I HATE HATE HATE the tone/beep every time I press a button. Especially since it takes so many button pushes to go back & for the between the equalizer and source material.

How can I mute that stupid tone?

Bonus question: is there a way to program a shortcut button to go straight to the EQ customization from say the ipod page? menu - settings - av sound - ez - customize...ugh 5 damn buttons just to get to my EQ. Then 3-4 more to get back were I was before.

Yeah to all your questions. Check the FAQ thread. There is a link to a thread called "Guide to Mods"

Everything is in there

You can get rid of the tone or turn it down in the GPS/Navigation settings menu.

i turned it off in 2.06 but still get the noise?

You can turn it on and off with V3.0