Ok so I was browsing this forum earlier and I note that another user has a similar topic about a USB port he found or something. I didn't wanna hijack that thread so thought I'd just start my own one, as this is slightly different anyway.
First off, a shout out to kjfishman for posting that! It got me curious to see if I had a USB port in my Patriot (as I wasn't aware there was one) but I had a look this evening in the glovebox, and in the most secret, hidden place on the top of the glovebox (you can only really see if you stick your head down there), there was one single USB port! Awesome!
So I plugged my Iphone in to see what happened. It said it was docked and started charging. But I wanna play music ya know. So I hit "aux" twice and it went from the actual AUX connection to "UCI" something. For a while it was trying to read but then it just said "error, could not connect" or something, and there was static kinda noise the louder I turned the volume up.
So what I'm wondering is: My Patriot is a 2.2L Diesel model (UK/European), year late 2010 or early 2011. I don't have a touch screen installed and no other USB ports nor bluetooth as far as I know?! Just a radio, AUX line-in and CD player.
Do I need a certain cable for this to work, or is it actually an add-on to the stereo unit in the car that needs to be installed?
It would be great to be able to connect via USB or bluetooth, so I wouldn't have to (when it's safe) change songs every so often on a playlist while driving, and could just flick the buttons behind the steering wheel which is much safer.
I was gonna get Halfords in the UK or another local private company I found on google who specialise in car stereo installations, to install a whole new unit for me, with DAB + Radio, USB ports and bluetooth etc, but if I could get some smaller add on from Jeep for this UCI thing to work successfully with my Iphone/Ipod, that would be great!
First off, a shout out to kjfishman for posting that! It got me curious to see if I had a USB port in my Patriot (as I wasn't aware there was one) but I had a look this evening in the glovebox, and in the most secret, hidden place on the top of the glovebox (you can only really see if you stick your head down there), there was one single USB port! Awesome!
So I plugged my Iphone in to see what happened. It said it was docked and started charging. But I wanna play music ya know. So I hit "aux" twice and it went from the actual AUX connection to "UCI" something. For a while it was trying to read but then it just said "error, could not connect" or something, and there was static kinda noise the louder I turned the volume up.
So what I'm wondering is: My Patriot is a 2.2L Diesel model (UK/European), year late 2010 or early 2011. I don't have a touch screen installed and no other USB ports nor bluetooth as far as I know?! Just a radio, AUX line-in and CD player.
Do I need a certain cable for this to work, or is it actually an add-on to the stereo unit in the car that needs to be installed?
It would be great to be able to connect via USB or bluetooth, so I wouldn't have to (when it's safe) change songs every so often on a playlist while driving, and could just flick the buttons behind the steering wheel which is much safer.
I was gonna get Halfords in the UK or another local private company I found on google who specialise in car stereo installations, to install a whole new unit for me, with DAB + Radio, USB ports and bluetooth etc, but if I could get some smaller add on from Jeep for this UCI thing to work successfully with my Iphone/Ipod, that would be great!
