Universal Dock in car

Hey, I just got the new universal dock for my ipod, iphone, etc. I used to have an older dock in my car hardwired to the power wires from a cigarette lighter (12V I assume). Anyways, that worked great! the power turned on and off with the car so I wouldn't kill the battery. I switched that out for the new universal dock and it does not power get any power to my iPod anymore. Does the universal dock require more power because of the remote, etc? I can't find any voltage listing online or anywhere. Somebody help me out!!
-Doug

- Have you reset the dock and car system
- 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.
Sometimes 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, the dock/car system is just not compatible with the model iPod and its IOS.Some suers have reported that an iOS update broke compatibility.

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