i wonder if anyone is willing to cough up the $5 bucks.

this trick allows you to control and navigate through your library using the Ipod controls.
The trick states that following:
"Turn the car completely off, then proceed to unhook the Ipod from the adapter. The Pioneer display should disappear leaving you at the menu screen. Next, turn the Ipod off (hold down play/pause button)and put it on HOLD. Now plug it back into the adapter, wait about 5 seconds or so, then turn the car on. You should see the charge screen on your Ipod. Turn HOLD off and once you do this it will return to the Pioneer display screen (it may also stay on the charge screen). If you try and press menu it should back out of the Pioneer (or charge) screen and into main menu."

There ya go no need to spend 5 bucks.

sweet ill give it a try thanks!

"Turn the car completely off, then proceed to unhook the Ipod from the adapter. The Pioneer display should disappear leaving you at the menu screen. Next, turn the Ipod off (hold down play/pause button)and put it on HOLD. Now plug it back into the adapter, wait about 5 seconds or so, then turn the car on. You should see the charge screen on your Ipod. Turn HOLD off and once you do this it will return to the Pioneer display screen (it may also stay on the charge screen). If you try and press menu it should back out of the Pioneer (or charge) screen and into main menu."

Tried this w/ my 30gig video iPod, cd IB-100II, and AVIC-D1. Didn't work. Maybe that's one of the things they changed from the IB-100 to the IB-100II?? :wink:

mddolfan said:

"Turn the car completely off, then proceed to unhook the Ipod from the adapter. The Pioneer display should disappear leaving you at the menu screen. Next, turn the Ipod off (hold down play/pause button)and put it on HOLD. Now plug it back into the adapter, wait about 5 seconds or so, then turn the car on. You should see the charge screen on your Ipod. Turn HOLD off and once you do this it will return to the Pioneer display screen (it may also stay on the charge screen). If you try and press menu it should back out of the Pioneer (or charge) screen and into main menu."

Tried this w/ my 30gig video iPod, cd IB-100II, and AVIC-D1. Didn't work. Maybe that's one of the things they changed from the IB-100 to the IB-100II?? :wink:

Since you have the setup that I'm slowly putting together how's the new ipod interface with the d1? Does it actually show the full song title and stuff?

Since you have the setup that I'm slowly putting together how's the new ipod interface with the d1? Does it actually show the full song title and stuff?

Disappointingly, the new iPod interface is no better than the old one for the D1. The installer had to swap the iB100 in my car out for the iB100II because the cable went bad in the old one (only heard the passenger-side speakers w/ XM). I can't tell a difference between the old one and the new one in terms of functionality. I still only get eight characters of the song displayed. Searching through the iPod takes miserably long, and my iPod is only about 20% full. I can't imagine how long it will take to get to the "Rs" searching by Artist when the iPod is nearly full!!!

Still, it's better than when I tried using the I-Bus to RCA adapter by Pioneer. That unit was bad out of the box. Sound quality is great with the iB100. I wish the "trick" you posted would have worked...but thanks for posting it!

No problem. Thanks for the info guess I'll be goig with my orginal plan with an alpine radio and the d1. As for the info you can thank my pioneer rep for that one.

it seems like the D1 displays 8 letters of the song title, mine doesnt even do that? any thoughts?

NYZGREATST:

Are you getting something like "iPod0001" at the top of the screen? This is where the 8 characters of the song title should display. It's a matter of changing the "Function" so that the characters are displayed. If you play around with the "Function" buttons, you should be able to change that. I THINK it's Function 3, but I'll have to run out to my car at lunch and confirm (I'm taking a "coffee break" and checking out the Forum right now!). :)

Anonymous said:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOW-TO-GET-Pioneer-CD-IB100-TO-USE-IPOD-CONTROLS_W0QQitemZ9523354646QQcategoryZ47103QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Why bother to get a CD-IB100 at all if you want to use the iPod controls?
I've seen lots of aftermarket interfaces for 1/3rd the price that plug into the iPod dock connector, chargest the iPod, but you control the iPod directly.

Why bother to get a CD-IB100 at all if you want to use the iPod controls?
I've seen lots of aftermarket interfaces for 1/3rd the price that plug into the iPod dock connector, chargest the iPod, but you control the iPod directly.

Shawn, I tried the Pioneer CD-RB20 RCA adaptor/dock connector route directly. The CD-RB20 was defective, and died after about 15 minutes of use. The dock connector was defective---didn't charge the iPod. And for the brief time that the CD-RB20 worked, I found that the sound quality from the jack at the top of the iPod to the RCA input was inferior to what I have using the CD-IB100. So yes, the D1 control of the iPod is a PITA. But the sound quality is great, and the iPod is comfortably tucked away out of sight. For me, the trade-off is worth it.

I can understand getting the CD-IB100 if you want to control the iPod from the HU and hide the iPod away. I personally prefer to do the same, control the iPod from the HU and hide the iPod in the glove compartment. What I don't get is why buy a CD-IB100 if you don't want to control it from the HU?

I wasn't really thinking of the CD-RB20 since it's just a generic aux input without an iPod connector. I was thinking of an aftermarket one similar to this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pioneer-iPod-DIGITAL-Audio-Aux-Input-IP-Bus-AVIC-N2-N1_W0QQitemZ9731733259QQcategoryZ58350QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Like the IB100, it connects the audio from the dock connector directly to the P-bus line inputs.

It just seems if you want to control the iPod from the iPod itself, such a cable would be much cheaper than an IB100 and won't require any tricks.

That sure looks like a good alternative. If I had known about a direct connection between the iPod and the P-bus port before I went the IB100 route, I probably would have at least tried it.

I bought my unit on ebay and the package came with the Ib100. But that thing pisses me off soo much, not only does it take forever to get the m's but if I accidently hit band or something I have to start all over.Thats why I want this to work, just so when people are in my car we can skip straight to the song we want to hear. Unfortunately I tried this 3 times last night and it didn't work.

I've tried this trick about a dozen times. It hasn't worked for me at all. What really sucks is that I just installed the Alpine CDA-9857 in my wife's car, and that thing ROCKS when it comes to iPod control. I have a leftover GEX-P920XM sitting in my basement and I wanted to get a Pioneer tuner for her car, but the Alpine was so much better for iPod that I just spent the extra $$ on XMDirect for the Alpine.

I actually bought this trick from the guy, and its different then the one posted above. It worked on my N1 with the CD-IB100II

There is something weird about how our ipods connect with the CD-IB100. I tried this trick several times, with a gen 2 ipod, and an ipod mini and no results. I just bought a new ipod video, without even attempting to do the trick, I can somehow back out of the menu and use my ipod. What's even weirder than that, I tried it with my friends video ipod and it didn't work.

GnatGoSplat said:

I can understand getting the CD-IB100 if you want to control the iPod from the HU and hide the iPod away. I personally prefer to do the same, control the iPod from the HU and hide the iPod in the glove compartment. What I don't get is why buy a CD-IB100 if you don't want to control it from the HU?

I wasn't really thinking of the CD-RB20 since it's just a generic aux input without an iPod connector. I was thinking of an aftermarket one similar to this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pioneer-iPod-DIGITAL-Audio-Aux-Input-IP-Bus-AVIC-N2-N1_W0QQitemZ9731733259QQcategoryZ58350QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Like the IB100, it connects the audio from the dock connector directly to the P-bus line inputs.

It just seems if you want to control the iPod from the iPod itself, such a cable would be much cheaper than an IB100 and won't require any tricks.

so this takes power directly from an existing IP pus device (XM Nav traffic for example) It mentions that you cant use a changer while this is plugged in, would that stop the NavTraffic from working also?

i bought this info, and it works with my video ipod

share the info, i have a video ipod as well with a d2 and 2nd gen ipod interface

I found this on the IPOD forum hacks not sure if it works or not but worth the shot.

THIS WAS TESTED ONLY WITH IPOD 5th GEN (IPOD VIDEO)

will test it soon with the others when I can borrow.

The secret is to let your IPOD shut down by itself (Auto shut off) before plugging it to the pioneer CD-IB100. YOu will then get the charging signal, then press menyu and voila browse through your IPOD or through your Pioneer stereo.

Remember, you have to let the ipod auto shut down AND NOT THE FORCE SHOT DOWN (pressing play/pause button.) The auto shutodown will take about 1 minute or so (didnt actually time it)

When you disconnet you IPOD from the CD-IB100 you have to go through the auto shutdown again but if you leave your IPOD connected, shutdown your car and start your car again there is no need to go through the auto shutdown process anymore.

Here is another solution I found on Ilounge

For those of you who bought the Pioneer Ipod adapter and want control back of your Ipod when connected to the in car system, here is how you do it with out having to disconnect the Ipod from the dock connector to pick your music.

It will of course invalidate your warranty on the adapter but you will have control. Open up the Ipod adapter box, just two Phillips screws, you should see a connector that has all the wires going to it from the white cables coming into the box from the Ipod. Carefully pull the connector upwards to disconnect it. In the middle there should be a blue wire, lift the little peg that holds the very small socket that the blue wire is connected to and it should now just pull out. Put a bit of electrical tape around it to stop it touching any thing and put the top back on the box. Of course you do this with the power off and pull the power connecter out of the Ipod adapter.

After reconnecting it all, you should now have full control of your Ipod to pick your music. The down side is you loose the auto stop and start when you turn the car ignition on and off.

barrios35 said:

The secret is to let your IPOD shut down by itself (Auto shut off) before plugging it to the pioneer CD-IB100. YOu will then get the charging signal, then press menyu and voila browse through your IPOD or through your Pioneer stereo.

This was working great for me - until I upgraded my iPod Video (5G) to the 1.2 software. Now, the charging icon never fills the screen (it only ever shows "Pioneer") and now I can't navigate on the iPod anymore.

Anyone else with 1.2 software seeing this issue, or is it just me? Are there workarounds (besides removing cables?)
-Craig