Audi and newer ipods

March 3, 2008 9:16 PM

Will a 2007 Audi A3 2.0T ipod connector work with the current generation ipods?

The car has the fixed slot (not loose wire) to place the ipod in the glovebox, and has been working fine with my now dead 5.5 G ipod. But I know the apple bastards changed something in the connectors that rendered all the older ipod jacks incompatible with the newer ipods (a la the touch, classic, fat nano), correct? I don't have access to any here to test it out. Does this apply to the Audi connector as well? If so, is this an easy swap at the dealership, or do I have to stick with older ipods? Unfortunately, no aux in on the factory head unit. Did a lot of searching but can't find anything that mentions this specific issue. Thanks.

posted by lovejones to technology (2 comments total)

The connector is the same, and audio output over it should still be OK. What Apple changed with the latest generation of iPods is video output, which now requires official Apple adapters. Probably some lame DRM thing.
posted by zsazsa at 9:30 PM on March 3

It probably will NOT work with the touch of iphone. All the ipod compatible car stereos I've seen so far rely on disc-mode to get access to the files, and the touch and iphone don't support that. It's very annoying.
posted by nomisxid at 10:54 AM on March 4