'Dedicated connection' Ipod cable

[rory84]

Hi,

I just picked up my MB mondeo Titanium TDCi in Panther Black with dark tinted windows. (after a painful 3 month lead time)

I have pugged the ipod in using the 3.5m jack and a standard ipod usb cable, but when i go to access the ipod menu through the steering wheel it starts doing silly things like randomly selecting a song.
The manual says there is a ford accessory that is dedicated ipod connection line which is used ofr optimum performance.
Does this do anything different from the usb/3.5mjack that i am currently using? Will the ford cable fix the interface issue?

Is anyone using one of the ford cables? Can unyone help? The guy in the parts division in the dealership didn't have much clue.

For the record the car is awesome.