ecrawford

Same problem here

mic may be loose at the rear of unit.

Yes

You could just dim the screen

I have the same problem

Sounds like a bad connection

I hate this about the Z series units. My little garmin nuvi is much more accurate at deciding my arrival time past on my average travel speeds during the trip.

Nope

Weird

Not a fast process

The Z series does not have a power button. You can turn off the source input (on the source menu) so that no music plays, and you can turn off the screen (by holding 'V'), but the GPS and full system will still be running. Here's an excerpt from the manual: There's two ways - both are done from the phone. Nothing can be done for this on the Z2 itself. 1) If you haven't made the call yet, simply turn off bluetooth before you call. 2) If you're on a call, there should be a quick menu on your phone that has as option to "send call to phone" or something similar. It's different

You forgot that the Kenwood is faster too. The ipod connectivity is smoking

Is the ipod connection faster. I know that the direct link was to suppose to speed things up in the Z3 but seeing you just did a software update I thought that I would ask?

The Garmin Navi in the Kenwoods are very accurate.

The IPOD on the connection on the Z2 is very slow to the other units with direct connect. Its the one and only reason that I've actually thought about giving my Z2 up over.