Hi, I have just had the mazda ipod integration module and lead fitted to my 2010 Sport tec (Bose) and think I can clarify a number of issues posted on other threads.
Firstly, I wanted a clean integration that was not visible. I also wanted to be able to view track names etc on the cars display, and use the standard buttons. Having researched it there were not many options that gave me everything I wanted and the Mazda information was very scant.
It was not helped when I rang round three local Mazda dealers and got different answers and prices from all of them. (One asked me if it was a petrol or diesel model!).
I eventualy decided to have the unit supplied and fitted by Nunns Mazda of Grimsby, they offered a fair price of £243 fitted, less 10% for MX5 OC members.
It has been fitted a week now, and i have tried a variety of ipods with it, it works great with al of them, ipod nano third generation, ipod 160 Gb 6th generation, and iphone 4, despite mazda saying it does not work with any iphone. I will try the iphone 5 when I get an apple 30 pin to lightening adapter.
Access to the ipod menus is by pressing the Aux button, first press selects Aux, second press selects ipod, allclearly displayed on the head unit.
With the iphone 4, music can be acessed via the stereo controls, and the bluetooth integration continues to work, it also charges the phone.
The big difference between this and the integration fitted to my Volvo, is that the Mazda does not have enter and back buttons to operate the menus, instead the Mazda has differnt controls for each level of the menu’s.
Top level menu is controlled by the tuner knob, (Artist. Album, Genre etc.)
Second level menu is controlled by the foldet up/down buttons, (Adele, Aerosmith, Beyonce etc.)
Third level menu is controlled by the track/seek buttons, (Song titles)
This is a bit fiddly to use initially but quickly becomes second nature.
Overall it is better than I expected, titles and artists are clearly displayed and the text button allows you to flip between artist, title etc.
I know there are other options out there, and everyone will choose the one for them, but I am quite hapy with this fitment.
Having struggled for information I hope this posts helps.
and was sticking to CDs in various past cars but only recently realised the advantages of having my cd collection on an mp3 player in the MX (lack of space for cd storage) and being able to mix and match various tunes into one MP3 player if you see what I mean. However, I have another car, a Hyundai i10, the basic model which has an USB port on the radio. So I took a chance and plugged in the very primitive, reddmango 2GB mp3 stick(distained by the grand kiddies) with which I had been trying to learn the intricasies of Win Media player, and how to organise and download tunes them into the Reddmango with varying degrees of success.
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. I came across your post, you seem to have solved the problem but at a price which is above my present budget. A silly question perhaps, is there a cheaper or simpler way of doing it ? I’ve recently ordered a