Vinny, the Y cable, like Parrot and Mendo were originally talking about, works but I can't control anything. That will have to do...The Ipod controls the volume, not the receiver. My kids have speakers that use the same set up and I don't understand why my friend insisted I would ruin the Ipods by plugging them in like that. I think her kid must have done something to his expensive Ipod and told her it was the plug and she tried to get it fixed under the warranty..I don't know. :-/ Bottom line, hubby can listen to the music from his Ipod and I won't have to burn tons of CDs.
I wish I knew why Apple messed with these 3rd generation Ipods to prevent them from working with systems that the other Ipods did...