BillFromAus

Yeah, Jason seems like a top bloke- Not sure why Michael is so cranky. On his videos, he sounds like a polite Southern gentleman, but certainly doesn't act that way in the forums.

Finally, he cracks a smile. Well done, good sir.

You sure told him VB!

Thanks VBLUE42, you've been a tremendous help. Now, can you give me some advice on those killer sideburns???

It must be incredibly hard being such a genius surrounded by mere mortals. I can only imagine your frustration every day.

If given a bit of technical information, I (or one of my friends) might be able to work it out such that the entire community might benefit (such that something "can be done with the 2010 units"). Based upon your responses thus far, you don't seem to have answers to those kind of questions. Fair enough. I suspect, though, that there are other members of this forum who have more of a background in the technical side. I'm hoping they might chime in and provide some advice.

I understand that it must be annoying to be fielding the same questions over and over again from newbies, but from what I can tell, this isn't a question that has been asked before. So, I don't know that the search would be all that useful. (I searched extensively before making my first post.) Are you saying that the AVIC-U220/AVIC-F220 has the same base operating system as F series units? If so, are there any terminologies that I should be aware of which might help in my quest? What is the base operating system? What version is it? Is the on-board hard drive protected with DRM?

Are there any similar units which people have been successful in accessing the built-in hard drive via USB? I suspect that Pioneer would use the same technology.

Greetings everyone - First time poster here from down under hoping for some of your expert advice... In Australia, for whatever reason, we tend to pay quite a bit more for electronics (and most other things for that matter). With the rising value of the Australian dollar, it is quite common for us to purchase items from the US and pay the high shipping costs to get it sent over. I recently did this with a Pioneer AVH-P5200BT. At the same time, I grabbed the AVIC-U220. Both items were a fraction of what I would pay here. I only realized after I received the items that the AVIC-U220 is