I have over 9000 songs on my ipod and the interface is very slow. So what I did was made 27 Genre's (#, A-Z) then I can search via Genre and then it is a little faster to find what I want to listen to. Lot's of work, but worth it in the end.

Great idea! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm fixing mine in iTunes as we speak. :D

It is a little bit of work ... but wow what a difference :) Glad I could share and help someone out.

I just figured ... I never use the Genre feature anyways ... so perfect :-)

great idea! Thanks.

watchcrazy said:

I just figured ... I never use the Genre feature anyways ... so perfect :-)

That's exactly what I thought after you pointed that out!

you could also create smart playlists in iTunes that will automatically be populated with the criteria you select. i.e. - artist starts with A

I've been using this new setup in my G35 for a couple days now and I wanted to say thanks again! This is the way to go! :D

BuzzH3 said:

you could also create smart playlists in iTunes that will automatically be populated with the criteria you select. i.e. - artist starts with A

That's how I've done it on mine for a while now. I've got the old Alpine iPod interface in my summer car, so this made things a LOT faster.

This might be helpfulfor those who do not know how to create smart playlists on iTunes

Why did you use Genres instead of Smart Playlists? You can make those 27 smart playlists (using Artist Name -> Starts With -> A,B,C,etc.) in about two minutes.

May save people some time if they want to have a similar search option.

skicrave said:

Why did you use Genres instead of Smart Playlists? You can make those 27 smart playlists (using Artist Name -> Starts With -> A,B,C,etc.) in about two minutes.

May save people some time if they want to have a similar search option.

I like to use playlists as ... well ... playlists. (Gym, New Music, etc.) The Genre aspect of each track is something that I never paid attention to and when you hit "Search" on the menu it’s nice and easy.

They are essentially the same thing but I prefer to categorize by Genre. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! haha

skicrave said:

Why did you use Genres instead of Smart Playlists? You can make those 27 smart playlists (using Artist Name -> Starts With -> A,B,C,etc.) in about two minutes.

May save people some time if they want to have a similar search option.

and isn't this a feature of iTunes? I don't use iTunes :(

Watchcrazy...thanks for the suggestion. It took a few hours to modify the genres of all my songs but...IT WORKS!!! Drove 2 hours each way over the weekend and it was flawless. I am able to access songs and artists very easily...what an improvement. If anyone out there is frustrated with the slow iPod interface try the method suggested in this post and you will find heaven. Thanks again.

:? wont help me - i must be one of the few that actually use the generes in my smart play lists to play Rock/holiday/Classical etc. Also, everytime you add new music to your library you will have to remember to edit the gerere field manually.

Hopefully Pioneer will get it's act together on the comming upgrade this spring and give us a better iPod UI :!:

I have a playlist I use in traffic called
"Drive like an ass"
The use pf good playlist is needed due to the slow interface.

BuzzH3 said:

you could also create smart playlists in iTunes that will automatically be populated with the criteria you select. i.e. - artist starts with A

This is a cool Idea but when i do this, and choose the playlist "A" for exmple i just get a list of all the songs of artists that start with "a" not a list of all the Artists that start with "a" . so this method dosen't help me to browse artist any better

Am i missing something?

BuzzH3 said:

you could also create smart playlists in iTunes that will automatically be populated with the criteria you select. i.e. - artist starts with A

This is a cool Idea but when i do this, and choose the playlist "A" for exmple i just get a list of all the songs of artists that start with "a" not a list of all the Artists that start with "a" . so this method dosen't help me to browse artist any better

Am i missing something?

What I did was use the Star rating to make 3 playlists. 5 star, 4 star and 3 star. With over 15,000 songs I keep very busy. I also how one playlist with my all time fav's.

stryfox said:

I have a playlist I use in traffic called
"Drive like an ass"

hahahahahaha!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!

It's good to be a bit of an ass, from time to time.