scottminor Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 I just got my Z3 installed and mainly wanted it so that I could use my iPod in the car. What I have realized is that it is sooo sloooow moving through menus. If I get a Z130BT, it looks like it is very easy to navigate the library. I have about 120GB of music, pod casts and audio books so moving 5 artists at a time is not really possible. If I upgrade am I going to get seemless menu navigation just like on my ipod? Is it easy to move from A to the end of the alpabet? I saw a utube video that made it look like you get a tab for each letter of the alphabet. Scott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amp3d Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I upgraded my z3 to the 130bt and am happy with it, but it's probably not worth the upgrade. The ipod controls are much, much better however. It's still never going to sort through thousands of songs as fast as the ipod itself though and you will never find a head unit that will...but the 130 is definitely better in that regards. That said, i like the navigation on the z3 much better and a lot of the features I miss (the hard drive cd library etc). BUT! There is one huge fix on the 130, and that is that the BLUETOOTH actually works and sounds great! If I were you, I would get the AV cable from the apple store for 40 bucks and use AV input on your headunit. That way, you can watch all your movies, youtube, and have all your music. You will have to control tracks from your iphone though...but if you have that cable the iphone will be much more enjoyable than it would be even on the upgraded 130 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scottminor Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I thought netflix was supported via the Pioneer iPod cable, is that not right? Also, I rarely use the navigation, not to say that I do not but just not that often. My main concern is being able to access the ipod artists list faster. It looks like the alphabet tabs would do that for me. Also, is it not gesture based so you can flick through them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonH Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Don't get the apple cable...Get the Pioneer cable, everything will work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scottminor Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 So i am going to get a replacement HU. I am not sure why my iphone sounded so crappy using the iphone4, but it may have been a result of something related to the video out issue. I have seen other people on the boards talk about the ipod/iphone issue. I love the ipod interface, but is that normal for the audio? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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