BUBBAS 01Z06

Mine is the same way.....from what I understand there is NO solution to this problem...

You'll have to manually click through your songs on the IPOD to get to your song.....

I have never been able to do so on my CD player....

No biggie really....

Toque

I have to lift my center console every time this happens to skip ahead a few songs... ... Kinda sucky for me. I was hoping to have it invisable all the time and totally control it with the head unit.

Thanks for the verification on this issue !

Toque

ALEXAMES

Just finished up my install. Your thread was very helpful in the process. Thanks for your efforts!

Toque

I'm glad it helped you out !

Toque

Toque

Guys:

So I went out to my car today (had not driven it since last Sunday night). I saw 11 volts on the dash. Lights were dimmer than usual.

It turned over 3 times "VERY SLOWLY", then fired up. I thought it was going to do the dreaded "Click-Click-Click" when the battery dies. My car has never hesitated in the 5 years I have owned it since new, and and its still the factory battery.

I have the dash apart tonight. Hopefully find the constant always on 12v , and move it to a "switched" 12v. I also have a switch I might install in the line if I can't find a switched 12v line.

Updates tomorrow, pics too.

Toque

Choreo

Interested to see your solution!

Toque

Guys:

Here is what I found. Its was a fairly easy solution, and it seems to operate the IPOD just as it did before. I was used to seeing the IPOD show a picture of the battery charging on it when I turned off the ignition. It does not do that now. The IPOD completely turns off now when the ignition is off. I only hope it cures the battery drain issue....

I found a "ignition switched" 12v on the harness that is not used. Its on the PHXGM1 harness. Last week I did not know what to connect it to so I just taped it up. I put it to good use this week...

Let me report back in a week before you all jump into your dash to try this....

Toque

thezman

all stock c5 will eject the cd with the car off,even with no keys in it and it will take the cd in too

Toque

Well I got up this morning, and after working on the car last night it killed the battery (inside lights on while working and trying stereo a few times, etc...). I got the dredded "Click-Click-Click". I drove the car 45 mins yesterday trying to charge it. There was no reason that the car's battery should have died with me inside it working for only an hour last night. My 5 year old factory battery just can't hold a charge anymore. I think draining it last week partially did it in, but I noticed weeks ago that it was acting weak.

I got a new battery today (Die Hard Platinum) and will monitor the car's voltage every day after work to see if the voltage drain issue on the battery is fixed or not...

Toque

Chevy-SS

Nice writeup!

Why is it so frakkin' difficult to add a MP3 player into a C5 in the first place????

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SUPERCRUZ

Not sure if this has anything to do with the battery drain issue with these IPOD2CAR adaptors but I thought I would post anyway. I ordered the IPOD2CAR adaptor made by NEO iOn Item # PODGM4V6. The cable adaptor that came with it is made by Peripheral and is model # PXHGM4. On the harness that plugs into the white box, mine does not have an orange wire as noted above. Mine has a white wire so I hope it is a switched 12v source. I have not had a chance to install my setup yet due to the outside temps being below 30 degrees. I wonder if this has more to do with the type of adaptor harness used than anything else. My adaptor cable setup was specified for a non CD changer arrangement and was listed as the propoer adaptor for my year and make on the vendor site I purchased the kit from.

fdxpilot

Maybe because there was no such thing, back in the early 90s when the C5 was designed. After all, it went through 8 model years with only slight changes to the interior.

Toque

I was told I needed a different setup.

I got:
1.) Peripheral ISGM73 iPod™ Adapter
2.) Peripheral GMH20TC 20-Pin T-Harness for 1997-04 Corvettes

Its possible your setup might not have this issue. The different setups are not very well documented for our cars install. Thats why I tried to make a procedure above.

Toque

iced98lx

so far so good on the battery? Sucks you can't go next except 8 or 9 times on shuffle. how about if you load a playlist, can you skip indefinitely then?

Toque

Tried the play list.... No luck. I just have to manually skip ahead songs on the IPOD to get to the next song I want. It kinda sucks, but I'll live with it.

I am going to look at my battery every day after work this week. I will report back at the end of the week. Hopefully my fix above fixed my drain issue....

Stay tuned !

Toque

Toque

Guys:

Just a quick report on the battery drain issue with the IPOD adapter fix I made above. I have not driven my car since Sunday night.

So far my voltage is:
Monday = 12.70 Volts
Tuesday = 12.65 Volts

So far so good.....

Toque

Toque

Guys:

Its going to be 80F today. I decided to get Z06 out and drive it to work.... I think the fix I did last weekend fixed my issue.

The car has been idle in my garage since last Sunday night till this Thursday morning.

Voltage readings:
Monday = 12.70 Volts
Tuesday = 12.65 Volts
Wednesday = 12.64 Volts
Thursday Morning = 12.55 Volts

I will continue keeping an eye on it though.

Toque

Ryan L

Thanks Toque, that's an awesome write up. Since you researched so much, I have a question.

Instead of an iPod connection output, I just need a standard headphone jack for regular MP3 players. Do you know the part number for that?

Toque

I am not sure honestly. I just worked on the IPOD harnesses above. Sorry !

Toque

billla

The pics and the write-up are great! Per Peripheral Electronics, the right harness for this configuration is the PXHGM4...and contrary to many posts, mostly older, the item is in-stock and available. I bought this unit and cable and then read about the battery problems; here's PE's response:

It does have a slight draw (as any product would when connected to the vehicles battery) that may kill the battery if the vehicle is not driven frequently. The draw is a lot less when the iPod is left unconnected. There is a way to cut and connect the yellow power wire from the harness to an accessory 12 volt source and that way it will completely shut down when the vehicle is off.

Am I missing something or is this unit not an "accessory" that should be using that source by design? If I have to cut wires to get something installed, that kinda defeats the purpose of "plug and play" from my perspective.

I'm certainly not going to start cutting wires in my Z06...so on to the forum it goes for sale.