ipod music link

[civic4ever28]

ok so i bought my car in may and i had them install the music link and it worked fine for a few months than in September it stopped working so i brought it 2 honda and they fixed it right so last month it stopped working again so i brought it 2 honda and they fixed it again no may i remained u i did nothing 2 my car yet electronically so 2 night i get into my car and start it up guess what it does not work again it was fixed less then a month ago why does this keep happening i mean honda has been good 2 me by fixing it and not giving me any problems but im getting tired of going overthere every month

[whitecivicsi]

why dont you ask them what the problem is and maybe it might be easy to fix bud?

might just be a fuse or something?

i would ask them next time if something like that happen again and maybe they can show you how to fix it! if its easy enough

[Special Ringpop]

That's a good question, and I'm not sure what the answer is.

It could be shotty workmanship, but I don't know how hard those things are to install, but the fact they did it a few times means they're probably a fairly decent dealership if they didn't give you crap about it, and fixed it, but tell them that you've done nothing eletrically to the car, yet, and this is getting absurd.

[fa1]

The Honda Music Link has been known to be of crappy quality. The aux input is a much better choice and is cheaper also.

[Garrison]

Now I know there is an issue if you upgraded to Itunes 7 that you have to have your Music Link software upgraded.

To: All Honda Parts Managers

From: AHM Accessory Marketing Dept.

Re: Honda Music Link Orders Suspended



Parts Managers,

Honda Music Link ordering will be temporarily suspended beginning October 19th, 2006. Apple recently issued a software update on their website for iTunes 7. The Honda Music Link TTS software included with the Honda Music Link base kits is not compatible with iTunes 7.



Affected Part Numbers



P/N
Description
Suspended

08A28-1H1-100
Music Link Base Kit
October 19, 2006

08A31-0F1-000
Music Link Y-Adapter

08A28-1H1-101
Music Link Base Kit

08A28-1H1-800
Music Link Attachment


Problem Resolution

The Honda Music Link supplier is creating an updated version of the Honda Music Link TTS software that will be compatible with iTunes 7. Once it is available, AHM will update its inventory and the updated software will be available on the Honda Music Link website, http://musiclink.honda.com/.



Return Offer

If you have remaining stock of the Honda Music Link base kit and attachments, you may return any overage inventory of the part numbers listed above.

a.. No Shipment Listing or Invoice is required for this return.
b.. The handling charge applied to UPOs will not be refunded.
c.. These returns will not be charged against your SRA credit.


Return iN OAR Procedure

1. Use Reason Code "R", with eleven zeros for the Shipper Number.

2. Use Item Number "9999".

3. Enter "Honda Music Link" in the Remarks Section.

4. No Shipment Listing or Invoice is required for this return.

After receiving the Authorized Return Documents, ship the parts freight prepaid.

You will be credited return freight charges. (Optional Return Freight)

OARs must be submitted by 1/16/07. (Optional Time Limit)



Customer Information

. If a customer with installed TTS software and iTunes 6 updates to
iTunes 7, they will also need to update their TTS software when the new version becomes available. If the current TTS software is used with iTunes 7, what typically happens is that the customer will select a song, but the iPod will play back a different selection. This is caused by Apple's changes in iTunes 7; the iPod doesn't play back exactly what iTunes tells TTS is on the iPod.

. If a customer with installed TTS software does not update to iTunes

7, they do not need to update their TTS software. Their Honda Music Link will function as normal.

. If a customer has not installed TTS software, Honda Music Link will

function as normal; DISC5 plays random albums and DISC6 plays random songs.

Note: Customers do not need to install TTS software to use Honda Music Link.



If you have any questions, please contact the OAR Analyst at your assigned Parts Center.



Make Sure You Notify OAR & Dealer Analysts of The Return Offer




Thank you.



American Honda Motors, Inc.

[NoiseGoth]

This is why the MusicLink, pardon the opinion, sucks. Mightily. That Honda chose to go with a third party software interface instead of creating hardware to utilize Apple's published interface protocols was a mistake of incredible magnitude. I still have a hard time believing how badly they screwed this up given how simple a good clean interface really can be (go look at a Scion TC for a kick-ass iPod implementation).

[ILL FG2]

Plug the ipod in to the aux input... Problem solved.

[8thgenuser]

Yes, it's not new. It's a dealer installed accessory item.

And the search function is your friend. I did a search on "ipod link" and this thread was one of the results:
ipod music link

Besides people saying it's not worth the money, this particular piece of information is more important:
Note post #5 in the above thread:

Originally Posted by Garrison

Now I know there is an issue if you upgraded to Itunes 7 that you have to have your Music Link software upgraded.

To: All Honda Parts Managers

From: AHM Accessory Marketing Dept.

Re: Honda Music Link Orders Suspended



Parts Managers,

Honda Music Link ordering will be temporarily suspended beginning October 19th, 2006. Apple recently issued a software update on their website for iTunes 7. The Honda Music Link TTS software included with the Honda Music Link base kits is not compatible with iTunes 7.