# Volvo c30 stereo question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 30, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203 "2020-01-30T00:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/1 "2020-01-30T00:18:05Z")
OK, I got a Volvo C30, and it has AUX input. First time I ever tried to use it. Thanks to the SDMB, I got the proper cable to hook my 2nd gen iPod and my old iPad mini into the system. (Male male 3.5 cable) Ok, but now with the stereo set to aux and on, and the iPod play - nothing. Same with the iPad. What am i doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/2 "2020-01-30T00:30:38Z")
Did you try turning up the volume on the iPod? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/3 "2020-01-30T00:36:07Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Did you try turning up the volume on the iPod? No, Ok, will try. ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/4 "2020-01-30T00:38:13Z")
If you unplug the wire from the iPod and touch the male plug, does it hum or buzz through the car speakers? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/5 "2020-02-02T23:32:53Z")
> [@KMS94](#): > > If you unplug the wire from the iPod and touch the male plug, does it hum or buzz through the car speakers? No, it does not. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/6 "2020-02-02T23:34:53Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Did you try turning up the volume on the iPod? Nada. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/7 "2020-02-03T02:47:29Z")
May be a bad cable, especially if it worked before. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/8 "2020-02-03T03:34:37Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > May be a bad cable, especially if it worked before. Cable is new, and I have never tried the aux before. Anyway of telling a bad cable? ---
**Author:** ![Oukile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@Oukile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oukile)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/9 "2020-02-03T04:18:54Z")
Did you push in the connector all the way in the car? Sometimes the last 1/32" or so resists a bit. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/10 "2020-02-03T04:34:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Cable is new, and I have never tried the aux before. > > Anyway of telling a bad cable? Do you have any other speakers or a stereo with a 3.5 mm input? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volvo-c30-stereo-question/847203/11 "2020-02-03T06:17:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Do you have any other speakers or a stereo with a 3.5 mm input? I dont think so, I will check.