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I removed my F500bt front off. Let's just say it isn't working at the moment.

F500bt

Pioneer cable

Album art:

IPod Video 30 gig = pixelly

Iphone 8 gig = crap

Most of my album arts are custom, but above 300x300 and no bigger than 800x800. The resolution on the IPod/Iphone themselves are very crisp and clean.. I think it's more of a Pioneer thing. All I know is, the Avic output kinda sucks.. even for my movies.

my ipod cord should arrive UPS within the next hour or two and I'll try it then, other than that i dont know what im going to do if it doesnt work. i do need to go to a local car audio shop and buy a small line driver like this one

http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=1074, hopefully they have it or something like it... the line out on this thing is not that great.

Yeah, I have a PAC turbo-1 that helps with the low sound too. It works.

I'll be getting an iphone this week and i'll let you know about the video playback.

I got from a fellow member (blu) that the harness battery wire (yellow) is to be attached to a constant power source so when you turn on the car, the unit comes on automatically while the cigarette adapter powers off your car. I hate the wiring myself. i want to drop kick it and there are too many freaking wires for a portable unit.

3rd, i've never had that problem... maybe there was an incorrect wire installed? i think you have to ground your brake wire from your second question.

=/ that sucks man. is there an antenna option to add to it? then again, it shouldnt be having issues like that especially during emergencies!

I used to use a usb drive and it is very laggy sometimes so i just bought an ipod video 30 gig. i have a program called ImToo which will convert the videos automatically. it has many settings for you to choose 320x240 or 640x480. i'd recommend h.264 also. there is a border because of the widescreen setting but not too much.

Ifr you have a lot of music, I would recommend looking into buying an ipod. They have much larger storage capacity, they have much faster response time, and is is infinitely easier and faster to find the music that you are looking for. The file system type playback used by the SD card isn't very friendly if you're talking about a lot of files.

True, plus you can use the voice feature which you can't use with the SD. Movies are ok on SD/USB but make sure it's the right resolution. I'm running a 16 gig USB drive on mine. Getting an IPOD is so much more convenient.

Someone with a 500 did the software and grounding mod...

Cool, good review. Have you thought about getting the PAC Turbo-1? I think that should help with the low level sound.

=) I'll be putting the F500bt in my FX45 stock screen location... I think it's a really good deal.

Awesome. How's the sound quality? Did you use an auxiliary to play in your oem radio?

Oh well, at least it doesn't take forever to load on mine. Not a problem for me.