bateyejoe

If I try to enter any x Series forum, I get: You do not have the required permissions to read topics within this forum.

I would go so far as to say Kenwood has the worst user interface I've used on a consumer electronics product (at least of this complexity). The Pioneer F series (or any Pioneer Nav unit) simply blows it away. The Kenwood is extremely klunky and incredibly ugly. I own the DNX 8120 (and the DNX 9140 doesn't look much different as far as user-interface goes) and I grow to despise the user interface more and more every day. Dialing a bluetooth contact is a good example. First, you need to locale the TEL button which may be in a number of different places depending on which source you're listen

Try this: 1. Break the current link between the phone and the unit (go into Bluetooth on the i580 and tell it to disconnect from the Pioneer). 2. Go into contacts, select a contact, pop up the menu and choose to send the contact. It should show the Pioneer as a possible destination. Select it. I had the same problem and this method worked for me on my DNX8120. I never got a chance to try it on my AVIC before returning it.

I'll join the pile-on. I just finished a quick install (haven't hidden any wires yet) of the 8120 to replace my F900BT. The Pioneer's bugs were killer, but if it were only the bugs, I might have stuck it out and waited for a fix. Here are the reasons I switched (which I don't think will be addressed by Pioneer until a new model comes out, based on their past behavior): I should note that the F900BT was my third Pioneer Nav unit in a row and my sixth Pioneer head unit in a row. 1. Talking on a bluetooth call locks out the rest of the system. If someone is giving me an address over the p

I wouldn't hold your breath on it being addressed by Pioneer. This is a usability issue/feature, and I haven't known Pioneer to address anything but outright bugs in their free updates. They, of course, have sold updates with new features and usability improvements, but even then, I get the feeling that if it wasn't for the development of the next model, they wouldn't have bothered offering anything new to existing customers. So maybe, if there's an F901BT next year, Pioneer might sell us a new set of maps along with a few new features (like user-up orientation). Not that this is surpr

I have the F900BT and when the map is in 2D mode, it's always north up. Has anyone figured out a way to change this?