vehicle while driving can be very dangerous. For that reason,
when you connect your iPod, it goes into dock mode and the display
and buttons/clickwheel cease to function. Disconnect it from iCruze
and your iPod comes out of dock mode and resumes normal functions
(a 15-second delay in resuming regular iPod function may occur
when undocking your iPod from iCruze – this is normal). Monster
recommends docking and undocking your iPod only when it is safe
to do so (i.e. when your vehicle is at a complete stop, parked and out
of the way of traffic or pedestrians).
iPod Firmware Requirements
Your iPod must have certain firmware for proper iCruze compatibility.
Minimum Requirements: version 1.2 for iPod Mini, version 1.0
for iPod Photo and version 2.2 for iPod. Visit apple.com/support
for more information.
Connecting Your iPod
With the car stereo on or off, simply plug the iCruze dock cable
into your iPod. Within 15 seconds the display should read “iCruze”
and the docking is complete and iCruze is ready to use.
Charging Your iPod
As soon as you connect your iPod, iCruze will begin to charge it.
It will even charge when the vehicle is turned off. For safety reasons,
all charging stops when the iPod reaches full charge so your vehicle’s
battery will not run down.
Optimizing & Organizing iPod Playlists for iCruze
Playlists are one the coolest things about iPod. If you’re into 60’s music,
it’s easy to make a 60’s playlist with your favorite songs. Same for genre
lists like hip-hop or rap. Combine that with driving and you can
make lists like hard rock for those long drives or slower songs
for frustrating traffic jams.
iCruze works with iPod playlists only. If you haven’t created
any playlists on your iPod, you will need to do so as iCruze can’t
access songs on your iPod that are not in playlists. See your iTunes
”help” section for additional information on creating playlists
or visit apple.com/ipod
Depending on your factory stereo, iCruze will generally access
the first 6 playlists on your iPod in cases where a CD would have been
selected by hitting a preset button and the first 10 playlists on your
iPod on factory stereos that have CD up and down buttons. No more
than 10 playlists are ever accessible. If your car stereo can change
6 CDs, you’ll have access to the first 6 playlists on your iPod. A 10-disc
changer would be able to access the first 10 playlists, and so on.
Your iPod sorts playlists by number first then letter. So a playlist titled
“1-playlist” would come before a playlist titled “A-playlist”. If you
want to have all your iPod songs available through your car stereo,
make sure to create a playlist that includes all of them. Be sure that all
tracks on your iPod are contained within the playlists that iCruze can
access through your car stereo CD changer controls.
There is no limit to the number of songs in a playlist, but most
stereos can only display two digits. Any song past 99 may not display
correctly on your car stereo but will still play properly.
Selecting iCruze on Your Car Stereo
To access your iPod, select the “CD changer” mode on your car
stereo. Consult your vehicle’s owner’s manual/car stereo manual
