Joe Shadden

Thanks for all the input! I put all my settings back to zero and tried again with the iPod and got much better results this time. I really had to add a lot of low end to the eq though which I thought was weird. It's still not a clean sounding to me as mp3's off the flash drive, but it's getting close. I can't believe that the DAC in the iPod is better than what Pioneer is using in their headunits. I figured with iPods being so cheap and designed to be used with headphones that it wouldn't do a very good job. Does anyone know where to find Pioneer's mic for auto eq'ing? I've done goog

No, the EQ is turned off. I've also tried using a different iPod to see if it would make a difference with no luck.

I installed a X930BT last week and noticed that the sound quality is pretty bad using the Pioneer IU51V cable. If I just plug a thumb drive with some music into the USB port, the sound quality is so much clearer. After reading around, I'm guessing the problem is the Pioneer cable is using the iPod's DAC. This is the first deck I've used in the past 5 years that did this and it sucks pretty bad. It's my fault for not doing more research, but I'm wondering if there's anything I can do with it. Is it possible to use the Apple composite video cable to bypass the iPod's DAC with the 930? All