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<blockquote data-quote="eharri3" data-source="post: 6506466" data-attributes="member: 591579">With my Pioneer Premier DEH 980BT I have almost 100% control of all functions of the head unit through the remote including the IPOD. I can scroll through albums, playlists, genres, choose songs, whatever. I can also work all the functions of the radio, CD player, and even all the tuning features such as the EQ and time alignment with the remote.Actually I think the Pioneer&#039;s IPOD interface itself is a bit more cumbersome than the Alpine&#039;s. On the Alpine my songs came up alphabetically and if I remember correctly there was a way to do a speed search to get to specific portions of the list as well as by using playlists. So on the Alpine if I wanted to I could jump to one random song anywhere in my whole song list and then jump to any other after that, whereas on the Pioneer if you go into a playlist, album, or genre to find something specific you&#039;re limited to the songs on that list and you have to repeat the process if you want to hear something completely different next. So if you go into a playlist just to look for one specific song you&#039;re stuck there until you toggle back through to &#039;playlist&#039;, choose which one, then find another song. And I haven&#039;t found a way to at least get my whole song list to show up in alphabetical order so it&#039;s all random unless I&#039;m in a playlist.The Pioneer is a bit more cumbersome but still workable but it is a big plus for me that the remote is so user-friendly and can access almost all the same functions as you can from the faceplate. This to me more than makes up for the drawbacks of the way it interracts with the IPOD. I barely even touch any of the faceplate controls anymore unless the remote&#039;s batteries die. It&#039;s especially useful to have considering it&#039;s a 2nd generation Tundra and the head unit is about a quarter mile&#039;s reach from the driver&#039;s seat.May wanna stop by a Pioneer dealer with your IPOD, hook it up to one, and see if it works for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eharri3, post: 6506466, member: 591579"] With my Pioneer Premier DEH 980BT I have almost 100% control of all functions of the head unit through the remote including the IPOD. I can scroll through albums, playlists, genres, choose songs, whatever. I can also work all the functions of the radio, CD player, and even all the tuning features such as the EQ and time alignment with the remote. Actually I think the Pioneer's IPOD interface itself is a bit more cumbersome than the Alpine's. On the Alpine my songs came up alphabetically and if I remember correctly there was a way to do a speed search to get to specific portions of the list as well as by using playlists. So on the Alpine if I wanted to I could jump to one random song anywhere in my whole song list and then jump to any other after that, whereas on the Pioneer if you go into a playlist, album, or genre to find something specific you're limited to the songs on that list and you have to repeat the process if you want to hear something completely different next. So if you go into a playlist just to look for one specific song you're stuck there until you toggle back through to 'playlist', choose which one, then find another song. And I haven't found a way to at least get my whole song list to show up in alphabetical order so it's all random unless I'm in a playlist. The Pioneer is a bit more cumbersome but still workable but it is a big plus for me that the remote is so user-friendly and can access almost all the same functions as you can from the faceplate. This to me more than makes up for the drawbacks of the way it interracts with the IPOD. I barely even touch any of the faceplate controls anymore unless the remote's batteries die. It's especially useful to have considering it's a 2nd generation Tundra and the head unit is about a quarter mile's reach from the driver's seat. May wanna stop by a Pioneer dealer with your IPOD, hook it up to one, and see if it works for you. [/QUOTE]

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