I'm using a thumb drive and I did this and it still doesn't work!! I renamed all songs in an album so that they start with a number as in 01 song, 02 song and the frickin' system sorted them alphabetically ignoring the numbers! This is insane! First of all, what motivates someone to design a system that rearranges files in a folder so they are alphabetical? And secondly, if someone were **** enough to rename them such that an alphanumeric character was first, why ignore it? dave

 

Anybody know which generations/models of ipod will charge through the nine pin connector? The one I got for Christmas does not so I am going to dump it and go with one that does.

 

The thumb drive works well and of course no need for power. I've also learned how to search the files so that the songs in each folder play in the correct order (instead of alphabetically). I'm very pleased. dave

 

WHy not use the old 30 pin Y cable and buy an adaptor for the iPhone 5? Works in my 2009 997.2

 

The very old models that still supported FireWire connectivity like my iPod Photo Color ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Photo ) would charge with just the straight cable.

However, the PCM doesn't put the iPod to sleep and it would run down the charge to empty if the car sat for a few days and the play lists kept starting from the same beginning, so I was constantly hearing the same songs over and over.

I decided to buy a refurb iPod Nano with the old iDoc connector on it this past November (rather than the new lighting connector on all the current iwidgets). Using that very tiny iPod and the split (Y) 9pin+USB to iDoc cable I've had much better success, and I stick with using the iPod Photo in the gym.

 

My dealer told me the 9pin +USB did not charge a 4s...not true based on experience?

 

Not true is right, at least for an -09 C4S. I have the 9pin/USB combo now and it plays the ipod and charges a 4s. I used to have just the 9 pin cable which worked the ipod but didn't charge so the charge function comes through the USB port.

 

Your dealer is wrong.

The 9-pin by itself would charge any iDevice that supports the FireWire 12v charging pin - which is the old stuff. The whole point of adding the USB leg to the new cable was to provide the 5v charging voltage that is the only supported charging method on iDevices made since the 2008 or 2009 time-frame when Apple just dropped the FireWire pin charging support for some reason.

But maybe your dealer (sales guy? service guy? who?) is talking about something else?

 

It was the parts person, who checked with the tech....obviously bad info
Thanks for clarifying...I'll pick one up as its more space conscience than the scoche adapter

 

Pick up the cable yesterday eg 9 pin with USB dongle. Works as advertised charges and plays my iPhone music....thanks for the help!