Video How To: How to control your iPod/iPhone

[finless]

:bowdown:Thanks Bob. I wish they kept the blue lights. I like those a lil better. Oh well. Thanks for the help. Still trying to get to know my new baby. Also,how did you mount your Ram Mount ball? Is that where you mount your phone? I like the placement.

Here are two videos about the RAM ball.

Bob

 

[xBobbyx]

You are :firstplace: Bob. Way to savvy for me. I'm not very good at DIY farkling so I'm not going to attempt it. I finally subscribed to your channel. :bowdown:

 

[khromegal]

Thanks Finless for the video. Now I realize why my nano won't work with dash controls. I must have a MP3 cable and not Ipod cable. On my way to the store to get one. Thanks again. :bowdown:

 

[MouthPiece]

My iphone 5 was working perfectly as you described in the video. However, when Apple came out with their IOS 9.0, I cannot get my "aux screen" to show the iphone 5 as it had before. Is there some magic that I can perform to get this to show. I'm using the exact same connection as I have always used when it worked properly.

Chris [Edit: I guess my question is how do I get my spyder to recognize my iphone 5 viz a viz aux.]

 

[finless]

If your using the iPod connector then you don't use AUX. You select iPod on the dash.
AUX is for a non-Apple devices when connected via the MP3 cable (a 3.5mm audio jack).

Bob

 

[MouthPiece]

Hi Bob:
Thanks for getting back. I guess that's my problem. When I go to switch modes from FM, to AM to Weather/Marine, the next selection (and only selection) is "Aux". This is even while I have my Iphone hooked up to the connection. (sorry......I can't identify the name of that connection. It's on the right hand side and is the one that I've used to play my iphone through the spyder speakers since I bought my spyder. (2013 RT-S). This has not happened until Apple upgraded their operating system to 9.0. That's when I started having this problem.

Hope this helps.

Chris

 

[finless]

You should use the iPod cable. That will be the connetor on the bottom of your 5S in the middle called the lightening connector. It' the one you use to connect the phone to your PC.
This gives you the best functionality on the dash.

It's possible that on 9.0 Apple removed the ability to control music through the 3.5mm ear phone jack like a MP3 player. That I am not sure about. I have a iPod on 9.0.2 (latest) and will test it when I get a chance.

FYI iOS 9.0 had some bugs and the latest is 9.0.2. So you may want to make sure your on the latest.

Bob

 

[MouthPiece]

Apple came out with a 9.1 operating system update and VOILA!!!! It, my iphone 5, is now working as it did. I'm able to switch songs now. Couldn't do that when Apple came out with 9.0, 9.01 and 9.02.

[Edit: Oh, and my screen now shows "Ipod" versus the Aux setting.]

Chris

 

[MouthPiece]

ANOTHER UPDATE

I saw that my screen was going back to the "Aux" view when I had my iphone 5 hooked up. This occurred even after the Apple operating system update of 9.1. I did find though that if I shut my phone off and then turned back on, this would allow my motorcycle to "find" my iphone and register "Ipod" on that mode.

Chris

 

[ceyer69]

Another Phone Question

This topic is as good as any for this question. I have the 2015 SE6 with cb, radio, and Zumo 590. I have my phone blue toothed to my Zumo and I can hear when someone calls and I can tap Answer on the screen but I can't talk. They cannot hear me but I can hear them? Is this because I have a CB and it's taking the port? Also I am using an Android.

Thanks for any advice or workaround if anyone has any input.

 

[Pampurrs]

Couple of things I learned the hard way regarding the Ipod controls that Bob so eloquently explains:

(1) These controls are disabled while the :spyder2: is moving.

(2) If you choose a single track, it repeats at the end rather than going to another track.

The hard lesson for me was I had to ride 27 miles while listening to "Another One Bites the Dust" over and over again :banghead:

Pam

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Couple of things I learned the hard way regarding the Ipod controls that Bob so eloquently explains:

(1) These controls are disabled while the :spyder2: is moving.

(2) If you choose a single track, it repeats at the end rather than going to another track.

The hard lesson for me was I had to ride 27 miles while listening to "Another One Bites the Dust" over and over again :banghead:

Pam

A short press on the left or right button should move down or up a song and a long press up or down a playlist or album. Those functions still work while moving, at least on my 2013 RT they do. The only control that is disabled is the selection from the album/playlist list or song list that you get with the mode button.

There is a bug in the system that BRP knows about but doesn't plan to fix. Any time you do a long press after the ignition has been turned off, or after you start the bike, you will go to the first, or last, item in your playlist or album list.

 

[Pampurrs]

A short press on the left or right button should move down or up a song and a long press up or down a playlist or album. Those functions still work while moving, at least on my 2013 RT they do. The only control that is disabled is the selection from the album/playlist list or song list that you get with the mode button.

OK I'll check that out, thanks

Pam

 

[Devious56]

You should use the iPod cable. That will be the connetor on the bottom of your 5S in the middle called the lightening connector. It' the one you use to connect the phone to your PC.
This gives you the best functionality on the dash.

It's possible that on 9.0 Apple removed the ability to control music through the 3.5mm ear phone jack like a MP3 player. That I am not sure about. I have a iPod on 9.0.2 (latest) and will test it when I get a chance.

FYI iOS 9.0 had some bugs and the latest is 9.0.2. So you may want to make sure your on the latest.

Bob

Bob, I do have a question ............. when using the lightening connector, which socket in the trunk do you plug it into, the power socket on the left, or the Aux socket on the right? I have an iPhone 5 and don't really want to buy an adapter if I don't need it. May I call you about getting an intercom, I don't know what I need, or even what I'm sure I want. I've talked to Motorcycle Dave, and he suggested I talk to you.

Thanks,
David



David

 

[finless]

You will need an Adapter for the 5S to go from BRP 30 pin Spyder cable to Apple Lightening connector used on your 5S.
Make sure you get a real Apple adapter as most the after market adapter charge only. They do not do "data" connection which is what the Spyder needs.

With your Spyder you should have gotten a cable for the port that is in the trunk on the right side.

Here are what the BRP iPod cables looked like. The one with the box in the cable is 2010-2012 and was later change mid 2012 and up for a cable with no box on it.

Bob

 

[Devious56]

Thanks for that Bob, makes sense to me. Maybe Bet Buy will have one, or the
apple store.

Thanks,
David

 

[Pampurrs]

A short press on the left or right button should move down or up a song and a long press up or down a playlist or album. Those functions still work while moving, at least on my 2013 RT they do. The only control that is disabled is the selection from the album/playlist list or song list that you get with the mode button.

Thanks! I tried that and it works!

I guess it's time to go back and RTFM :banghead:

Pam

 

[cyclelover63]

Thanks for the video..Learn something new everyday!:bowdown:

 

[Devious56]

You will need an Adapter for the 5S to go from BRP 30 pin Spyder cable to Apple Lightening connector used on your 5S.
Make sure you get a real Apple adapter as most the after market adapter charge only. They do not do "data" connection which is what the Spyder needs.

With your Spyder you should have gotten a cable for the port that is in the trunk on the right side.

Here are what the BRP iPod cables looked like. The one with the box in the cable is 2010-2012 and was later change mid 2012 and up for a cable with no box on it.

Bob

Hey Bob, didn't someone list where they got their adapter, a lightning plug on one end, a short piece of cable, and the 30 pin on the other end? Do you remember the post? I can't find it, as he listed where he got his.

David

 

[finless]

I am sure someone did somewhere here. That topic comes up a lot.

I would check Ebay and search for "lightening adapter". You can also go to the Apple store and get it but you will pay full retail.

Bob