I use a http://www.crutchfield.com/p_127ICPIOP/PAC-iPod-Adapter-for-Pioneer.html?search=pac&tp=120 to connect to my pioneer CD player to play music in my car. It worked fine on my nano but for some reason it's not playing or charging the ipod touch (2nd Gen). I read it wouldn't charge the touch, but I'm having a hard time figuring out why it won't play the touch through the car speakers. It only plays it through the ipod speakers. Anyone know if there are any settings on the ipod touch that need adjusting or why this adapter won't play it.
There's no setting in the Touch that needs to be changed to allow it to play. Have you tried it on a different radio/adapter to see if it works? Have you retried the Nano to be sure it is still working?
Shawn
I'm having the exact same problem. the car player plays my ipod just fine. the itouch plays in a dock in our house just fine. and it used to play in the car and then all of a sudden stopped. can anyone help?
If the adapter uses the 3.5mm jack for signal, that may be your problem. The jacks in portable players are of notoriously poor quality. Switching back and forth between devices (different plugs) can often cause contact problems with one device or the other or both. The contacts in the player can flatten out over time and lose contact with the TRS plug(s) at one or more points. If both channels are out it is probably losing contact at the sleeve, which is the most common point of failure. If the sound cuts in when you wiggle the plug, then you have contact issues. Sometimes using a different plug will solve the problem.
It could also be a problem with the adapter itself, or a connection issue somewhere else in the circuit.