Any way to turn cover flow off? I mostly use the ipod when I'm driving so I don't wanna have to look at the ipod every 5 seconds to take it off cover flow mode and change the song. Can you disable it by turning on the hold switch? Any way to turn cover flow off? I mostly use the ipod when I'm driving so I don't wanna have to look at the ipod every 5 seconds to take it off cover flow mode and change the song. Can you... » Read More Any way to turn cover flow off? I mostly use the ipod when I'm driving so I don't wanna have to look at the ipod every 5 seconds to take it off cover flow mode and change the song. Can you disable it by turning on the hold switch? « Show Less
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I just spoke with an Apple rep as I am also frustrated with Cover Flow. He said to: (1) plug my ipod into my computer / iTunes(2) go to my nano's Summary page (where you can see the storage space or refresh the unit, etc)(3) click on the Music tab(4) uncheck Display Artwork-- I hope that helps!
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Hey! Thanks for the reply!Just give it a try and let me know if it works. I still haven't bought it (because of the cover flow issue) but if that method works, then I'm definitely getting it :D
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FYI: Apple just released a SW update that adds an option to toggle CoverFlow mode off completely.
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Dear Kim it seems that my first answer to you was in fact wrong they should have a turn off. However neither of mine has worked for some reason, but they are very good covers hence I have two sorry about that,my answer was right as I experienced, but wrong as far as the cover should turn your IPad off
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I doubt it, I've only used the iPod interface so far and I have both steering wheel and on screen controls in my vehicle. The only thing that works correctly is the volume button. Every time I turn off the car I need to disconnect my iPod and reconnect it, to get it working back to where it was when I turned the car off. The installer I used told me these only work about 25% of the time, and rarely work as advertised. He was spot on with mine, it works to get sound out, but that's about it. I would look at other options, the only reason I didn't return this is that I paid to have it installed.
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No interior screen protection - you slide in the iPod, and there are openings on the side for volume control. The screen protection comes when the case is closed, which will probably be the case when the iPod is in use, so an interior protection is unnecessary. FYI. There are headphones available with iPod controls, so you can leave the pod in the case closed and still forward and reverse tracks without touching the iPod.
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I leave mine in my car but always turn it off. I have noticed that when left on and my radio off, it does not play automatically. I still have to switch off and back on in order to play. It may just be a compatibility issue with my radio.
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the HK turns off automatically if no song is played from the ipod. i assume that's the battery saving feature. i am not sure how long it takes to turn off, but in my case i had to wait about 10 minutes until it turned off from alone.
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No, you can't.. Only when you use the ipod, you can control your play list ether by head unit or steering wheel control
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You can skip songs or whatever you have on your ipod/iphones/ipad. It just skips songs. I have one and it works excellent with my factory sound system
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There is no manual on or off. Mine is simply connected to the stereo receiver and I leave the Ipod inserted all the time. It keeps it charged and ready to go, everything works perfectly, the remote seems a bit reluctant to work at times, especially from any distance.
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Yes you can turn it off. You have to do it in the settings. I think you can do it for 1, 2 or 5 minutes.
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No you don't. The cover has a little flap that protects where the charger goes into the device and folds out of the way when the ipod is charging.
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The Ipod Controls are some what lacking, the most frustrating part to me is that if you search by artist it does not asllow you to select individual albums within that artist, if you want to listen to a specific album you have to select it through the albums search folder. This would not be a major problem, but like someone already said, if you have 1000 artist and 2 or 3 even 5 albums per artist, that makes for a long list to go through.
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Thank you for your advice. That's something they don't list in the instructions. I went and got one and love it. I suppose I still have to keep it in "manual" and not in "auto sync" ? Or does it matter as long as I keep it in the iTunes playlist?
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I have and iPhone 5s and if I have music playing it will automatically switch to playing through this device when I turn my car on. When I turn my car off, the music is paused (although this takes a few seconds). If I'm not already playing something on my phone when I turn my car on, it will not start playing anything on its own. For example, it won't remember where I was last time I was in the car and automatically resume playing.
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Only thing I can think of is to check the volume on your iPod. I have found mine is quieter if the volume is down on my iPhone.
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I found that this is not the case. You cannot turn the unit off and have it restart where you left off. I listen to a lot of podcast and audiobooks. For example, if you're listening to a 45 min podcast and turn it off halfway through, you will need to restart the podcast. FF and rewind on the unit are so bad that they should be considered useless.
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Absolutely - Simply check "Enable Hard Drive Use" in iToons when you're setting up prefs and the deal is done. If you do not want the computer to affect the music just UNcheck "Open iTunes when this iPod is connected" in prefs. If u plug into a different computer and iToons opens, just quit itoons immediately as it opens. You may get a notice that iToons is updating the ipod. Click ok & just quit the pgm. Just remember, after you eject the ipod (properly-right?) the iPod will still show the red "Do Not Disconnect" symbol. Respect its wishes. It will dissappear in a moment. Then pull the cable. End of story. I currently have about 5 gigs of backup info on mine & it is a real lifesaver. Hope this helps Absolutely - Simply check "Enable Hard Drive Use" in iToons when you're setting up prefs and the deal is done. If you do not want the computer to affect the music just UNcheck "Open iTunes when this iPod is connected" in prefs. If u plug into a different computer and iToons opens, just quit itoons immediately as it opens. You may get a notice that iToons is updating the ipod. Click ok & just quit the pgm. Just remember, after you eject the ipod (properly-right?) the iPod will still show the red "Do Not Disconnect" symbol. Respect its wishes. It will dissappear... » Read More Absolutely - Simply check "Enable Hard Drive Use" in iToons when you're setting up prefs and the deal is done. If you do not want the computer to affect the music just UNcheck "Open iTunes when this iPod is connected" in prefs. If u plug into a different computer and iToons opens, just quit itoons immediately as it opens. You may get a notice that iToons is updating the ipod. Click ok & just quit the pgm. Just remember, after you eject the ipod (properly-right?) the iPod will still show the red "Do Not Disconnect" symbol. Respect its wishes. It will dissappear in a moment. Then pull the cable. End of story. I currently have about 5 gigs of backup info on mine & it is a real lifesaver. Hope this helps « Show Less