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Puddle Jumper
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Natick, MA | Hi everyone, I am new here and was not able to find a clean answer to this question elsewhere by searching so figured I would ask.... 
I have an older iPod Classic 80gb. I just became the proud papa of a 2011 Vision Blk/Slv with the Victory iPod cable. The cable seems to work fine when I plug my iPhone4 into it, but when I plug in my iPod the display on the bike shows the song information, but never starts to play. I have tried fiddling with the menus, playlists, etc and rebooting and/or reconnecting the iPod, but nothing seems to change it. I have also tried plugging my iPod into other devices and it works fine.
Are there some sort of limitations to which model iPod will work with the Victory cable?
BTW, hello to anyone who may have purchased a Vision from MOM's South this summer as it may have been from me!! |
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Orlando | You can not use the OLD iPods. It will not work with the vision radio. I beleive that it will also create problems with the iPod. iPhone works GREAT! |
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san antonio, tx | Can you take your Ipod to the dealer and plug it in to another bike to see if it works?
Also, I've heard that some people have had similar problems that were solved with a burst of compressed air in to the plug and socket. There might be a bit of pocket lint in there. |
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Oklahoma City | You can use the older Ipods, but you will destroy it. They utilize hard drives instead of flash memory which will be damaged from the vibrations caused by riding. Get a Nano or touch, heck even the Iphone will work, and use that instead. |
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| mlockman - 2011-10-05 7:45 AM
You can use the older Ipods, but you will destroy it. They utilize hard drives instead of flash memory which will be damaged from the vibrations caused by riding. Get a Nano or touch, heck even the Iphone will work, and use that instead.
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | .
Edited by MaddMAx2u 2011-10-05 9:46 AM
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | Dan, sounds like it's time for an ipod upgrade. Something in this millenium perhaps.
Or better yet, can the ipod and just use your iphone.
Edited by MaddMAx2u 2011-10-05 9:46 AM
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Chino Valley, AZ | I have been using my iPod Classic 160GB for over three years on my motorcycles with nary a hitch. |
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Chino Valley, AZ | Dan, I have been using an iPod 160GB for over three years and have ha no problems. I don't use the Victory cable though, I have a FM adapter cable that I have been using for about 6 years now on different motorcycles and in my truck. |
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Visionary
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San Antonio, TX | RustyNails - 2011-10-05 9:56 AM
I have been using my iPod Classic 160GB for over three years on my motorcycles with nary a hitch.
Where do you keep the iPod classic when riding?
RT |
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Puddle Jumper
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Natick, MA | Ha, I certainly agree with moving into the new millenium, but having just bought the Vision I do not have the extra cash to also buy a new iPod. Guess I will just use my iPhone in the bike and save my iPhone for my car.... BTW, I used the iPod in the XCT I used as a demo bike all summer, so not sure why the Vision would be any different. The drive is not effected by the shock and vibration, I used it while running for years with no problems and have used it many cars, most of which vibrated more and had much stiffer suspension than my vision. |
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Visionary
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San Antonio, TX | DanPorges,
Putting a iPod Classic with its magnetic Hard Drive in the glove box right above the spark plug wires (and the magnetic fields they create) is the main reason that the Vision locks up and/or kills Classic iPod's. This is the theory that I have about the troubled operation they have on the Vision. The vibration of the V-twin is also an issue and causes "Head Crashes" of the the read/write heads removing media from the hard drive.
Do not buy a new one. Do what I and a few others have....go to a pawn shop and buy an older iPod Nano to leave in the Vision. You can get them as cheap as $30 but $40 to $50 is more on par with prices in my area. If the first pawn shop wont come down on the price....go to the next until you find a good deal. This price should include a cable and a charger!
Take your own head phones to test them with.....who knows where the headphones at the Pawn Shop have been!
I have been using the same two Gen 3 Nano's for three years.
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Cedar, Michigan | hdfed - 2011-10-05 8:26 AM
You can not use the OLD iPods.? It will not work with the vision radio.?I beleive that it will also create problems with the iPod. iPhone works GREAT!?
Not true at all. I have the same set up and it works, I had to get a 30 pin charging adapter to make it charge, once I did that it works without a flaw. |
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San Antonio, TX | I use the charging adapter on a Gen 3 iPod on my 2008 Vision even though the iPod Nano will charge just fine without the adapter.
The adapter has a voltage regulator in it so the iPod does not depend on the voltage regulation from the Vision.
Ride Safe
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Chino Valley, AZ | I put a cigarette lighter adapter in the trunk, the only thing is you do not have immediate control of your iPod.. I just select the playlist I want to hear, jump on my bike and ride |
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Chino Valley, AZ | I have been using the same 160GB Classic for three years now and have had absolutely no problem.
Edited by RustyNails 2011-10-05 7:59 PM
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San Antonio, TX | Rusty,
Is your iPod Classic in the trunk? Or is it in the front glove box?
That might prove my theory about the spark plug wires messing up the iPod and not the engine/road vibration. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Edmonton, AB Canada | One thing to keep in mind when using an iPhone, is that you only get about 400 charges on the battery and then you need to have the battery replaced or the phone replaced. Every time you plug it in the phone sees this as a charge cycle even if you only have it plugged in for a short while. My old iPod touch only holds a charge for about 30 minutes, but in the bike it works just fine.
Do what others have suggested above, get a used iPod for cheap and leave it in the bike and don't worry about it.
On another note, my newer iPod touch with bluetooth works great with my Sena bluetooth headset and the controls on the bike let you control the playlists and tracks. The volume is controlled by the headset.
I know, I have way to many iPods for one person. 5 and counting. |
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Chino Valley, AZ | It's in the trunk. |
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| RustyNails - 2011-10-05 10:02 AM Dan, I have been using an iPod 160GB for over three years and have ha no problems. I don't use the Victory cable though, I have a FM adapter cable that I have been using for about 6 years now on different motorcycles and in my truck. Whats a FM adapter cable????? Why not put a peace of aluminum foil on the bottom of the glove box and then no spark plug interference possible
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San Antonio, TX | john frey - 2011-10-06 2:15 PM
Why not put a peace of aluminum foil on the bottom of the glove box and then no spark plug interference possible?
I do not think that would completely block the magnetic fields from the wires below.
The best thing to do, as suggested above, is to buy a cheap iPod Nano for the Vision.
Rock on and Ride Safe! |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | i put aluminum foil all over the bike to keep the police radar at bay. seems to work, I haven't even been pulled despite the number of opportunities I give them...
Okay, now to stay on topic, my iPod Touche crashed and was unusable on the Vision for the past two years. I finally broke down and got a 3G nano from a pawn shop for $39.95, great deal and I'm bakin' the tunes while tooling again...
Edited by varyder 2011-10-06 7:02 PM
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2011 Vision Does Not Like my iPod Classic