iPod - When I start car sometimes it picks up where it left off, other times no.

[fleiscd]

I'll be listening to my iPod connected via the cable that came with my EX in the center console. I turn off my car with it on, leaving it plugged in in the center console. When I come back to my car and start it "sometimes" the iPod will automatically start up and continue playing from where it was when I turned off the car. Other times, I'll have to push the "Disc/Aux" button below the Nav Screen for the iPod to start.

Not a big deal, just wondering if anybody else has seen this and knows what I need to do to just make my iPod start when I start the car.

Thanks in advance, Dan.

[yellowbear]

Could be this simple - If you leave the audio on when you shut the car off, the display will start in the same audio mode when the ignition is turned on again. I could not figure out why when I started my car the "no disc" icon came up. Seems I left the audio on and after I shut I turned the audio off the car came up with the map display. You can turn the audio off with the volume button or via voice command.

Try turning the audio off if you are using the ipod before shutting the ignition

[Mark Booth]

There is a bug in Infiniti's iPod interface that doesn't allow the iPod to go to sleep when you turn the car off. Then, if the car sits unused for a couple of days, the iPod's internal battery slowly drains to the point that it needs a recharge. If that happens, when you next start the car, the iPod "forgets" your last selection because it can't retain those settings with a dead battery.

This is VERY annoying with podcasts and audio books. As long as an iPod's battery is even partially charged, it will remember your playing points for dozens of different podcasts and books. You can switch among them and start up where you left off whenever you want. But the minute the iPod's battery goes dead, those settings are lost.

You can all test this for yourselves.... Use your iPod connected to your EX35 normally, shut off the car and leave it alone for 10 minutes, and then come back and open the console and look at your iPod's screen. You'll see that it is still on. Not playing, but still on. I won't go to sleep, even in pause (as it should), as long as it is connected to the Infiniti.

Mark