Ipod

Not even Apple can answer this one !!

 

Enough

That's it , totally fed up with this rubbish Peugeot rd5 radio. I purchased a new iPod classic because the original classic was not compatible , The bloody thing plays now but only artist beginning with the letter A . I have been through the radio menu and tried everything even the on the go menu . nothing seems to work. Car going back to the garage tomorrow they can have it back . to say I'm p****d off is an understatement .

 

Solution

You have to make your iTunes library in to a file then scroll to file in the radio menu. Got that sorted but now a few tracks in to playing the sound decides to start sounding like a electrical machine gun through the speakers . Is there no end to this saga?

 

Crock of

What a crap system , I had to buy a 30 pin ipod lead that splits in to a usb / aux connection. The ipod now works but has to be controlled from the ipod and not the stalk controls . I knew I should of stuck with the golf .

 

What a crap system , I had to buy a 30 pin ipod lead that splits in to a usb / aux connection. The ipod now works but has to be controlled from the ipod and not the stalk controls . I knew I should of stuck with the golf .

What's most crappy? Apple (iPod, iPhone...) normally works quite well when it's connectet to other equipment but not always when you try to connect to other, non Apple, stuff.

Peugeot, on the other side, is good if you connect equipment selected by PSA (or other French standards).

---/PTA

 

First of all, I'm fairly heavily anti-apple and have been since pretty much forever so maybe take that into account when weighting the following - having said that, I'm very "techy" to use a generic phrase so generally know what I'm talking about.

Apple has a long history of trying to (forcing) owners of it's products to allow Apple to continue to control how you use products after purchase. They use a huge number of completely proprietory parts so repairs are difficult/expensive and usually also proprietory connectors (which they'll happily licence for huge sums). Not so sure about recently but in the past Apple have frankly not given a crap about it's products being in any way compatible with anything they don't sell or get a licence fee from, so USB support has always been pants. If you buy a USB MP3 player from pretty much ANYONE else, you'll usually see a huge improvement in compatibility with in car systems, desktop, laptop, Linux, Windows, even Apple products because they don't try to overcomplicate things.

They then spend a fortune on marketing so people think it's the best, must have but in reality, Research and Development makes up less than 2% of it's costs - which is frankly ridiculous for a technology company. On average tech companies put just under 10% into R&D.

If you're heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem (ipod, iphone, imac, ibook ipad etc) then, and only then, is any of the stuff they produce really worth considering - otherwise, you can pretty much guarantee that you can get much better gear for the money, or save a good chunk for equivalent stuff.

 

It's not much help but I've a 62 plate active and the radio on that plays from my iphone via usb and bluetooth with no problem. Only thing is it doesn't recognize is playlists or albums but does list all Artists.
Not the best and I agree with the above comment about apples attitude towards non apple compatibility.
I was told by the dealer when he knew I used an iphone was it might stream music via bluetooth and it might not and to just use a memory stick and leave it plugged in to the usb socket.

 

So red imp thinks Peugeots are a pile of crap simply because the ipod isn't fully compatible with the OEM sound system in the crappy car. I'm sorry but that is no reason to slate the car. You need to get your priorities in order. What is important with any car is that it is (to name a few and in no particular order

• Safe
• Reliable
• Comfortable
• Relatively economical
• Easy to drive

Most Ipod docks list various models that are compatible and very few will work with all versions of ipod and those that are compatible not all generations of that ipod are compatible. I bought a dock for my wife which would work fully with 1st gen ipod touch but wouldn't charge my 3rd gen touch. The fault is not with the maker of the dock, it is with Apple for changing the way charging voltage and / or the connector configuration. They even changed the size of the sim card on the iphone 4 and on the iphone 5 they changed the connector. If you have any gripe, it is with the quality of the information you were given - not with the radio system or the car!

 

I got a connects2 box for my Xline, my ipod worked fine with it.
I didnt bother putting it in my new 407 as it has a hard drive.
Besides, I hate itunes so ive not even got it on my pc anymore.

 

I detest iTunes so paid for some software called Copytrans suite. Does everything that iTunes does but much better plus it does things that iTunes doesn't like allowing you to copy from the ipod to a folder on the computer. Great for when your hard drive dies and you don't have a backup of your music.

 

Maybe the upcoming iPhone 6 will connect! (not!).