radrguy

I'm also thinking about upgrading from my D2, and I had a couple of questions. I searched the forums for a while, but didn't find the answers. First, do the F-series (I'd probably go with a F700BT) use the same power harness, AV harness, remote cable (I've got that running to my steering wheel right now), etc as the D-series? I wouldn't want to mess with the jumble of wires I've got stuffed back there. It would be much easier if I could just take the old deck out and drop the new one in. Second, one of the most frustrating things about the D2 is that when I do a POI search, I ca

i ordered the cable Gnat recommended and tried to install it over this last weekend. but the problem now is that the xm unit isn't located behind the HU. the guys who installed it put the unit somewhere else (i couldn't find it) and ran the xm cable all the way to the back of the HU. so if i can't plug my new cable into the xm unit, what's next? i still have the female rca inputs on the back of the HU that say "auxilary input" or something. is there anything that goes straight from dock connector to rca? the only thing i can think of is running rca cables with a rca-to-headphone

I haven't looked at the XM unit because I had it installed at a shop, but I will pull it out this weekend when I open it up. Using the daisy chain method, does the HU recognize each input separately? Like right now, if I go to the main screen, there are only three options I can choose: FM, CD, XM. The others are all greyed out. If I connect the IB-100II (or the wire Gnat linked to) to the IP-Bus port on the XM unit, will there then be four options activated? I'm assuming if you disconnect the blue wire in the IB-100II unit and control playback using the ipod, the HU won't display th

I know this is late, but for what it's worth to anyone who searches posts for information on using ipod2car with the D2, I installed it a few weeks ago. I hate the controls. I hate the fact that you can see only one line of text when searching through playlists and songs. I'll try to post some pictures this weekend before I remove the ipod2car unit. I think I'm going to end up using the auxilary input on the D2 and control playback from the ipod itself.

Does the IB-100II plug into the same port as XM on the back of the head unit? If so, what's the best way to go from the Ipod to the auxilary input? I definitely don't want to use the headphone jack. Is there something out there that has a dock connector on one end and RCA on the other to go directly to the auxilary input on the head unit? I ask because I want to hook my XM back up after I take out the Ipod2Car.

I also got the Peripheral Ipod2Car. It's REALLY bad. I just came to Avic411 to find out if Pioneer's own connector is better, but apparently it's even worse. I'll go with an auxilary input I guess.