andreyco Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 I bought an old 30gb iPod video 5G to load up and leave in my car for the AVIC. Loaded it with all my music & videos. When I tried to play a video I found that the iPod's output is 4:3. There are no settings on the iPod to choose the TV out aspect ratio. From what I can tell, the iPod can only replicate what is shown on its screen through the iPod cable. I've messed with all the settings on the Avic & the iPod but haven't found anything that will give me a real 16:9 output that fills the screen without stretching anything. The videos I'm playing are from the iTunes store and are shown at 16:9 on the computer screen, iPhone, and everywhere else. Here are the combinations I have tried: AVIC setting: Normal iPod setting: Widescreen OFF Result: 4:3 picture with black pillars on the sides AVIC setting: Normal iPod setting: Widescreen ON Result: 16:9 picture with a thick black border all around. Basically a letter boxed (bars on top and bottom) widescreen output at 4:3 and displayed as 4:3 on a wide screen...so the pillars from the first scenario are there. AVIC setting: Full iPod setting: Widescreen OFF Result: 4:3 stretched to fill the screen. The only way to fill the whole screen. AVIC setting: Full iPod setting: Widescreen ON Result: Letterboxed 16:9 signal stretched horizontally to fill the screen. Black bars on top and bottom. I'm out of ideas. I've been researching for 2 days and have read about people getting the iPod to display video properly (viewtopic.php?f=58&t=27266&p=188673). I have connected my iPhone and have been able to play 16:9 video just fine with it which leads me to believe that it may be a limitation of the iPod, and that would suck...because the iPod classic does not charge with our Pioneer iPod cable. Maybe there is some kind of hack for the iPod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
408 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 i had this same problem but with my ipod touch, what i figured out is(not sure if ipod video works the same) if on my ipod touch(disconnect from deck) i full screen it so the letter boxes dont show on my ipod and then i connect to my deck it will show full screen but if i do it other way(widescreen on ipod) it will show it widescreen on the pioneer screen. try it out let me know if that works Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andreyco Posted October 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 The iPod touch actually has a setting for the output aspect ratio. It's under Settings -> iPod -> Widescreen [ON] My iPhone shows the video just fine (correct aspect ratio, filling the screen) but I want the iPod to have a bunch of music videos on it...thats why i got a 30gb one...my iPhone is only 8gb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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