My new Ipod Nano won't work in my car with Bluetooth.

I have a brand new 2014 Mazda Miata with Bluetooth. The car's manual only discusses using the Bluetooth for hands free phoning (there are hands free phone buttons on the steering wheel). No mention is made of how to use it with an MP3 player. The car's Bose stereo does have a sticker that says it is MP3 compatible. I sat in my car and changed the setting on the IPOD to turn Bluetooth on and for like 6 or 7 minutes it was saying something about trying to locate device. I finally got tired of waiting and put in a CD and drove off. I went back to where I purchased the Nano but they were no help, just wanted me to buy cables to use in the car. I see that my stereo has some sort of button that says Auxiliary (along with buttons for AM, FM, CD and Sirius) but the owners manual was no help with that buttons use.

- Does the manufacturer say it will work with the 4G iPod and iOS on the iPod?
- The configuration of the 4G iPod is different than previous iPods and on some docks the 4G does not fully seat in the dock.
- Reset the dock. See the manufactuers instructons
- Sometmtes this works.
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:                                 
iOS: How to back up           
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
However, sometimes an IOS update just breaks compatibility.
What model and IOS was the iPod that did work?

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