Test drove the Genesis with tech package and was quite impressed, but there were two concerns. One of them is a disappointment, I guess--the driver's seat is cooled, but not the passenger's seat, which seems like an odd bit of corner-cutting.

However, the real surprise for me was that neither the salesman nor I could find any way to initiate random play from an iPod connected via the Hyundai iPod connector cable. We could get the playlists to show up, we could skip ahead, move back... but no random. The manual explained how do initiate random play in pretty much every other mode--even with a USB drive--but that step was not present with an iPod.

We tried setting the iPod to shuffle before connecting it, but that didn't do anything; Hyundai's software still gave us an alphebetical song listing once I chose the playlist I wanted to hear.

Tried two different iPods, even, just in case one was quirky.

Anyone found a way to make an iPod play in random order? I have 15,600 songs on an iPod, broken into 30 different playlists, and I really don't want to have to listen to them all in alphabetical order!

Did you use 08620-2L000. Thats the required iPod cable for the genesis which does integrate the iPod like it should.

I guess you did use 08620-2L000.

This post has been edited by rendezvous65: Jul 30 2008, 11:55 PM

I presume that's the cable that was used--the Hyundai salesperson got a connector cable from the parts department. It had both a USB plug and a mini-stereo plug that connected to the Hyundai console jacks, and it had a dock connector on the other end.

To answer my own question:

Yes, you can random-play music on an iPod... but only if you wish to random play all music and not just the music within a playlist. If you are willing to random-play all music, you can do that by turning on shuffle on the iPod itself before you connect it to the Hyundai's iPod connector cable, then play a song or two to make sure that it's randomizing. At that point, connect it to the cable and more often than not, it will continue to play back random songs.

If you ever choose a specific playlist, though, it appears to return to alphabetical order.

Let's hope there's some software/firmware update that will correct that.

(I ended up buying a Genesis tech package today, so I've played around with it for a while.)

cliff biggers

Sweet!! Let us know about everything you like and dislike about the new whip! I'd be very interested in all the little nuances you'll come across.....