Almost, if not all, 1G to 5G iPod accessories are not compatible with the new 6G iPod. (You may need to buy them all again).

Does this compatability issue affect the connection with the new iPod Classic and the G37?
Does anyone have a working iPod Classic and can comment on the audio and video functionality?

 

I have a classic, don't have my car yet though

 

AFAIK, there are no compatibility issues with the audio portion an iPhone. Mine works fine. When you plug in the dock connector, it'll display the stupid message about compatibility, but just hit no and nothing is affected. I have yet to try the AUX/video, but I have to upgrade my firmware to 1.1.1 for TV out...

 

I thought that video accessories were really the only ones that were incompatible?

I haven't had any problems with my Classic and the Belkin TuneDok I got for my 5G. Both the audio and charging work the same.

EDIT
From Gizmodo's article on iLounge's review of the 1.0.2 firmware:

 

i have a 160gb classic.. no problems with my g37 nav... except it takes FOREVER to scan down the artists list. there is no way to quickly jump to a,b, e,t,z etc.. artists.. you have to scroll down one by one with either the **** or arrow.. or page by hitting the down button on the nav screen. they dropped the ball on this one big time.

 

I'm having this same problem. Has anyone found a solution?

Normally something like this could be fixed in firmware updates, but I doubt that works for cars...

 

2nd. This is probably my biggest gripe with the iPod interface. Otherwise, my 80GB Classic and iPhone both work fine for audio.

 

I have an OLD ipod, the 3rd generation with the four touch buttons and scroll wheel, no color screen. Works great w/ my G.

 

i'm considering make a change to my genres to include a-d, e-h etc.. that way i can use genre to jump anywhere within the a-z list. This might not work for those of you who use genre as it was intended (rock, pop, classic etc.) but i only use genre today because i cant scroll down quick enough...

 

That's a great idea! I might have to make some smart playlists like that tonight, to test it.

 

80 gb iPod classic works great for me. Ditto the lack of a better way to scan through artists.

 

Let us know if this works.

 

picked the car up last night, used my classic on the way home. worked great after I figured out how to get the music to play

I also got the apple composite video cable in yesterday that you now have to use with the classic, so i'll give that a try later today if anyone wants to know anything about it

 

I use that cable with my classic and iphone with G37 no issues at all. I wish i had a video input on my fx.

 

I have not yet set up my G5.5 iPod (actually, it is my wife's, she won it at work for performance, but she can't figure it out, so I thought I would "borrow" it), but in reading the earlier posts I thought of multiple branches with fewer "files" in each branch (to use old DOS terms). Yes, you would have to scroll by branch and then file, but that should be faster than through one big file just to get to ZZ Top.

Also, the iPod will be used predominantly in the G37, so it probably makes sense to set it up for this specific use.