Mk5 golf, iPod not working

[Dave^]

I've got a mk5 golf, fitted with this head unit...



...with the 6cd changer in the armrest.

I've got hold of an iPod dock to replace the CD changer, but I can't for the life in me get the head unit and iPod to talk to each other.

CD changer works fine, so its not the cabling, and I get the logo on the iPod screen briefly, but it doesn't stay connected.

I've done a restore on the iPod (a 30gb iPod video), I have one playlist of about 30 tracks, named CD1, but nothing happens when I press the CD button on the head unit, once or twice, it just stays on the internal CD screen saying no audio CD inserted.

I do have the option to switch to aux input, but I don't think that's anything to go with it.

Any pointers? Is my old iPod not old enough?

Thanks

[Dave^]

Cheers,

I was (am) under the impression it didn't need reprogramming due to having the (working) cd changer...

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147...

[Dave^]

Went to my local(ish) ICE shop, they proved the dock is fine, so you may be correct.

£35 to hook it up to VCDS, and £70 for the dock.

I have a GROMaudio box from my previous cars, just need a VW cable cable £20, but I'm wondering if this will need coding too, I doubt it, but you never know...

[Dave^]

For closures sake, yes the grom unit works out of the box...