iPod battery charging mode
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Control your iPod...
Use your radio or iPod to navigate through playlists, albums and songs and access the simple to use ipod interface. The Connects 2 iPod car cradle interprets the radio controls from your vehicle to the iPod to emulate a fully loaded CD changer with advanced features.
Text Display...
Read the song title and artist information right from your radio. The same information is also displayed on the iPod, so if your radio doesn't support text display, you can always look at the iPod.
Simple interface...
The Connects 2 iPod car cradle menu is the main part of the user interface. Features to enhance your listening experience include different play modes such as scan, repeat and shuffle. The menu also lets you enter the playlist browser, where you can access all of your iPod's playlists. The Connects 2 iPod car cradle gives your iPod two modes of operation.
1. iPod Direct Access Mode - The iPod will play/pause when you enter/exit CD changer mode on your radio. In addition, the iPod responds to FF/RW from your head unit keys and steering wheel controls (where fitted)
2. iPod Playlist Mode - Your iPod maps the first five playlists stored on the iPod to CDs 1-5 on your head unit keys. Although the iPod keypad is disabled in this mode, the iPod display (and CD Text/dashboard displays in some applications) will show ID3 data of the currently playing song. Advanced content features including Random, Repeat, Scan and AlbumPlay are also available. CD6 accesses the Connect 2 menu that lets you browse all of the playlists on your iPod using your head unit FF/RW keys. The menu also provides configuration options for advanced features of the interface.
(N.B. the original 1G/2G iPods that don't have the bottom-mounted dock connector do not support Ice Link Plus playlist mode or the menu)
Connects 2 iPod car cradle features upgradeable firmware. As future features are released by Connects 2, you can simply download the necessary upgrade files to your iPod and upgrade your iPod car cradle.
Mounting the Active Cradle:
If you have selected an option that includes the Active Cradle as opposed to the Dock Cable then you will need a mounting Bracket to position the cradle on your dash providing easy access of your iPod.
