LagoJerry

How do I get the IPOD video to play on the RSE monitors?

Not having a problem with other televisions in the house but can not get "video out" of the IPOD to work on the RSE monitors.

Burned DVD's work fine .................

jbondox

make sure your cable that plugs into your ipod to your aux input has the video out

LagoJerry

jbondox..... thanks for the reply.

Cable does have video and as a matter of fact Apple has told me that only their ipod cables will work..... which is not true. Interesting fact is they (Apple) switched the RED and yellow feeds on their cable vs. a normal cable from any video camera. In other words, the RED RCA out is the Video(YELLOW) on any other cable when connecting to a ipod.

Anyway I did purchase the Apple cable before discovering the switch.................... interesting marketing by Apple.

jbondox

glad ya got it working. Apple is crazy, but i love em' so i want talk trash about em'

LagoJerry

The video function on the ipod now works great with the RSF monitors !!!!! My problem was not selecting the correct AUX with the remote.

NO MORE DVD burning for the grand kids ............the old man has a very difficult time keeping up with them but this will impress them ???????

oknish

That is great to hear, Jerry. And it is a great solution for long trips too.

RDriver

Jerry - I cant help you with the IPOD, since it wont be 'til Christmas before I'll get our first IPOD/video for the family/kids. However, I'm glad to hear that your burned DVDs worked fine. I continue to have NOT broken through with playing burned DVDs on my R320 RSE (which I assumed to be same/identical with your GL system). Please let me know what you use in terms of software(s), hardware/burner, media, settings, and any break-through tips (do's and dont's) that you know.

Yes, I have received helps from several posters (especially Nish) but still no luck for me. It must be my "limited" software skills and/or software/hardware that I have.

Thank you.

LagoJerry

RDriver ............. sent you a PM.

oknish

RDriver - good to hear from you and sorry that you still haven't had any luck. But it looks like iPod video might be a better way to go then the burned DVDs anyways.

Offtopic - but anyone else wonder what our kids will grow up like when they have iPod for movies at 5 years of age?

RDriver

Thank you Nish, for your words. iPod option is a good alternate for music and now videos. More toys to enjoy in a lovely car.

Glad to see you and other great GL owners had such a great time last week in Vegas.

djdejavu

does anyone know if ipov video will work with ipod intergration kit that came from manufacturer?

i really doubt this...do you wire the ipod wire yourself?

tnx

BJ021

No, it won't. But an iPod video will work through the RSE as mentioned above. The iPod integration kit is just for tunes. But I'm sure there is a hack out there that can make it work on the command screen! Not advised for obvious reasons.

djdejavu

cool, tnx, any idea where i can get a wire to connect the ipod to play on comman screen, link would help
thanks again

oknish

I don't think iPod video will play on the COMAND (head unit in middle over the A/C controls).

However, you can plug in your iPod to the DVD drive and then watch the video on rear seat DVD monitors. You should be able to use any 1 pin to 3 pin RCA wire just make sure to reverse the red and yellow as Jerry pointed out below.

patsy1099

But Oknish won't connecting it to Aux only play on one of the monitors? I think he wants to play the ipod on both of the rear screens at the same time.

patsy1099

oops maybe I was wrong about that. I thought dj said "coomon" but maybe he meant "command.

But my ques still stands. When you hook the ipod up to aux doesn't it just play on one screen? Can you direct output to both screens? Sorry if it's a silly ques, I don't have my GL yet!!

LagoJerry

I'm a very slow learner with this stuff ................

Two things that are new to me---

1) When playing the IPOD video (aux 1) it only works on one monitor.

2) I can play IPOD video (aux 1 ) on one monitor and at the same time play a dvd on the other. Not sure about the audio.

Hummmm .................

oknish

Jerry/Patsy - you can direct any input (DVD drive, Aux 1 or Aux 2) to any or both monitors. Check the manual. It is not very intuitive. I haven't played with it in a while but will look today.

LagoJerry

oknish,

I should have read the manual.

Works great as you said. I'm really liking the RSE system and the flexibility that it offers.

It's really hard to impress the grandkids when I have to go the manual to operate things like this RSE. Oh well .........

oknish

It does look very confusing but give it a try few times in your garage. You will be an expert in no time. And, glad I could help.