Major issue playing ipod through sound system.

This just started last week. I have not changed any settings or anything in ipod or in the Prius.

Its a 2013 Prius Persona. Lately when I plug my ipod in and try to play a album or a playlist, after the first song I pick from that album or playlist is played, it plays a totally random song thats on the ipod. Not on the album or playlist.
I unplug the ipod from the Prius and it plays the songs from the list I want, so I know its not the ipod. This only happens when I want to use it in the Prius.

I have my iphone pluged in as well and bluetooth on the iphone. But I had it that way before and it was fine.

I checked all the settings in the audio on the Prius and can't find anything. "random" was checked, but thats always checked because I like to play on shuffle.

Anyone have this issue or know how it can be fixed?

 

Tried both. Now when I hit the buttone on the Prius to change tracks it doesn't go to a random song.

it just says "loading...... loading...... loading..... loading...."

 

Replaced the cable and with that cable the Prius did'nt even register that it was plugged in. I switch back to the other cable and that one keeps jumping from being read and charging to not being read BEEP BEEP BEEP all the time.

I take both cables I tried in the Prius and plug them in my house. Both work fine in the house.

I forgot to mention, when I first tried my iPod with my Prius it only read it in the USB that was in the storage space in the console. The charger under the dash and in the storage space next to the USA both never read it at all. Only that USB.

But I have my phone plugged into the charger thats in the USB under the dash with an adapter and thats fine. I have my phone with the bluetooth. I don't want to put my iPod on bluetooth as that might interfere with the phone.

I am growing VERY FRUSTRATED with this. I really don't want to have to bring it in to be looked at, wasting more of my little time I have.

Why were'nt these things checked before i was given the car? They told me it was all set.

 

I just said I tried a different cable then the one I was using. Thats the one that did'nt register. I went back to the one I had been using and was in there when the issues started and that one started to flash in and out of charge.

I try both cables in my house and they both work fine.

 

I bought a brand new apple cord and that seemed to fix it.