaker system dock we have.
For the Touch - I have found that sometimes it isn't recognized on the first try, but often the second time works. This happens especially after I have done a sync to the PC and the iPod piece of the device hasn't been running. I have also found that if you start playing a song, and then pause, and THEN plug it in - it's seen first time, every time. If I shut the car off, leaving the iPod in the car and then get back in again - it fires up right away because the iPod music playing software piece of the OS has just been running. Same thing if I even remove it, use it for other stuff, and then put it back. As long as the iPod piece that plays audio is active - the Nissan interface finds it right away - the Nissan interface is looking for the actual iPod music playing software service to be running on the device right away, and when it's not, it throws it for a loop.
The reason I think this also - is that my wife has an iPod Classic - which does nothing but play music. It gets seen every time without fail.
Hope that helps explain it. Nothing Nissan does is going to help. The Nissan interface is relatively simple about what it wants. It wants to see an iPod that plays music, and if that piece isn't running, it ditches out. By the way - this is partially Apple's fault - because when an accessory is plugged in that is supposed to access the music player - the OS should fire it up, but it often doesn't.
--*Rob
It's not Nissan's fault for any of the issues you are having - it's Apple's. When they update the firmware - it can mess with the way other devices talk to it. As an example, my 4G touch won't even work with a Specktone home speaker system dock we have.
For the Touch - I have found that sometimes it isn't recognized on the first try, but often the second time works. This happens especially after I have done a sync to the PC and the iPod piece of the device hasn't been running. I have also found that if you start playing a song, and then pause, and THEN plug it in - it's seen first time, every time. If I shut the car off, leaving the iPod in the car and then get back in again - it fires up right away because the iPod music playing software piece of the OS has just been running. Same thing if I even remove it, use it for other stuff, and then put it back. As long as the iPod piece that plays audio is active - the Nissan interface finds it right away - the Nissan interface is looking for the actual iPod music playing software service to be running on the device right away, and when it's not, it throws it for a loop.
The reason I think this also - is that my wife has an iPod Classic - which does nothing but play music. It gets seen every time without fail.
Hope that helps explain it. Nothing Nissan does is going to help. The Nissan interface is relatively simple about what it wants. It wants to see an iPod that plays music, and if that piece isn't running, it ditches out. By the way - this is partially Apple's fault - because when an accessory is plugged in that is supposed to access the music player - the OS should fire it up, but it often doesn't.
--*Rob
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norton3
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Re: IPOD to USB?
as far as the cable problem, I have had my SL a year next month, my ipod nano(5th gen)with the video function, always works great, I bought my son the exact same ipod, once in a while it won't recognize his, and his ipod locks up, have to do the reboot on it, turn it off, plug it back to the car, then it works.I don't think it's a cable problem or mine would do the same.