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Finally got my install properly sorted and it works great. The only slightly strange behaviour is that if you select "disc 1" to give full controll to the Ipod, the display reverts to "Disc 1, Track 1" everytime you switch on.
What this means is that if you start listening to some tracks and get up to, say, "Disc 1 Track 8", then switch the Symphony off for any reason, when you next switch on it will recommence play back from where it left off, but will now call this "Disc 1 Track 1". Can be a little confusing, but no great problem. I have put the Ipod in the armrest with the cable routed through the centre console: Very pleased so far - now I've just got to reclaim the space in the glove box. Cliff
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Also with folders When I first set it up mine was starting to play from CD2 only. The reason turned out to be that there were some hidden folders on my memory stick which the GROM could see as empty folders. Other problems arose when i used a mixture of track names with some starting with numbers and others starting with letters. Finally i have found that sometimes when plugging the USB stick in, the Symphony doesnt respond to any changes until I power it down by pulling the plug at the back of the GROM. So I'm thinking of adding a reset switch to the harness because the power seems to be permanently on the GROM. So finally I'm pleased with it, but a bit of care with the folder naming, and also the track names will serve us well in the long term. By the way, I found out that you can have more than 6 folders. If you keep using the shift button after the end of the files on CD6 it rolls over to Disk 7. Not ideal because there isnt a button for it, but I made a Folder for Christmas songs, which I dont use very much and named it 07-DISK 7 I found that the user guide advice on naming folders was poor. ~It suggested using the names "DISK 1" and so on. But i found that this did not assign DISK 1 to Button 1, because the folder name starts with a letter, so in that case it assigns the first button to the folder that was created first. And in my case I modified Folder 1, before I installed it to the car so it ended up assigned to Button 6. So my advise is to name the folders like "01-Disk 1.....02-Disk 2" That way they assign to the correct button It is also best if you number all your tracks in the order you want them played also because if like me you have several tracks starting with the same digits, then the G~ROM gets a bit confused. |
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Some interesting stuff there David.
Like you, I am thinking of adding a reset switch to the power lead. At the very least, it would remove any danger of battery drain if the player is left connected for a prolonged length of time. Cliff
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Just bought the AUX in Grom box, encountered the same problem as Teflon.
Running a wire/paper clip from the K-Bus (connector 19 of the CD changer blue ISO block) to the same point on the Grom ISO block solves the problem, works a treat. |
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Interesting. You would have thought that by now they would have sorted this.
Glad you got it resolved though, it's a good system once it's up and running. Cliff
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Just bought a Grom with USB, Ipod and Bluetooth and fitted it to my Symphony with Lowline Nav. It works a treat but.... I still had to do the modification with the K-bus wire. If I hadn't seen the information on this forum the unit would have had to go back. I guess they don't sell many for Rover 75s.
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