music shield powered by dock

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#1

hello! I am curious to see if anyone has had the shield powered by the dock connector?
I have a bose dock and I can play music but still need external power. Also curious if the unit could possibly recognize the dock’s remote for advance tracks.

Thanks!
-e

#2

Yes, it can. But it can be remotely controlled only when it work with ATmega328 based Arduino board.
You can follow the instructions here:http://garden.seeedstudio.com/index.php?title=Music_Shield#Software_Installation

#3

Thanks Steve!
I have the music shield working.

It does not get power from my dock, but my ipod does. Any suggestions as far as modifying code?
Thanks
-e

#4

The software has a line that says:

mySerial.begin(19200);// used for receiving command data from the iPod dock.

does that include power?

If you know a dock (make and model) that does in fact power the unit and the arduino please let me know.

As I said before, the dock I own powers my ipod but not the music shield or arduino.

I could not even get the shield to function properly on ANY arduino other than MEGA 1280. (I tried MEGA 2560, UNO, and Duemilanove also)

Please help.
-e