Ultimate iPod adaptor and 10Min install

[JoeHummer]

Great post. I think even i could install that. So, I just ordered one.

However, how do you switch between the ipod, XM and AUX using the screen or the steering wheel? Not sure how that works.

Thanks for this great product.

[LV_H2]

The Nucleus iPod Adapter "shares" the XM1 band. You will use the "band" button to select AM/FM/XM etc as usual. When you select XM1, the first (#1) preset button then becomes a "toggle" button to let you select XM, iPod, or Aux.

The unit works great, but there is a small learning curve. The key is to understand that your six "preset" buttons now have a "function". The instruction manual for the Nucleaus refers to them as Button #1, Button#2, etc. It is not too difficult to learn.

The only confusion is what these preset buttons are labelled. If you use XM and have used these six buttons for preset stations, then they will be labelled as the XM station, EVEN WHEN USING THE ipod adapter. You just need to know that they are Button #1 thru button#6.

I took the opposite approach. I don't care to see the station label for my preset XM stations, instead I have the buttons labelled for the Nucleus iPod functions. The "trick" was to import a CD into iTunes that I didn't need, then CHANGE THE SONG NAME FOR SIX OF THEM. I named
the "songs": "iPod/XM/AUX", "BLANK#2","R_SCROLL","F_SCROLL","SELECT" and "CHOICES". When "playing" this album thru the iPod adapater, I played each of those "songs" and then pressed and held the preset buttons. They are now labelled appropriately for the Ipod adpater functions!

Good Luck and have fun. I think it is the best unit out there. Not perfect, but worth it.

[Tex_h2]

How does this adapter work with the 04 Nav screen without XM.....I've been reading and reading, it says you need a "band" button...

[LV_H2]

Not sure. You can call American International/Nucleus and talk to their tech department: www.americaninternational.net