s0uthpaw

Thanks for correcting my error on the iPod interface - not sure why I was so sure that the f900 was different. I'd be grateful for any advice on how to improve my situation. Essentially, I get good sound quality with USB or SD Card inputs, but pretty lousy (i.e. dead, lifeless) quality from iPod. I do not have an EQ set on the iPod. I use the Avic as my head unit, then output the signal to a JBL MS-8, which powers the speakers.

I have a similar experience. I had a Pioneer Avic f900, and the JBL MS-8 revolutionized the sound I was getting in the car - it was no longer lifeless and crowded. For the first time, I had an appreciable sense of space between the instruments, proper stereo separation, and some life in the sound. And all from an iPod. I have just upgraded to the Pioneer Avic f930, and the sound has just taken a nosedive. Significantly less spatial resolution, and a real deadening quality to everything, despite recalibrating the JBL MS-8. I believe the problem is how the Pioneer now takes its audio

I have been attempting to troubleshoot my problem of losing the left channel on my iPod. Firstly, I replaced the cable with another Panasonic cable. That worked for about 2 days. Then I found that by disconnectimg and reconnecting the USB cable, the channel would return, for a while. However, if I use a USB stick plugged into the USB cable, it works flawlessly, the whole time. I reinstalled everything on the iPod (as suggested above), but that made no difference. Does that mean that my problem is with the iPod connector on my (new) cable? The USB cable itself seems to work fine for

I have a similar problem with the HTC HD2. I have previously used the Touch HD and TyTn II with no problems. It seems to be a problem with the Bluetooth stack in the phone. It will eventually be possible to change the stack, using a "cooked ROM" (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/), but we'll have to wait until someone comes up with one featuring a new bluetooth stack. It may be worth trying out Jetware Mobile's bluetooth app (http://www.jetwaremobile.com/), but if the phone uses a non-standard MS stack, it probably will not install.

I've updated my EU f900bt to the 3.x firmware (taken from the X series update). I stuck with the original maps. First impressions are definitely favourable, even if there have been no revolutionary changes. Time to iPod play is 30 sec, time to bluetooth phone connection is 1m 18s. Not much change there. However, the screen is immeasurably more responsive, with very little lag (due to the WinCE update, I believe). This makes it much more pleasurable to use. The bluetooth phone software seems a little less buggy - so far no problems with calls not being transferred to the car unit. A