Just ordered a Z3 HD from garrettomey to upgrade my Z1. Is the browsing for the Ipod any faster with the Z3 or is that not a software issue?

Nope, there's no difference in the interface between any of the Z Series, just map cartography upgrades.

It would require different hardware to speed up the iPod navigation.

thanks.....

Doesn't necessarily require new hardware, just new brains for the software guys at Pioneer.

It is slow because the iPod interface adapter is slow. However, they could cache all of the song titles on the hard drive and let you navigate the cached list. That would be a lot faster. You just have to make sure the cached list is properly synched with the iPod. Not hard, the AVIC can tell when it is not plugged in.

The programmers do some really stupid things on the Zx, the slow iPod interface is one of them.