Connecting iPod to Honda Music Link

I need help! I have a 5th Gen iPod, and also I have a Honda Music Link, connected to a Honda Accord. I recently updated th e iPod software from 1.1.2, to version 1.2 (the newest version). Guess what, my iPod is now not recognized by my car audio system. It only shows a blinking "CD-01" all the time, and I can't manage my iPod with the car system controls as I could before I did the upgrade. I tried to restore the iPod and loaded the TTS entries again, but no luck.
Does anyone uses this and has the same problem as I have? What can I do to resolve the problem? Please help, I really hate my iTrip!!
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) iPod 5th Generation

Thanks for checking. I have a ticket open with Acura corporate regarding the issue, and I am going to call them back today.
I am also trying to avoid the restore "nuclear"
option. I wish Apple would issue a patch soon. I wonder what percentage of iPod owners are Acura/Honda Music Link users? Probably <1%? That said, I hope we're not low on the priority list.
Someone is going to need to fix this soon (Honda or Apple). Both parties essentially promised us a Music Link that works with iPod. The Acura Music Link instructions even ENCOURAGE updating to the latest software. Anyway, I'll keep posting if I find out anything...

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My iPod is on 1.1.3 firmware (the latest), and it doesn't work with Honda Music Link:
I have iPod Nano 2nd Generation (Firmware 1.1.3). I created playlists on iPod like it is written in documentation (Honda1, Honda2, etc.).
I connect iPod, press CD/AUX and it flashes CDC 9 for a while then says CDC Error.
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Note that when iPod is connected there is no "Honda" logo on it as it is supposed to be.
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Could you provide me this old firmware 1.0.2 for my iPod Nano 2gen (ipsw + signature files)?
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I suspect that the dealer is correct.
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I suspect that the dealer is correct.
My wife has a 2006 Accord EX Sedan and the MusicLink ceased to work with her 5G iPod after iTunes 7 and Firmware 1.2 (flashing 6 in AUX-CD mode). It does however still work with my first gen. iPod Nano.
I prefer to use the MusicLink without the TTS software, and have therefore not tried MusicLink 1.3.

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Anyone have any feedback they'd share about this product?
It is a system whereby one can attach one’s iPod via cable to a Honda “radio system” and control and play the iPod through this system. I recently bought a 2007 Honda Fit and the Honda Music Link. I found that its generic setup provides only that one can shuffle through the iPod’s songs or albums. The only control one has is to skip forward or backward between songs or albums. However, a CD is provided that purports to provide functionality to allow playlist, artist, album, and genre selection. To implement this, one moves software from the CD onto one’s computer and then downloads this into the iPod.
If possible, please respond to this post AND send responses to my email - [email protected]
Thanx!
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I just uninstalled the software you're describing. I found the interface using my new 2006 Accord's audio controls to be very clunky, slow, and frustrating. What it does is it uses Windows' text-to-speech function, which is clunky enough on its own. The Honda TTS software scans all of your iTunes music tags. It then creates spoken lists of the playlists, artists, albums, and genres. After you've updated your iPod with this new Honda TTS data, you connect it to the Music Link cable in your car that you're already using for the more basic functions. The idea is that you can now hear a spoken list of letters, you choose the letter you want, and then you can hear a spoken list of playlists, artists, albums, or genres, and make a selection. That's the idea, anyway.
Unfortunately, it's just too slow and awkward, and requires a lot more button-pushing than I'm willing to do, especially when I'm driving. For example, let's say I want to hear a playlist. First I have to use the "Disc 5" and "Disc 6" buttons to cycle through to get to "Disc 1" (which is where the spoken playlists are). Then I have to hit the "seek/scan" button to get the letters of the alphabet spoken in a very artificial and not-so-easy to understand voice. Then I have to hit the "seek/scan" button again to stop the spoken alphabet at the right letter (the one that my playlist begins with). Then I have to hit the "seek/scan" button again (and there are two ways you have to hit it, sometimes you have to hit it and release immediately, other times you hit it and hold it for a second or more, but not too long).
Finally, you're supposed to be able to hear the list of playlists that start with the given letter, and then hit "seek/scan" again to hear the one you want. It was at this point that I gave up, because no matter how carefully I hit the button, the playlist that actually played was never the one I wanted. It was always off by a few playlists. To make it worse, the spoken playlists are almost unintelligible.
Needless to say, this is not the sort of problem that the dealer can fix, since the problem is the inferior software with too long a lag time between pushing the button and getting a response. I called Honda's 800 support number, but they were not able to help, though they did offer to have the Music Link removed and my money refunded. I appreciated that, but I want to keep the Music Link, I just won't use the software.
It's much easier to create a playlist that you want to hear in your car, or just select one that you've already created, select the first song on your iPod, and then connect it to Music Link. That will allow you to hear the playlist without all of the button pushing and the annoying mechanical voice.
You may have better luck with this software than I did, but I was just glad to succesfully uninstall it, re-synch my iPod to remove all of the added data, and go back to using the iPod in the car without the additional functionality that the Honda TTS software is supposed to provide.
I'm sorry this is so long, but I thought you might save yourself some time and trouble if you had an idea of what you may be in for if you decide to install this software. Hope this helps!
Anyone have any feedback they'd share about this
product?
It is a system whereby one can attach one’s iPod via
cable to a Honda “radio system” and control and play
the iPod through this system. I recently bought a
2007 Honda Fit and the Honda Music Link. I found
that its generic setup provides only that one can
shuffle through the iPod’s songs or albums. The only
control one has is to skip forward or backward
between songs or albums. However, a CD is provided
that purports to provide functionality to allow
playlist, artist, album, and genre selection. To
implement this, one moves software from the CD onto
one’s computer and then downloads this into the iPod.
If possible, please respond to this post AND send
responses to my email - [email protected].
Thanx!
PowerBook Mac OS
X (10.3.8)
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