iPod "skips" in USB mode

Just got my PC3 tonight; same skipping for me on an ipod 80gb with standard cable. Worked fine in my veloster and I've never had issue with this cable in any other application. do not know what to do or say about it.

 

I've had similar iPod skipping issues since getting my C3. Initially, it didn't happen very often - sometimes I might go an hour or more before it skipped so I reported it to my dealer and said I'd wait until my 5k servicing (I sort of wanted to let anything else shake out in the car and have them deal with things all together).

The problem has been getting worse and I tried multiple iPods and multiple cables just so I could let the dealer know that I had tried those avenues. Yesterday was the servicing and of course, if they can't replicate the problem they weren't going to do anything about it. I left the iPod in the car and told them to rock out for however long it took (interestingly enough, when I got the car back, they had a history podcast playing - hahahaha).

Anyway, problem replicated! Yeah! They then tested all the connections with the USB port itself and determined the problem was not there - they believe it is in the radio head and are replacing the entire unit (it'll take 2 weeks for that to come in). I'll report back in once the new unit is installed and see how it's working.

 

nice! let us know what happens. I've had this happen VERY rarely with bluetooth so it doesn't bother me much, but if there's a known solution, i'd love to get it

 

Tracy, did this new head unit fix your issue? Mine skips so much that I don't really want to use an ipod. I don't see any pattern to it, seems to happen randomly and for no reason. About 3-4 times within 20 mins.

 

Using a first generation iPod touch, I get skips, too. Tried with a couple different cords. Skips often enough that it's too annoying as a music source. Same device works fine in my iPod-capable aftermarket stereo in my other vehicle. Until I hear a fix for this has been released (what are the odds of that?), my opinion is that the iPod support in this car is broken and should not be considered a feature. I know it's working fine for some people, but this problem is common enough that selling cars with this feature listed as a bullet point is borderline dishonest. Getting audio out of an iPod is not that difficult, Toyota.

Edit: For what it's worth, I have switched to a 64GB USB drive with my entire library on it (all the same stuff that's on the iPod plus more) and I don't get any skips. It's just the iPod interface that sucks.

 

Well, this is a disheartening thread. I was really hoping there would be a fix for the iPod skipping issue. I guess I'll just hook it up to Aux for now and wait to see how things worked out for Tracy. Or maybe I'll see if my PriusC supports my Zune.

 

I'd be inclined to think the phone's operating system is causing the lag. I've never seen any problems using a USB stick.

I tried playing audio through the tethered phone too, but it's a pain like you describe, and whenever you take the phone out of the car. I copied all the files to a compact USB-stick and everything works perfectly.

 

I get this problem ALL the time with my iPod Video 32gb from they had just come out in the US, so I assumed it was a slowly dying hard drive (I never use it with headphones anymore to compare).

 

Even worse than skipping; locking up the audio system. My friend connected his iPod to the USB port of my 2012 PiP, and it started playing without issue. He then downloaded the Entune app, and the dang thing froze the audio system after a couple minutes of playing. His comment "well, you better go reboot your car now". It hung on a screen saying something like connecting, or syncing...

 

My entune used to skip beat like yours until I swap it out with NEX8000
And then NEX8100 comes out....

 

I use an 80Gb iPod Classic in my car hooked up through AUX. I have tried the USB port a couple of times, but the car flips the iPod into continuous play mode (instead of one cut at a time) and it takes me a while to figure out how to set it back. That, and when it connects it is always in random mode (RAN highlighted on the MFD). If your songs or audio content "skip" it might be a problem with the content and not the player or the car. See if it skips while listening with headphones. I have had content that skipped before and had to remove and replace it in iTunes to fix it.

 

So I started doing something that really seems to be stopping the skipping issue.
Prior to turning the car off I hit PAUSE on the screen to pause my iPod and then I unplug the ipod cable from the car's USB port. Then, I don't plug it back in until the car has been started again. It hasn't skipped once since I started doing this...knock on wood.