Video How To: How to control your iPod/iPhone

[pegasus1300]

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

Hi Bob
Do you know about when they made the change in 2012 model year? I have a 2012 RT Limited with the cable you show as MY12. I can not get my Ipod to read thru the system,all I get is AUX. I am wondering if I have the wrong cable. Thanks for all your time and effort and videos. You are really adding to the Spyder experience.

 

[finless]

Hi Bob
Do you know about when they made the change in 2012 model year? I have a 2012 RT Limited with the cable you show as MY12. I can not get my Ipod to read thru the system,all I get is AUX. I am wondering if I have the wrong cable. Thanks for all your time and effort and videos. You are really adding to the Spyder experience.

I do not know but I am told if you read the serial number off the radio's label you can call BRP and they can tell you.

One thing I do know about the cable with the box. The older radio outputs 12V and thus the box in the cable was a regulator to drop that to 5V for the iPod. I think if you had the older radio with the new cable, it would fry the iPod or something else but I am not 100% sure on that since I won't try it! Apple may have protection on the iPod for just that.
The other way around (new radio with old cable) for sure won't work.

So some questions for you to help solve this.

1) What iPod model do you have? Not all are compatible.
2) When you plug it into the Spyder, does the iPod say it is charging when the key is on? This is important to know.
3) Even though it says AUX, can you play music?
4) The iPod must be ON when you turn the key on. If not the radio will default to AUX. Plugging the iPod in after the key is on will also default to AUX.
The radio seems to need to see it as a iPod (not a MP3 player) when the key is turned on or it always defaults to AUX and the only way to switch it back to iPod is to turn the key off and back on.

Bob