Actually, the ipod connector is much more, check out this link:

http://automobiles.honda.com/models/...e=Civic+Hybrid

The ipod connector can control the ipod (while it sits quietly in your glove box) from the steering wheel. I'm just wondering what sort of connector it is, and whether the mp3s are played by the ipod, or by the stereo. In other words, is the ipod used as an audio server, or a mass storage device?

--Brad