Irritated with Ipod scrolling/New H/U

[kngadrok 10+ year member]

The scrolling & searching method on my Alpine is really starting to irritate me. At first it was no big deal, but the more songs I add to my Ipod the more it bugs me.

I'm unfamiliar with other H/U's and their Ipod interfaces, so could someone point me in the direction of a unit that's more user friendly than my 9856.

If there are any that are significantly better, I would consider ditching the alpine, since I rarely use discs anylonger.

I know that there are a million threads about Ipods, but I didnt see any discussing a better interface than Alpine (if there is one)

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[Pickler 10+ year member]

You can try Pioneer. They make great decks.

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

You can try Pioneer. They make great decks.

yes, but their ipod interface if worst than the alpines. What is bothering you about the alpine interface?

 

[kngadrok 10+ year member]

My issues are with the search funcions.

One: When you're searching, if you screw up or dont press the selected track in time you have to start back over at the very beginning of the library.

Two: the quick search function only displays numerically, so it's almost impossible to go directly to a particular song(unless you remember every song, by every artist, in every playlist)

Seems miniscule, but it can be pain when you have a very large library.

Anyway, just thought that maybe some of the other units have a better way of searching through large librarys.

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

Clarion VRX755VD- i like that ipod control.

 

[TD89 10+ year member]

I have a 9857 and the iPod thing gets on my nerves too. Making playlists helps out alot though. I really don't think it was designed to go to one paticular song that easily, just make playlists.

 

[Mike Troll 10+ year member]

I cant stand pioneers ipod interface at all. I was thinking of giving alpine's a try, Guess not now.

 

[Makaveli7haDon 10+ year member]

i have a w200 and use the ipod function frequently. its sort of irritating but i search by album and it works fine. alpine has the best ipod interface currently so any other brand is no better. good luck

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

Clarions Ipod interface FTW

 

[ghart999 10+ year member]

why not use the iPod itself and get an iPod to AiNet cable? That is what I do with my Pioneer 880. I do not believe an iPod interface via HU will ever compare to the iPod itself.

 

[Cmonster 10+ year member]

The Clarion VRX765VD (single din flip out touch screen) and the MAX675VD (double din touch screen, out end of Sep) have great iPod controls. they react on screen almost instantaniously.

 

[99StangGt 10+ year member]

why not use the iPod itself and get an iPod to AiNet cable? That is what I do with my Pioneer 880. I do not believe an iPod interface via HU will ever compare to the iPod itself.

Im sure your correct but I find it a pain to look at that little screen while I was doing 70mph to find a song. the pioneer was like using the ipod but a little slower scrolling. I have got rid of the ipod. I will be going with a mp3 changer, I know it wont hold as much but it will hold enough for me. As far as the new Alpines, I wouldnt buy just because theres no processing.

 

[pik 10+ year member]

playlists are the key, do them alphabetically, or by music style. either way, it makes it alot quicker, if you really need access to every song at once, i would think scrolling on the 'pod itself is still a pain in the @$$.

 

[evilkokonut 10+ year member]

pioneer 880 with cd-ib100ii scrolls almost as fast as you can turn the knob. i love it

 

[kngadrok 10+ year member]

You should only have three playlists. ever.

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