JohnnyDepp

THE KNOB IS BACK! THE KNOB IS BACK!!!!

Over on their Facebook site, they imply the X920BT will ALSO get the update...can you ask them to verify that for the X920 users?

UPDATE: Some dude on the Pioneer Facebook site got them to say this... "...Yes, Aha Radio will be available on the 2010 AVIC-X920BT, the AVIC-Z120BT and 2009 AVIC-Z110BT via an additional map and software upgrade coming when the new 2011 models ship later this year. We'll keep you posted...."

Whew...you scared us there, dude!

Er, Jason...did you MISS the entire Pioneer presentation while waiting on a taxi line?!?! Duuuuuuuudee....

No, the new units will be programmed to prevent Canadians from even TOUCHING THE BUTTONS...force field or something...dunno the details. lol

Okay... Bets on how long before someone ports the new OS to the X920BT and Z120BT? Would be great...and would allow existing customers to keep live data and traffic past the termination of MSN Direct in Jan 2011.... **UPDATE!!! BREAK BREAK! ** Some dude on the Pioneer Facebook site got them to say this... "...Yes, Aha Radio will be available on the 2010 AVIC-X920BT, the AVIC-Z120BT and 2009 AVIC-Z110BT via an additional map and software upgrade coming when the new 2011 models ship later this year. We'll keep you posted...." Victory for existing customers???

Before I heard about the new integrated traffic tuner in the new Z and the eventual firmware update adding Aha-based traffic to the Z120 and the X920, I suggested one or more of the following: 1. A version of the XM tuner that brings BACK XM NavTraffic capability like the original one had? 2. An HD radio traffic-capable tuner (there is HD traffic now)? 3. Adding an FM traffic data service (TDS) to the base units with a software upgrade?? Sounds like they went with an integrated tuner to do #3 on the new Z130. The new Z130 also appears to have an integrated HD tuner...not s

There had BETTER be a replacement accessory for the MSN Direct tuner/service...and a new traffic solution for the EXISTING X- and Z-Series units... By the way, if you guys gamble and win out there, EVERY user of AVIC411 expects a cut of the winnings...seriously.

Yeah...some of these are good. All good thoughts, really. However, a lot of the VR-related issues you cite are a matter of degree, I think. It's hard to classify SOME of these as the basic, simply "DUH" head-slapping mistakes/fixes of the type I allude to in the subtitle of this thread. I think the one about defaulting to the current city and state is an obvious and simple fix. I'm an environmentalist, so I prefer NOT having the paper manual...have to respectfully disagree with you there. The sensitivity thing is discussed in a few other threads (including a post I made...).

Right...but he has to have the iPod connected to the cable. If he just launches Pandora on his phone and tries STREAMING the audio using Bluetooth, he will NOT get the album art or song information. That's the key point, yes?

No. When streaming Bluetooth audio from a smartphone to the X920BT (e.g., using the AVRCP or A2DP Bluetooth profiles), the unit will *NOT* display album art and it will NOT display song information. As you already know, if you have an iPod, all info and art WILL be displayed. Also, if you use Pandora and install the "Pandora Link" application on the iPhone, I believe you WILL also get the art and info. There's a ton of threads with the details elsewhere in the forum...

When you visit the Pioneer reps at CES, will you PLEASE (for god's sake) tell them to come out with a new traffic solution for existing X- and Z-Series units to replace the MSN Traffic services?!?! A new XM NavTraffic-capable XM tuner and an HD Traffic-ready HD Radio tuner are BOTH must-have items and should've been out already from Pioneer if they intend to compete with Kenwood, Sony, etc. An FM-TDS capability would be nice as well.

sigh

It should be an OPTION that one can toggle on/off in the AVIC menus. Doesn't have to be mandatory. You used a sound meter for your tests, by the way? Wow! Which model?

Thanks for testing this!! Assuming your test results are correct, this does indeed suck. The Pioneer SHOULD have been programmed to automatically level the sound across songs, regardless of whether the iPod's 'Sound Check' feature is enabled. And it SHOULD have been programmed to apply only the AVIC equalizer, ignoring the iPod's settings (assuming that's possible). Adding on to the iPod's EQ is plain silly. As you point out, the EQ settings one would need for headphones in the gym are totally different than what would need in one's car. If you forget that you left your iPod EQ set to

Dude...are you joking? Do you understand the basic purpose of a graphic equalizer??? The whole point is to let you to adjust the loudness of different frequencies of sound relative to each other. The different bars are the different FREQUENCIES of sound! What else would the bars be?? Are you kidding? The leftmost bar is the LOWEST frequency band of sounds (low pitch...bass, like drums, low pitched intstruments, bass guitars, etc.) sounds you can control, and the rightmost bar is the HIGHEST one (high pitch....treble...) you can control. Each bar in between is a different frequenc

You do mean the iPod's internal EQ, right?

Yep...another good call! Much better than all this cutting of harnesses with razor blades and trying to re-use pins that aren't really designed for multiple removals...

All: The old D3 manual implied it automatically adjusted sound levels across files on an iPod and recommended keeping "Sound Check" turned off in the iPod for that reason. I was never sure it actually WORKED, however...so I generally kept it turned on.... Questions regarding the newer units: 1. I don't see anything in my buddy's X920BT manual that says anything about this. Do the new units automatically adjust the sound levels across songs? I don't think so based on our experimentation...but we're interested in other opinions. Anyone? 2. Do the X- or Z- units' EQ settings

P.S. The reason FM isn't available is because SLA adjusts all OTHER sources relative to FM...FM is taken as the "standard" level by the AVIC. So you can make XM stronger or weaker relative to THAT, for example.

Dude...go to basicradiofacts.com and basicsciencefacts101.com Also, manual, page 174.

All: UPDATE: Not sure if some or all of these suggestions will be part of the firmware update to the X920BT and Z120BT that Pioneer has promised on their Facebook page....probably. Let's hope. I think it's time for a new sticky thread that lists all the simple things Pioneer could do to improve the uner interface and experience on the AVIC X- and Z- Series units. I'm hoping the Admins will make this sticky. Don't know how to do it myself... Anyway, I don't mean this thread to unclude requests for significant new FUNCTIONALITY, or fixes of SIGNIFICANT problems, per se. Those sho

I can't accept that conclusion, and believe it to be incorrect. Is everything WORKING the way it is now? OnStar volume up/down is working? What is NOT working?

Hmm...I wish you had said which one you meant in the original post! There are two green/white wires coming from the OS-4...! Anyway, so I'm sure you already saw that the OS-4 instructions say that the green/white wire on the OS NAV connector is the "OnStar push button volume adjustment input"... So...first guess is that you're supposed to just find the wire on the Tahoe-side where the On Star push button volume input comes off the steering wheel and wire it to that wire? Not sure yet where to find that... I found a few posts of people who have taken off the steering wheel shroud