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From what I understand, my SD card is now functioning as if an iPod or iPhone was connected via the USB port in the console. I can search a song, an artist, or an album. I can use the alpha/numeric soft keys to type a name and search. I can create my own playlists by selecting artists, albums, or songs. The only Art that does not display is Art that came from Apple. Originally, as I was loading my CD's onto my PC, occasionally I would not get the Art. There is a way in iTunes to grab an Album Cover from the same artist and rename it and use it on the CD without art. And, some songs/albums in my iTunes Library I downloaded directly from iTunes (purchased). All of this Art will show on my iPod and my iPhone. When I copied my entire iTunes Library into a folder in Music on my PC, all the Art still displayed. Once I copied this folder onto the SD card, all the Art taken from iTunes will not display. The Art file is property owned by Apple and will only display on Apple products. So, all of my album artwork displays from the SD card, except the Art that i downloaded for a CD or an album/song which I purchased from iTunes.

Since uconnect only supports Apple up to iOS7.1, I searched high and low and finally and iPod Touch on ebay with 7.1. Great, I thought! I copied my iTunes Library to it, and it did not work. It only gave me a list of songs that I had no control over. One song, one at a time, down the list. So much for using an iPod.

When I had my iTunes Library on my 5s, I could get the music to do what it was supposed to do, and all the art displayed. Without thinking, I downloaded iOS8, and the music went to hell. So much for that.

The SD Card is working as it should. I purchased a iPhone 6, 32. No music on my phone. Patiently waiting for Uconnect to update their end, so I can see if I can get my iPod to work.

Thanks for this instruction. I'm going to give this a go and see if it works for me... i have many problems with connect and apple products...

iPod Touch Gen 2 (old!) = album track order not sequenced instead alphabetical, no album art

iPod Classic = works well, album tracks in order, no album art, can't load music with apple music downloads (apple music only works with iPods with iOS 8 or later)

Ipad Air 2 = via usb, album track order not sequenced instead alphabetical, no album art, can play apple music downloads

= via bluetooth, album's tracks in order, can play album music, no information on screen at all. initial bluetooth connection can be spotty. can't charge iPad with usb at the same time as bluetooth streaming, so long drives kill iPad battery.

your SD method, looks like i can get the same as iPod Classic, but with artwork... suck's that i'm without apple music downloads though as they are DRM protected.

Obviously the best scenario is UConnect to provide an update for IOS8, but i'm not counting on it. IOS9 will be out next month (i'm already running on my iPad Air 2).

for what it's worth, 1 week, prior to having the journey for 1 year, i just got the 'can't unlock maps' message. took to dealer, and yup, has to have a new one installed. go figure...

i've had nothing but problem with the 8,4n/rb5 unit. although i got it working with an iPod classic, i never could get an itouch/ipad running iOS 8 (or 9, like i am) to show songs in correct album track order when connected via usb. always alphabetical. drives me insane. yet through bluetooth it plays in sequence, but doesn't display info on screen... stupid.

anyone using an iPhone running iOS 8 have their album track order sequenced right when playing albums???

for what it's worth i bought a black classic, and my entire library loads properly. I am not experiencing any skips. I've upgrade both the connect and the iPod had latest firmware. the only issue is the album art problem with the connect grabbing from gracenote opposed to from the iPod itself. which is fine for older music, but the new albums are blank. like everyone else if i turn gracenote off no album art at all. hopefully an upcoming firmware upgrade to the uconnect can fix that but not holding my breath.

I called Uconnect yesterday. Uconnect gives their OS to all of the phone mfgs, so Apple should be working on a fix. I will try and call Apple today. They were very helpful trying to get all of my Album Artwork to display, But sadly, Uconnect no longer works with Gracenote.

So you've been able to get your album artwork from your iPod/iphone to display on your Uconnect? I would rather not use grace note as it don't recognize some of my new albums, but when i switch it off no album art displays at all... Curious to know how you got this to work and what apple product your using and what Connect system you have...

for what it's worth i'm using an older iPod touch 2nd generation and i've had zero skips or drop outs. however my problem is album tracks are alphabetical and not organized by the track sequence on the uconnect. I've been told that on the classic album track order is correct. i've not heard of other having drop out or skips though. i may pick up a cheap classic off eBay and see how it works with my system. do you have the issue where full albums the tracks are in alphabetical and not by track number?

hello forum!

just got my new journey with Uconnect 8.4N (RB5) and hooked up an older iPod Touch (Gen 2), picks up all artists and albums no problem. However album tracks are organized in alphabetical order and not per the properly tagged album track order. I've done some googling and stuff and realize this is common issue and chrysler/uconnect people seem to say this is an iPod problem. options to include putting the track number in the song title as a work around or making each album into a playlist in correct sequence. both these 'work arounds' suck and i don't want to do this. I've read some reports that older iPod classics may work and albums have the tracks in correct order on the UConnect. Can anyone here confirm this with the 8.4N RB5 system? If so can anyone confirm which exact generation / model they are using???

Thanks.