Hello:

I've been enjoying my Z120BT for about 3 weeks now! My only gripe is the touch-screen scroll response when navigation folders of MP3 files on either my HighSpeed SD card or USB drive.

My Question: From those that have an Ipod connectied to their AVIC, is the touch-screen scroll response noticeably better via the Ipod vs. SD card or USB?

Naturally I ask since I do NOT have an Ipod but would consider one (and the connecting cable) if this would solve the problem mentioned above? Don't want to waste money on an iPod if won't help the problem?

Thanks for any help?

B3

I've got an iPhone 3GS hooked up through the iPod interface and it's great. It does take a half second (or so) to load additional song titles when you first start scrolling through a playlist, but not bad considering how fast you gotta scroll to get into that. You can pickup a 8GB iPod nano for $149 and give it a shot. There's also tons of videos on YouTube, checkout the AVIC411 YouTube channel if your looking at how it works.

The ipod interface is where these units shine. I have iPod Classic connected to mine and works good.

I've never hooked a SD card or USB drive with music up because the iPod works so great, definitely give it a try.

I tend to keep my ipod classic connected, in my car at all times. I don't listen to the radio much. I wish the Ipod had a "auto-shutoff" feature. This way, the battery on the ipod doesn't die and seemingly disconnect from the headunit until it is charged enough to power back on. I only take my ipod classic out to update it with new music I have.

My other gripe that if I have the ipod set to shuffle (via the head unit), then I turn off my car, when I come back and turn it back on again, I have to put it in shuffle mode again. I probably shouldn't blame Pioneer for this, but it sure would be nice to have my 2 concerns fixed.

I wish the Ipod had a "auto-shutoff" feature.

It does.

VBLUE42 is right, they do have that feature to turn itself off after inactivity. Try setting the shuffle mode on the iPod instead of the head unit and see what it does.

i know it has a sleep mode but i can't find the auto-shutoff

strangely enough, the battery on the iphone died on the way home from work yesterday, locked up, so i left it alone, later last night, i put it into shuffle mode on the hu, and this monring it is still in shuffle mode, so, not sure what thats about, but no worries about the shuffle now.

i know it has a sleep mode but i can't find the auto-shutoff

Its in the settings.

I'm evaluating the Pioneer Z120BT and I can't say I'm thrilled with the iPod interface...

Most of it is pretty fast but I dislike the "cube" animations because it just slows down navigation between the menus and if you want to skip a song it takes a full second or two for every song. Therefore, if you press the skip track button a couple of times in a row it will lag for a considerable amount of time.

Very disappointing

I'm evaluating the Pioneer Z120BT and I can't say I'm thrilled with the iPod interface...

 

Most of it is pretty fast but I dislike the "cube" animations because it just slows down navigation between the menus and if you want to skip a song it takes a full second or two for every song. Therefore, if you press the skip track button a couple of times in a row it will lag for a considerable amount of time.

 

Very disappointing

Then don't use Music Sphere, it isn't required. Even without it, the Z120 ipod interface is still one of the best. And, other than the lag in firing-up Music Sphere, I don't notice any objectionable lag in skipping tracks. It isn't as fast as directly using the ipod buttons, which is understandable since the touch-screen press must be validated (they screen interface must be desensitized somewhat to eliminate errant touches), and forwarded to the ipod - which also has some lag.

Yea I get no lag as well. And if you think this is bad try one of the Kenwoods.

Compared to the iPod interface on the older Z2/Z3 units.....the 120bt is 100000000000000000000000000000000x better. I have a little over 3K songs on an 80GB iPod and searching through them is a breeze. I haven't completely got the hang of the Music Sphere, but I barely use it anyway.

i have an iphone 4 and the z130bt, how do i access my ipod thru the hu, thru the aux jack?

i have an iphone 4 and the z130bt, how do i access my ipod thru the hu, thru the aux jack?

Didn't it come with a manual? You need to purchase the correct Pioneer cable (model number is different than Z120, and I dont have it at the moment - you can look it up as well as I can). The cable plugs in to the USB dongle whick plugs in to the back of the HU.

I have my Ipod hooked up to my HU at all times. The only thing that I am not really happy about is the movies on the Ipod. I have it set to play while I am in the car, but after the engine is turned off and back on. The only thing I would get is a black screen, I would have to go through all the steps again to get movies to replay. Thankfully the movies would resume where it left off, but not so easily said for music videos as I don't remember which was playing at the time. Was kind of hoping that it would automatically resume play after I turn the car back on like it does to my music.