How to listen to iphone ipod through my car stereo?

Before the iphone, I had the ipod shuffle. I used the connector with the shuffle to my aux power plug-in and it worked great. This same connector fits the iphone but no music comes through the speakers? I sometimes get loud "cracks" like something is trying to connect and I've also gotten muffled sounds coming through. The connector I bought is an apple connector and iphone compatible. I tried turning on airport mode and that didn't do anything either. Do I need some other kind of connector? Why wouldn't apple make one connector to fit all their ipods? Very frustrating as I can't listen to my music on my phone while I'm driving.

Yet another thing to think about --
Your iPod or your Shuffle connects directly to your FM interface and plays.
The iPhone and the Touch don't connect directly to your FM -- they require an intermediary interface to "read" the program from the iPhone or Touch...in essence, it disables your iPhone or Touch while connecting to your FM auxilliary-in...in order to listen you need a program in-between that will allow you to change your music and listen, because your handheld iPhone/Touch becomes inopperable while it is hooked up to your FM interface.
Just a thought. I stuck with an FM transmitter when I found that I would be unable to use the direct cable interface with my Ford mach 300 stereo without yet another display interface on my dashboard...no thanks, already have my satellite radio interface there, no need for yet another one.

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