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Old 01-27-2012, 09:49 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Del View Post
Alright this is driving me crazy, before I pull out the radio dash out how can I hook up the iPod harness??
I have the '11 370z touring. It has all except the navigation.
Can someone help me out???
I assume you're trying to get your iPod to actually interface with your head unit; controls, display, charging. If this is the case, then there isn't just a cable you need to plug in. You need to buy an interface. Only the Z's with Nav have iPod connectivity built-in.

DIY: Bose Touring Stereo (NON NAV) iPod Interface Upgrade: iSimple Media Gateway

The iSimple interface is about $100. The model # for a 2011 Z w/Bose-NoNav is "PAC ISNI572". I installed mine in my '11 Touring No-Nav last week following the excellent write-up above. If you've never done anything like this before, it's pretty easy, but take your time and go slow, step-by-step.

Now I just leave an old iPod Classic 80GB in my glovebox connected 24x7, and I always have access to my entire collection. It's a little slow to browse for a particular artist (or heaven forbid, a specific song... Playlists are your friend ), and it may be causing a bit of XM weirdness (2011 Bose+NoNav+iSimple = Shortened XM Titles?) but otherwise it's great. It charges my iPhone 4 and also even displays song & artist from Pandora, which is pretty sweet.

Note, this DOES NOT enable Bluetooth Audio streaming. I think iSimple might sell some other add-on gadget to the interface that enabled that, but it's part of the iSimple gateway, not the car.

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