I have an FM transmitter for the car, a cheap cigarette lighter one but I have had no trouble with it using various iPods, mostly different generation nanos. Recently I've tried it with an iPod touch and the music will play through the iPod's internal speakers but will not play through the car stereo at all. Is this a setting issue or just not supported through the iPod for some reason?
Thanks!
iPod touch
Are you connecting it via the headphone jack or what?
Does the iPod work OK with headphones?
Just with an FM transmitter, the only thing plugged into the car is the transmitter through the lighter jack. The iPod plays fine through headphones and without the headphones plays fine through it's internal speakers but all that will come through the car stereo is dead air. I'm wondering if there's some setting that needs to be changed to bypass the internal speakers/headphones to have the device play over FM.
The iPod touch does not have an FM radio. To transmit from the iPod touch to the car's FM radio you need to connect an FM transmitter to the iPod touch
I have an FM transmitter, the iPod is plugged into it and it is plugged into the car. It has worked with mulitple iPods and in multiple vehicles but this is the first time I've tried it with an iPod touch and can't get it to play through the car speakers.
Is it plugged into the iPod touch's headphone jack?
No, it pluggs into the charger/usb jack. I've never had to plug in through the headphone jack to make this work and the vehicle doesn't have an aux in, if it did I could bypass the FM transmitter.
iPod touches store music differently that other iPods. So unless the transmitter was designed for an iPod touch or iPhone it will not work with the iPod touch.
That's probably the issue then, Thanks!
iPod Touch won't play through FM
