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Presenting iPod as a standard USB mass storage device for in-car use?
saratoga:
--- Quote from: bifter on April 02, 2010, 08:35:29 AM ---Is this fix perhaps something that could be offered as an option in the settings for a future build? It's likely to be a common issue, more so now that USB connections are fairly standard in cars.
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It sounds like a work around for a bug in your car's USB driver, so I don't think this would be considered for the main build.
gevaerts:
Making USB ids user-configurable sounds like a really bad idea to me, so the only real solution would be to drop the ids used by the original firmware altogether, but that would involve buying a USB vendor id, and those are not cheap.
I'm afraid there is no real good solution for this unfortunately. We'll have to think about which downside is the most acceptable.
Multiplex:
--- Quote from: bifter on April 01, 2010, 07:20:59 PM ---Incidentally we're talking about the VAG head unit (VW/Skoda/Seat)
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Do you know the model number of that headunit? I'm wondering if this will work in my car...
bifter:
--- Quote ---Do you know the model number of that headunit?
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Not off the top of my head but the car is a Seat Leon, 2010 build. I think the unit is common to a lot of the VW, Seat, Skoda range just with varying display modules on them. My thoughts are that this solution should work for most, if not all VAG head units that have USB - see below.
--- Quote ---It sounds like a work around for a bug in your car's USB driver
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Having thought about this I'm not so sure. I'm pretty sure that Seat offer iPod integration as an option - an iPod connector either in the glove box or under the driver's seat - though now that I look I can't see that option on their Web site!
Anyway I reckon they may be using the ID tags to try and stop people just mounting their iPods as mass storage, thus forcing them to buy the integrated option or buy after-market cables.
--- Quote ---Making USB ids user-configurable sounds like a really bad idea to me
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Not sure that I follow? Isn't there a generic mass storage option that could be toggled in the settings, like you can use an agent switcher in a browser for example? Alternatively use Cowon or iRiver or something, for the reasons above it may be the case that the head units are only looking for iPod IDs. Sorry for my ignorance if I'm misunderstanding.
NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: gevaerts on April 02, 2010, 02:45:36 PM ---Making USB ids user-configurable sounds like a really bad idea to me, so the only real solution would be to drop the ids used by the original firmware altogether, but that would involve buying a USB vendor id, and those are not cheap.
I'm afraid there is no real good solution for this unfortunately. We'll have to think about which downside is the most acceptable.
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Is there anything wrong with using a generic mass storage ID?
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