I have a VAIS SL2i-up in my 2006 (MY07) RX350, with nav, DVD and ML (Australian version). The VAIS has worked perfectly until this morning when it suddenly quit.

I had just updated my song collection but for some reason I don't know, iTunes just put everything in the root directory with no playlists. On selecting the iPod I got the "No playlists" error. Since then i am unable to select the iPod.

I have updated the iPod so it now has playlists and also tried another iPod which I know works fine on this car. If I try to select the iPod by pressing the Disk button I just get the DVD player. Pressing again does nothing.

The iPod is charging, though the battery symbol isn't up all the time.

If I play a song from the iPod itself, it comes through the car's speakers over the top of the DVD or radio.

Any advice on trouble shooting this, preferably without tearing everything apart?

Thanks
Paul

 

i would try to unplug and reprogram.

unplug unit, wait 30 seconds
plug it back in, program is to the correct mode again (mp3?), make sure all the beeps, and then try again

 

Thanks Rominl - before I saw your response I unplugged and re-plugged without going through the programming, and it came back OK. So fingers crossed it will stay OK.

 

glad it worked. yeah, sometimes the sl2i-up gets into a weird state and a little reset would do the trick