I've tried a couple of iPods - both using the same data set from the same iTunes account. (These are both regular old-fashioned iPods).

Unit: F700BT

IPOD 1: 5th Gen iPod

AVIC Display Quality: Jagged

IPOD 2: 2nd Gen iPod Nano

AVIC Display Quality: More Jagged (than IPOD 1)

I'm not sure how others are getting such a clear display. Cover Flow in iTunes displays crystal clear for the artwork graphics as well as the iPod displays themselves, but the display on AVIC is all jagged, can't quite figure this one out yet.

I am also confused by the fact that more people aren't affected or don't have issues with their iPods. I've posted a few times and received little responses about problems with video or Album art. Here are my results:

Unit: F700BT

iPod 1: iPod Classic (2nd Gen 120GB)

Firmware: 2.0.1

AVIC Display Quality: Good

Video: Cuts off after 5 mins

iPod 2: iPhone (1st Gen 8GB)

Firmware: 2.1

AVIC Display Quality: Pixelated

Video: Works Fine

iPod 3: iPod Touch (2nd Gen 32GB)

Firmware: 2.1

AVIC Display Quality: Pixelated

Video: Works Fine

Connection: Official Apple A/V cable with USB

felt like i'd add to this thread as well since i'm seeing the same issue with my album art.

iPhone 3G, 2.2 firmware, F900.

all my album art is pixelized after enlarging the art.

ditto chap above..

bump just got mine and its blurry.

avic f700bt

ipod touch first gen (firmware 2.2)

avic firmware 2.

cable: Apple Ipod composite cable

Album art: BLURRRRRRRRY

I have the same album artwork issues. My iPhone 3G looks crappy, while my wife's iPod classic looks much better. And, the image size of the album artwork does not seem to effect the outcome. A theory that I have yet to test is whether various firmware versions affect the picture quality.

If anyone has any insight on what the problem might be please let us know.

F900BT

iPhone 3G

Lexus ES330

F500bt

Pioneer cable

Album art:

IPod Video 30 gig = pixelly

Iphone 8 gig = crap

Most of my album arts are custom, but above 300x300 and no bigger than 800x800. The resolution on the IPod/Iphone themselves are very crisp and clean.. I think it's more of a Pioneer thing. All I know is, the Avic output kinda sucks.. even for my movies.

Pioneer Plz Fix

F90bt 2.0

Pioneer cable

IPod Touch 2nd Gen 2.2 16gb

Custom mp3 art = Unacceptable

Itunes mp3 = Unacceptable

Amazon mp3 = Unacceptable

Art is fine on the ipod itself.

Most of my art is custom. I've tried the jpg album art on my pc from when WMP searches for the art. Also Samgoody art and Amazon. (Sam/Amazon art from the webpage not from a Sam/Amazon downloaded mp3*). My friend has a 1st gen Ipod touch that I will try. Ill post his F/W as well.

Has anyone that uses custom art got it to display correctly? Maybe we can try your art file on one of our ipods?

Quick FYI, I had the same issue before the recent avic update and Ipod 2.2.

*updated the post above*

I think its safe to say that iphone/touch are the devices having the most issues with album art to Avic F series. Other then that im quite happy with my f90.

It almost looks like a settings issues somewhere. My artwork also looks horrible with my ipod 5g.

It is crystal clear on ipod display and in itunes.

I know someone here on this forum reported that his ipod nano showed crystal clear pictures on pioneer.

Where as another poster said that it was pixelated.

I think there must be something that is controlling the quality of the artwork being stored, read or displayed.

I will keep researching and post anything i find.

i too have pixalated album art when it is enlarged

Avice f90

pioneer cable

ipod touch 1st gen

nissan 350z(not relevant im sure lol)

but liek the others it looks fine everywhere else except the f90

Well, I can't comment on the album art compatibility since I hate iPods, and the unit doesn't display album art from sd, but just as a side note, if you want to quickly tag all of your music and embed the cover art check out the opensource tagger musicbrainz picard http://www.musicbrainz.org/.

It will automatically fill in the missing tags on the music you ripped, or the music you got ripped off for by buying from itunes, and it can automatically download the album art to embed directly into the mp3s or save as a jpg in the album folder. Just one of it's many many uses.

It is available for Linux and Windows, I don't think there is a Mac client yet, but there are several programs for all platforms that include musicbrainz frontends.

I tried with two ipods and here are the results on my F90BT.

1. 5th Gen Ipod 30GB

Small Artwork looks ok

When expanded looks pixelated.

2. 1st Gen Ipod touch

Small artwork is pixelated

It gets worse when expanded.

Iv just tried Ipod video, Ipod mini and a brand new ipod touch and they are all the same crap! so lets be honest, its all garbage, I couldnt really care less but why even show it if its gonna look like crap. "Hey guys look at my nice $$$$ unit that shows the covers like shit."

maybe the next update will fix this

ahh maybe im just pissed that im on my second unit in 2 days

Did anyone find any further information about this problem?

I have an iPhone 3G and my album art is all blurry and pixelated!

A fix would be great!

I too have several iPods. First let me confirm that I have used most of my own CD cover scans so I know they are all at 500x500 or better. My older 30G iPod Photo displays the artwork fine in both the small and expanded thumbnails on an AVIC-F90BT. However my brand new iPod Touch 2G looks terrible in all sizes, small or large on the same head unit.

However I do not believe this is a Pioneer problem specifically, as a friend of mine has the Alpine IDA-X001 head unit and the exact same differences between the Photo and Touch happen on it. Looks like something in the iPhone/Touch firmware is sending the wrong image data out to these units.

which generation is your ipod 30gb?

Is it and ipod video 5g?

If so, can you also post the firmware version number.

I have a 30gb version of ipod video 5g, but it shows pizelated artwork when expanded. It looks ok when it is small.

It is an older iPod Photo, with no video capability. The Apple model is M9829LL/A. But it is the one the works great with the AVIC-F series as far as the album art goes. It is my brand new Touch 2G that has pixelated artwork on the AVIC-F, but looksfine on the Touch display.

Yeah, mine is the same way. My older ipod works slightly better than the brand new touch.

I have a ipod video 5G though. So the picture looks sharp when it is small but looks pixelated when it is expanded.

I need to try different rom version on this ipod to see if it changes anything.

f-700BT 2.0 firmware

1st Gen iPod Nano 1.3.1 Firmware = Blurry

iPhone 3G 2.2.1 Firmware = Blurry

5th Gen iPod Video original firmware = Good quality

Looks like something in the later firmware updates caused this? My Nano firmware was from the middle of 08' , 3G iPhone from later portion of 08', 5th Gen iPod though was from 06'. I never updated the firmware as I loaned it to a friend, when she returned it I already had my iPhone so I never used it again. They all sync from the same library, very interesting the images are so obviously different in display quality.

Can you please post the version number you see on the 5th gen ipod video. I have the same one and will try to downgrade to it.