Ipod 4thgen shuts down completely (have to reset it) when connected to car.

I hooked up a ipod cable to the cd changer input of my pioneer head unit...the cable does not support charging (but that is ok)...what happend is that the ipod will just randomly shut down and I will have to reset it with the computer...what is up?...is it the ipod?...the cable?...could it be the power wire in the cable is getting funky surges and the ipod shuts down to protect itself?...I wired it to the same power source as the head unit and grounded it to the same place as well...
...thanks for you help...

I wired it to the same power source as the head unit and grounded it to the same place as well...
It should not be "wired up" anywhere. The cable is plugged into the iPod and the head unit.

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