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Probably because no one has any idea here, ya think? Contact Pioneer directly. Yes it can be a long wait.

No one can know for sure, and we won't until the updates actually come out. If Pioneer's update history for these units is anything to go by, I wouldn't get too excited about it.

Good question; I use a 2gb myself. I only have the thing for updates. Technically I think you can store media on it and play it that way but it's not terrible useful. The only decent media interface is the one built for the iDevices.

Updates can only be done via the MicroSD card.

For what it's worth, there is a recently formed Car Connectivity Consortium that has as one of it's goals to set standards for interaction between vehicle systems and devices like Android Phones, iPhones, iPads, Windows Phone, etc, etc. Like most such endeavors it will probably take years to be fully realized and not meet all every "wouldn't it be great if" ideas, however it's better than nothing. However, one company is not on that list. Can you guess which one? Pioneer. The reason you see so many of these HU's support full iPhone integration, with coming support for apps, etc, is

VBlue42 is alright. He's on here every day and probably gets tired of the exact same questions being asked over and over again, in new threads. Differences with the x930BT: As it's not out yet, the only hard evidence anyone has is from Pioneers product page and the CES show where it was shown. Any and all information about the unit is coming from one of those two sources, and has already been repeated here - several times . I mean, look at the first page of this forum alone: x920bt -> x930bt software update Transferring Voice Commands to X930BT? AVIC-X920BT now + upgrade or wa

I have the bypass and the update had no affect on it. Also I highly recommend doing the update, while it doesn't magically fix every annoyance this unit has it does have some pretty major ones. VR alone is almost (except for the voice) passable now.

Having to put the city in every time bugs me too. Especially with VR, because I live in Austin, and without fail it will ask me if I really meant "Boston" or "Malin" (despite the fact that my state is set to Texas. Boston? Really?). There's no way to inturrupt the VR while it's going through it's spiel either so every single time I set a destination by voice I get to go through the whole charade. After a while it gets really irritating. Really, their entire Nav is in need of an overhaul. It's terrible when stacked against a lot of the competition, but about a dozen little tweaks or fixes w

The better option would be not to buy any of these units at all, no matter what the brand I'm serious. First, get one of the newer, larger Android phones - The Sprint Evo, The Verizon Droid X, etc - one of the ones with the 4.3 inch hi-res screen. Or the new iPhone with it's slightly smaller screen, whatever, all that matters is you get something that has an interface you like and can work with. Then get a nice car adapter dock for it - ProClips sells the best ones, I think, though they can run you $80 for the phone dock + attachment. They look really nice though, and the docks allow you

I've used Proclips for years and agree, expensive but you get what you pay for. My iPhone is my camera otherwise I'd throw up some pics but basically I have the mount with the dock on the bottom, I ran my Pioneer cable up through a gap next to my glovebox so it hardly shows, it clips in to the bottom of the dock, the phone in the top, and all is right with the world. Holds it rock-steady too. I like the idea behind the Spec-dock since (if installed right) it's a "neater" looking solution however as you discovered the phone support is non-existent, in fact it's so bad I could see it damagin

You can get the 920BT a lot cheaper, I got mine for under $750 shipped from an authorized Pioneer dealer (Al-eds) and you can get it even cheaper than that now from dealers that are actually reputable. For the 120BT, even with discounts you are going to pay several hundred dollars more for what is really a small set of additional features, screen aside. The obvious one is the screen, and 7 inches really isn't that much more than 6.1. Personal choice really but I doubt you would look at the 6.1 screen and say "that's too small". Other differences: 4v preouts vs. 2.2 on the 920. Eve

Invisible shield makes generic kits that are basically large sheets you cut to fit. Bet it's a pain in the rear to install though, they are hard enough even with a kit that is pre-cut to the device you are putting it on. Why do you think you need one? The touch screen on this is already squirrely enough without an added layer of plastic on top of it. It's already got an anti-scratch coating of sorts on it too so I have to wonder what the heck is going on inside your vehicle where you think this is needed

How lazy is this? It's not like that they didn't come across a 12v ACC power line when they installed the thing. Hell they could have just tapped it right off a fuse in the fuse panel like people with Radar detectors have been doing for decades.

Lame. Super lame. You think that's a victimless crime? That it just affects Best Buy and they are so big it doesn't matter? Wrong. Stupid shit like that hurts all of us. Stop giving moronic advice. If you have enough cash for an iPhone and an aftermarket stereo for your ride you have enough to afford the right cable without resorting to cheap tricks that in the end just makes it harder for those of us who are on the right side of the law.

What are you talking about, hiss? I installed my x920BT myself, with new amp, speakers, etc and there's no hiss at all.

Believe me VBlue, I'm aware of that bug That's not the issue I'm having. For one, when that bug is triggered VR doesn't work at all for me, ever, even with albums.

"Call so and so" "What was that?" (in that really annoying computer voice). Over and over. I tell it a name, last name, first, I usually have to do it twice. I read it a phone number or address and I get a list of 3 things it thinks I said, the middle one usually being correct, but makes me wait for it to finish the whole speech explaining what to do before I can select it. However, I tell it to "Play album so and so", no matter how bizzare the name, and it always gets it dead on. I don't think it's ever missed an album title. Calling John Smith? Half the time it can't understand m

Only XM is half-decent with Pioneers. And even that interface is lacking. Sirius support sucks, has always sucked, and probably always will suck with these units. If you are a big time Sirius user you probably bought the wrong head unit, no joke. The Eco-graph is a waste of time, working or not It is a marketing feature that looks good in pictures and not much else. Basically you just zero'd in on two of the biggest weak spots this unit has. The x920BT is, unofficially, meant to do one thing really well - support iPhone music playback. Followed by supporting iPod/Touch music playback.

It works fine. Took maybe 3 minutes. I wouldn't get very excited about it, though, because it appears to fix only one thing: A reboot issue some users with the MSN traffic receiver may have encountered. I know a lot of tech companies put spare details in their release notes but do tons of hidden fixes behind the scenes, and maybe Pioneer did that, but they didn't fix any of the nagging issues this unit has, chief among them the Bluetooth connecting before hitting "ok" on the Nav screen breaking VR. Nor does it allow you to sort contacts, access iPod functions from screens other then the pr

You need at the least a harness adapter for your car so you can wire it up outside of your dash, and probably a double din dash kit also specific to your vehicle. Pioneers stupid naming conventions aside the x910 is a completely different unit from the x920bt and there is no way to upgrade to it.

That's a hard question to answer, first, because it depends on what gear you have, second, because it depends on what vehicle you have it in, third, it depends on what kind of music you listen to, and finally because everyone's ears are different and what sounds good to, for example, me, won't to you. Not that any of us could tell over the internet in the first place. If you've never done it before, or this unit at least is new to you then I strongly recommend you seek out a local car audio shop (try to avoid the big-box stores), pay them $30 to $50, and have them break out their test tone

Wrong forum, wrong board, and wrong question. Pretty sure the mods here would delete any links to an .iso assuming there was one. Is it possible, with some OEM systems that take updates via DVD, to find a disk image online and use it? Yes. Is anyone going to be able to tell you here? No. You can try the car-specific forums for your vehicle, Google around, there's bound to be 1 or 2. In the end though I think you are wasting your time. Just trying to find it can be a big risk if you don't know what you are doing, because if you just Google for a nav disk for your vehicle you'll probabl

Depends entirely on the vehicle but getting the voice buttons to work, assuming you get the 1.6.8 version of the PAC, is very tricky. They (PAC) don't have very good instructions, if indeed any at all, for most vehicles and the voice buttons. With my Nissan Titan, for example, the default instructions will get everything but the voice buttons to work, because the wiring for the latter is located in an entirely different spot. The truth is, the PAC's are a generic device made to work with a wide variety of vehicles and a lot of the time it's a victory just getting them to control volume and

I wasn't able to sort contacts on it even before iOS4. The new interface is nice looking but it has a lot of usability issues.

My iPhone 4 charges on the x920BT with the Pioneer cable. They didn't change the power specs this time like they did when they went to 5v a couple years back so we should be good. Other than AVIC feeds it works fine, and Pioneer is working on the former. PandoraLink works but won't run in the background, they are updating that too.