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Extra Vegetables P-3036 iPod Dock driver   

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The Experience 

The customer experience using the driver is exactly the same as using the native 
Control4 iPod dock. 
 
You can browse music via Artist, Album, Playlist etc. 
 
Once a track is playing the driver will retrieve the cover art from the iPod and then 
display this on the Now Playing screen. 

Installing the Driver 

The driver installs in the Control4 project as an iPod dock. 

Copy the driver files 

The package contains a single driver for the iPod dock.  You must copy this file to your 
My Documents - Control4 - Drivers folder on your PC.   
 

Add the driver to your project 

First you need to add the iPod dock driver to 
your project. 
 
This is found under 

iPod

 manufacturer 

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.  You need to bring in a copy of 

this driver for each iPod dock you have in the 
property. 
 

 

This will then appear in the system design as 
an  iPod dock as shown above. 
 
 

Making Connections 

Switch to the Connections part of Composer in order to see the connections for the 
device.   

Summary of Contents for P-3036

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Page 2: ...drivers you only require one license per project this will activate as many docks as you have in your customer s system How it Works The integration is via a serial cable from the Control4 controller or IO Extender and the wall mount receiver unit This enables the Control4 system to control the docked iPod and to receive meta data and cover art from the iPod Limitations There are a few limitations...

Page 3: ...aylist etc Once a track is playing the driver will retrieve the cover art from the iPod and then display this on the Now Playing screen Installing the Driver The driver installs in the Control4 project as an iPod dock Copy the driver files The package contains a single driver for the iPod dock You must copy this file to your My Documents Control4 Drivers folder on your PC Add the driver to your pr...

Page 4: ... you need to enter the activation key This is entered on the Properties of the driver in the System Design area The only other option you have on the driver here is to whether to enable or disable the cover art retrieval The driver is designed so that it will start to download the cover art from the iPod after it has started playing a track from a album for 5 seconds This takes 10 20 seconds to do...

Page 5: ... any other iPod dock driver within Control4 Here we show the artists listing screen You can scroll down the list or jump to a particular letter by scrolling the bar and stopping when the index letter you require is shown Once you ve selected an artist all the albums by that artist will be displayed ...

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Page 7: ...7 of 9 Then within an album just select a particular track to start playing from The details will be displayed on the Now Playing screen Functions such as shuffle and repeat are supported together with the ability to toggle the display of cover art ...

Page 8: ...member during cover art retrieval it is not possible to control the iPod During this time which may be 10 20 seconds commands will not be received by the iPod Turning off the cover art retrieval will cure this problem iPod hangs and no music listings are available In this instance it is best to reset the iPod and dock First remove the iPod from the dock Then disconnect the power from the receiver ...

Page 9: ...fields This shows that the driver is currently Unregistered and not activated The MAC address box shows the unique identifying number for the controller running Director in the project Very carefully make a note of this number Please be aware that if you make a mistake in writing this number down the activation key you receive will not work Please check this very carefully again as we do not offer...

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