Zune resets when shifting in 2007 Mazda 3

[Ryland]

My 1st generation Zune has a habit of resetting when I shift either into or out of Park in my car. I have it plugged into the Aux jack in the center console. Has anybody else run into this issue?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Resetting meaning it reboots?

You just have audio plugged in?

Can you reproduce this consistently?

 

[Throckmorton]

An aux jack? A regular analog headphone plug?

 

[Ryland]

Yes the mp3 player reboots. It is fairly consistent, probably 80% of the times I shift into/out of park causes the mp3 player to reboot. The only thing plugged in is the audio cable into the AUX on the car.

 

[Ryland]

An aux jack? A regular analog headphone plug?

Yes to both

 

[darom]

I would open the central console and check if your shifter is interfering with any of the electrical wires. Engage your shifter in all positions and check the linkages.

 

[ShawnD1]

Yes to both

Weird. If you have old headphones laying around, you could rip the cord apart and connect the ends to a voltmeter or something. A surge of power from the aux jack into the mp3 player might be enough to reset it.

source: I once touched the modem on a computer and the static discharge caused the computer to restart. It was an old Apple PowerPC :biggrin:

 

[Ryland]

Weird. If you have old headphones laying around, you could rip the cord apart and connect the ends to a voltmeter or something. A surge of power from the aux jack into the mp3 player might be enough to reset it.

source: I once touched the modem on a computer and the static discharge caused the computer to restart. It was an old Apple PowerPC :biggrin:

This is what I think is happening, just curious if anybody else has seen this occur. I really should have gotten this looked at while my car was under warranty.

 

[Ryland]

I would open the central console and check if your shifter is interfering with any of the electrical wires. Engage your shifter in all positions and check the linkages.

I had it open the other day for a different reason and didnt notice anything out of the ordinary.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

yup it sounds like you are getting a electrical current through the cable from the aux.

It could be a bad ground from your radio.

if you dont want to mess with things, get a am/fm transmitter.

if you are worried about aesthetics. there is one made for the zune
http://www.zune-accessories.org/zune-fm-transmitter.html

but costs more then the zune

 

[Ryland]

Im not too worried about it because it has been happening for 3+ years now although it seems to be happening more frequently recently.

Edit: I wonder if I could build a jig to limit any back fed voltage.

 

[ZickZJ]

Out of curiosity, do you have a power cable plugged into your Zune for charging?

I found with my zune that if I have a cable plugged into the headphone jack on the Zune going to a set of speakers, it will constantly reboot. Seems to be electro static related, as it will reboot if I touch something near it or get and move.

But if I plug in a charging cable to the bottom of the Zune, it will never reboot. Kind of acts like it's then grounded properly.