CAN I CHANGE THE SETTINGS FOR HOW IT DOCKS I WANT TO PLUG INTO MY CAR STEREO USB TO PLAY, BUT UNABLE TO AS IT DOCKS

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Dec 19, 2012 - 25 posts - ‎18 authors I own a Hyundai Sonata 2012 which has a USB port that worked perfectly for listening to music on my iPhone. ... and it SUCKS. i want to be able to charge my phone via USB while I listen to music. .... I even bought an ALPINE stereo head unit and tried that, as they supposedly work with NOKIA phones, but.

Try changing the audio source/input on your car stereo to USB.

try changing the usb mode on your stereo.

The USB in is ment for ipods with the 30 pin connector. To play the shuffly you could use a normal stereo plug. The one with the same end on each side. Its plugged into the headphone jack on your shuffle.

hi, you can store music on a usb memory stick from your computer then plug the memory stick into your stereo then you can play your music thats on the memory on your stereo.

it just means you can copy music from your pc and play it on your stereo via a usb stick so you could copy an album onto a memory stick then plug it into your stereo then you can listen to the album in your car, you can also store dvds onto a usb stick and play them in your car its just a way of getting more info onto your dvd player giving you the chance to play things you have on your pc.
how ever some times you may have problems with certain formats and anything copied means you lose you warranty due to the fact your not using originals.

so you use these at your own risks

Not every car stereo can play every song in a usb.

This deppends on how many songs and how many folders you have in your USB, regardless of the USB's capacity. My car stereo for example, can only play about 50 songs pero folder and i think it tops at 9 folders.

Try to organize your music in folders and change the names of the songs taking every "·$&%/&$/)(=)(( Symbol and non regular character out.

Or better, get your car's manual and it might say how many songs it can play. i think mine cant read over 1.5gb. if it doesnt say, you just have to try and work with it till you get it figured out.

The last thing i try and it might work:
Cut everything out of your USB, format it and then paste everything back this refreshes the USB and sometimes it works.

Sorry about my english.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the iHome frying the Ipod.
Your iHome, has most likely fried the mainboard on your ipod.
to check plug a usb into the ipod and connect to the computer.
if it comes up disconnect the usb and try a headphones in the jack.
if it doesn;t play sound its fried and you will need a new mainboard.
if it does play through the headphone jack, your lucky and keep it off the dock.

I have fixed at least 30 ipods taken out by ihome docks and other docks.
they are terrible for the ipod. Even Apple sells the docks on their website
that shows how much they care about the product.

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The Sansa doesn't play through the USB connector. Plug the stereo into the Sansa's headphone jack instead.

A 712 is not set up to use an Ipod USB dock.  You can buy a dock that will use RCA jacks into an old stereo - Apple sells them, others too.  Then the Ipod sits up and you can look at it.  Or you can buy the 1/8" stereo plug to two RCA plugs that Radio Shack has been selling for 30-40 years, plug one end into your Ipod headphone jack, and run the two RCA plugs into your Aux input.  That costs about $5, and is easy as pie.  An Ipod will play through any old receiver, but the USB docks will not plug into them.