Cannot Play Music Out of My Ipod Stereo

Question

Hello.
I have a major problem. If anyone can shed light onto this problem it would be much appreciated.
I have a Phillips stereo which is made for Ipod, and it also acts like a docking station which chrages the ipod aswell, now I had an Ipod classic before I got an ipod touch which this stereo docked and charged perfectly. It also played music from the Ipod, you know stuff which it's supposed to do as a stereo.
However, when I got my Ipod touch it wouldn't do anything with it. It registers on screen that the ipod is docked and the speakers start sounding like they're about to play, but the ipod doesnt seem to want to let the stereo play it's music, it would rather play it out of it's inbuilt speakers. The ipod doesnt seem to register that it's docked and won't charge while docked on the stereo.
It won't play music out of it or charge, which is becoming increasingly annoying, I'v tried the settings and can't find anything in the Ipod's setting which may cause a problem.
The reason why I think it's the ipod is because when I turn the stereo onto a different option such as CD, and put the Ipod onto the dock it registers as playing the Ipod and instantly switches to the ipod option---which it's supposed to do if working properly. Not to mention it played the classic perfectly and seems to be just having problems with the touch.
I'v also tried turning the ipod on and off while docked and still nothing worked.
Any Help is appreciate or advice.
Thanks

Answer 1

Actually, the page you've linked to does not mention the Touch at all - yes, it mentions the iPhone, which is almost the same as a Touch. But it doesn't mention the Touch. I wonder why! In addition, a link on that page mentions downloading more information on the product as a pdf document, but the link doesn't work!
I followed some links from there to other pages and notice that on this page:
http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/faqview.pl?ctn=DCM278%2F37&dct=QAC&newtmpl=1&refdisplay=HAV_GENERAL_IPOD_SUPPORTY&refnr=0075099&scy=US&slg=AEN there is a problem!
At the top of this page, it states that your "Docking Entertainment System" is compatible with the iTouch 1st and 2nd generation. (Apple do not - and have never - produced anything called an iTouch!) But in the table below that, it is clearly stated that the iPod Touch 2nd generation will not play through the 30 pin Dock Connector, while the 1st generation Touch will.
The same issue is apparent with the Classic, if you can work out which Classic you have! The list at the top says one thing, but the table says another - namely that the 120GB Classic doesn't work through the dock but the "older" 160GB Classic does. No mention of the newer 160GB Classic.
Nowhere on that page is the iPhone mentioned.
Why is there a difference you (probably) ask? Well, the first iPods were charged using a firewire connection (which happens to be 12 volts). Then, later iPods could be charged by either the firewire or by the USB connection (which is 5 volts). The more recent iPods and Touches can only be charged by the USB (5 volt) connection. Usually, this should simply mean that the later iPods and Touches can play through a dock connector but they would not be charged by the device. That's how both my Klipsch speaker dock works and the adaptor for my car stereo. I can play and control the iPod Touch, but it doesn't charge.
So the long and short of this is, it's the Philips device which is the problem. Perhaps Philips have a fix for it. Klipsch did - they withdrew the RoomGroove from sale and only made it available again once it could charge the iPod Touch 2nd generation. (I have one which does charge and one that doesn't.)
Specifically (in case I wasn't clear earlier), there was a change between the 1st and 2nd generation Touch. 1st gen can use firewire, 2nd gen cannot.
Phil
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