TS1363 I'vw tried everything here multiple times, anyone have any luck with another non-apple generated solution?

Question

Any time I try to connect to itunes, windows recognizes the ipod, but it never comes up in itunes. When the bubble for "trust" or "dont trust" comes up, I tap trust. Then I hear the window sound for disconnecting something from a usb port. I tried all the apple solutions, nothing helped at all. Anyone have any ideas? I tried full restoring the ipod too, and now I've got an empty ipod that I cant connect to itunes....fantastic...

Answer 1

After having communicated with Bose extensively over the last two months I'm pretty sure there is no solution to this.  Bose are not the only phones that exhibit this, but there are only a handful that do and they all support multi-link technology in BT 4.0.  One theory is that in searching for other devices to link is what causes the skipping, but in none of these is there an option to turn off multi-link (which might be the solution).
The good news is that CES has introduced a TON of new BT headphones, and we'll see these come to market this spring.  One or more of them may well work for folks (for audiophiles the best looking one so far is Sennhesier's Momentum series, already a respected model among wired sets, the BT version is getting excellent early reviews.  But pricey).  Unless you need something immediately my advice would be to wait a few months and see what comes out.
You are correct that Powerbeats have sync issues -- sync issues are common with bluetooth but some makers do better than others.  My portable BT receivers, for example, have excellent sync across all apps.  But as I noted above, this isn't a good solution for those on the go (pairing a portable BT receiver with otherwise wired phones -- although if folks are interested my new favorite is the Fidelio X2/27 model with these.  Truly audiophile level sound, at a reasonable price.  But not something I'd take out of the house :>).