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I would, couldn't hurt.

Well either your Z is defective or you are right about the setup in your particular vehicle. I have the volumes set to about 3/4 on mine and can hear it perfectly with windows down and/or with the top down, and I have a fairly loud exhaust system. I have even had to turn the phone down on some occasions. I have the sound only coming out of the driver's side speaker. I did a quick search on the net but didn't find anything similar in the BMW forums, but I didn't dig too deep. Hopefully there is someone else in here that has or has installed in an M5 that can shed a little more light

... that's one of the reasons I didn't keep the U310 and got the Z110, I drive around all day going to see clients and rely on my hands free to make and receive business calls.

Should be able to get an AVIC-X710BT for about $700 or so.

I noticed the same thing, when the unit comes out of "hibernation" it wakes up where it left off when you turned off the key THEN notices the phone is disconnected and shows the message, then it starts to search for nearby paired phones and connects. If I still had the unit I would certainly call and complain but I imagine they won't talk to me without providing a serial number or something, I upgraded after a few days and am glad I did. I do my own installs so that wasn't an issue. I went through 4 NAV units before deciding on the Z110BT

Nothing on nowtorrents.com is real. You can tell if you refresh the page after getting there, the amount of times it has been downloaded goes up and down like a yo-yo, it basically just puts a random number there, the file results are generated bu the keywords you used for the search. And the Pioneer web page states "Map data update only", so no changes to the interface.

This unit hibernates because of the removable screen. Make sure that the power is turned OFF to the screen while it is in the dash, you may get better results that way. I had the U310BT for a short while and it did some strange stuff. My phone always connected though unless the blue-tooth was locked up (couldn't turn it on or off from the menu), but this only happened every few days, not every time I started it up. Hopefully a firmware upgrade is in the works for everyone that has one.

Thanks for the review, looks like it isn't worth it especially for $30. It must be the angle and that my HU is much lower in the dash than yours as I can see my screen better than you even with the top down. I did notice that you specifically mentioned convertibles in your review If anyone wants one for half the price I just found them on eBay for $15 shipped, same ones, just look at the pictures, they are the same as on Amazon, just a different brand name attached. I believe only (1) screen protector is included so you aren't really saving anything. http://cgi.ebay.ca/Screen-Prot

Yes

Right, it ISN'T built in to the unit.

I got mine for $1385 CDN approx $1290 USD.

Radio Shack $5.49 http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2062405

Well I just ordered one, a lot easier than taking my factory deck's face off, I want to be able to put it back if I ever need to. I did this with my 88 Mustang about 15 years ago. I think I will try to find a FORD sticker to put on it or template so I can paint FORD and/or Shaker 500 on it so it is a bit more convincing.

Pg 175 in the novel about the spanish guy that came with the unit (Manual) There are 4 methods you can use to do the reset, you should start with method 2 and go from there. Method 2: Touch [Restore Factory Settings] This clears some items in the “Navi Settings” menu, the “System Settings” menu and the “Bluetooth Settings” menu. Did you actually purchase and install an MSN tuner? It isn't built in to the unit.

Pg 175 in the novel about the spanish guy that came with the unit (Manual) There are 4 methods you can use to do the reset, the one you need is Method 1 Method 1: The battery of the vehicle is removed or the yellow lead of the navigation system is disconnected. Clears almost all settings of the AV function This is the only method that will clear the back up camera settings according to the chart on pg. 176

OK so I went back into test mode and DVD test mode and looked around a little but couldn't find anything that has anything to do with RDS. I went to the "clearing FLASH user area" menu in test mode and cleared the user memory. I don't recommend doing this, it scared the crap out of me when I left the test mode. The unit went into a boot loop. The default splash screen came on and the radio started to play, then it would re-boot about 10 seconds into it and wouldn't stop. I turned off the key then back on again and it stayed on longer this time then asked me my language preferences, booted

While in the NAVI screen pressing the left and right arrows on the unit (track selection buttons) will scroll through your preset stations.

OK so I put my Z110BT into "test mode" last night and played around a little bit. Everything looked cool, ran a couple tests, then shut it down and booted back to normal. Everything came back fine except for one small issue. When listening to an FM broadcast the RDS data does not show up properly in the NAVI mode or the "detail" mode, but is fine when looking at all the presets at once. The problem that occurs is it shows the name of the artist and station name, but then flashes 01010101, 02020202, 03030303, 1F08B5C8, then the station name and artist again.... I am thinking a hard rese

I finally got it, it is a little sensitive as to where you press and how long you press for.

Has anyone had any luck setting this up on their Z110BT? I tried it a couple times on my lunch hour and could not get the password screen to show up. Followed page 174 from the manual with no luck, I'll try again on my way home before I leave the parking lot... if anyone has had success, let me know...

The U310 i had for a few days ran the same NAV software as my Z110, not sure about the OS though.

and very few phones will support that feature.

The unit is VERY new and there has never been a "U" series B4 so the user base if probably quite small at this time, as more ppl buy one and discover this site the responses will probably come quicker. I suspect that most of the long time members of this site all own that Z or F series so concentrate on those units most.

Make sure you are a member of POI finder when you D/L the file and it should be in order of closest to furthest from where you are located. I believe the custom POI only accepts the first 300 listings (I think) in a file. I added custom POI for Tim Hortons and Esso into mine when I had it and it showed them all for me.

I had this unit for a few days and had the same issues. I found that it mostly happened if I removed the screen from the unit while the power was still on and the phone was connected, especially if the power switch to the screen was turned on. If I let the unit power down B4 removing the screen and the power switch on the screen was off the bluetooth would be fine. The only solution I found to get bluetooth working again after it froze was to hit the "reset" button as well. I returned this unit and bought the Z110BT instead, same NAV software, better POI, more features, less buggy,