Touch refuses to play through car stereo

Hi, I just got a 16gb Touch and love it. Unfortunately it's refusing to play through my car stereo. My car stereo has an auxiliary jack and I have a cable with RCA at one end and ipod connecter at the other end. My wife's Classic and Nano both play fine but the Touch is refusing to play through. Am I missing something?

Look at http://pinouts.ru/Devices/ipod_pinout.shtml and read the description of pin 21.
I suspect the Accessory Indicator/Serial enable causes the problem when there is no charging voltage.
You might want to contact the car adapter manufacturer to see if they have a fix.

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