For increase security, for valet and car service reasons plus more, can a security touch pad pin code be implemented into the startup. Maybe a button called valet security enable/disable and this will enable/disable a 4-6 digit pin code to be entered to use the unit. Hopefully keep out the ones that you do not want to see your address book or any other important information stored in the unit.

more of an i.e. just like the pin code entry for MS HP/compaqs PPC!

For increase security, for valet and car service reasons plus more, can a security touch pad pin code be implemented into the startup. Maybe a button called valet security enable/disable and this will enable/disable a 4-6 digit pin code to be entered to use the unit. Hopefully keep out the ones that you do not want to see your address book or any other important information stored in the unit.

more of an i.e. just like the pin code entry for MS HP/compaqs PPC!

i'd like to have separate mute settings - the ability to mute the audio for incoming calls to 0, and mute the audio for nav commands to -10. now you have to mute them both the same.

1) MP3, WMA, AAC copy to HD - would settle for at least MP3's
2) Better iPod interface - ability to type in letters to search; faster
3) OBDII interface - the vehicle dynamics is cool but not very useful. They could easily connect to the OBD II port and show much , much more useful information. If the vehicle throws a code, it could explain it and route you to the nearest dealer. Plus you could get info like MPG and it could route you to a gas station if you are getting low on fuel. Also, there would be no need to connect a VSS lead or a reverse sensor lead. It could get all that info through OBD II. Perhaps another add-on module connected through the IP-BUS??
4) How about a radar detector add-on module? I know that there is liability issues here, but it would be nice to have that in the unit.

To mute--Hold down the AV button for a second to source off. Hit it again to turn back on. Always comes back on in the same place you were before

linuxkidd said:

7.) How about a freak'n Mute / Att button.. somewhere.. anywhere... Please??

edrock200 said:

Ability to add POI's with proximity alarms - my Magellan let me download all the red light cameras as POI and it will warn me when I am aproaching one

If you create something (say, a red light camera) as an entry in your address book, you can set a sound to it. When you get close to it the sound will play, even if you are not routing to it.

BoCaPiMp said:

NO body wants it to start up faster?

thsi is the slowest start up i have ever seen

Slowest start-up ten times over.
I wish it had a Volume fade to on. I hate the fact that i start my car drive half way down the street then the radio finally come on at full blast where i left it. If its gonna take that long to startup at least slowly fade the volume up to where i left it.

Slow boot up of course but what's really annoying... is... the.. i... Pod... brow... sing... be... ing... so... s... l... o... w...

The message about reverse image on the back-up camera. Very annoying. I noticed that when backing up soon after turning on the truck, the message is not there. It appears after the sytem has boot-up. We'll probably be able to delete this after grtting into the HDD.

First off: Any possibility of making this a sticky, and compiling a short list of suggestions made so far? In an effort to save some reading and duplicate suggestions.

Another suggestion:

Trip computer

My old GS400 has a first generation navigation system, and since it's built in it gets MPG and miles per tank and all of that. With a little manual effort the Z1 could accomplish a lot of the same information. The Z1 is smart enough to know when you've stopped at a gas station (as a POI), so after start up it could ask you if you just purchased gas. If so it could ask how many gallons. From there it would know the distance you travelled since the last fill up, and calculate the MPG you received on your last tank. It could also guestimate the miles to empty based on your average distance per fill up.

Just an idea. I like the integrated trip computers. The only thing missing would be on the fly MPG readings, but I could live without that.

-Jef

jbell73 said:

Just an idea. I like the integrated trip computers. The only thing missing would be on the fly MPG readings, but I could live without that.

Dream big....OBD-2 interface could get instant MPG ;)

1) Update the map to include other countries
2) Change the time settings to include not just +3 or -3, but +12 or -12

I have several ideas, but just a few for the moment:


1) IPOD interface: one feature missing, as far as I can tell, is simply going back to the current playlist - the up folder button is always grey, so you are forced to go to Search and begin the process all over again even if you want to jump ahead or back five or ten songs in the list (yes, I know I could "next" my way thgough, but....)

. I should be able to go back up one level from the current song to show the playlist it is in, scrolled to where the current song is in the playlist. This is not only convenient, but safer, since you are spending far shorter time navigating within a playlist than the up, around, and down again process...

2) How about....a radar/laser detector hookup? Work with Valentine or someone else for a bus-compatible hookup.

3) WiFi option, with ability to link to a shared folder on your home network to automatically update and download mp3s to the Z1

4) Optional security code - without the proper code, the unit doesn't function or functions in a severely degraded way - a modest theft deterrent

5) vCard support - drag 'em onto a CD, and have th Z1 Address book import them

6) Optional ZAGAT's rating for restaurant ratings

7) Full Blackberry support!!!@@@

I can't believe this unit does not do CROSS STREETS! I cannot program two intersecting streets without typing in the first, and then poking all over the map to find the other street that intersects it. What a pain in the ass!

Change the compression of the MP3s to the HDD so the sound quality is better...that would be a simple fix.

thrang said:

4) Optional security code - without the proper code, the unit doesn't function or functions in a severely degraded way - a modest theft deterrent

Actually, I'd be happy if we had a security Dongle -- preferably something wired to the unit (like the GPS antenna), and hidden in some location elsewhere in the vehicle. That way, the thief might get away with the unit, but it'd be useless unless he found the dongle and took that, too.

... as long as there's no easy way to get the stolen unit to accept a new dongle, though. :-)

Along the same lines... I'm very seriously thinking of removing the HD from my Z1 as a security measure. :twisted:

My D1 was stolen. :twisted:
Security is a big issue with these units since all one has to do is rip it out and install it in the next car or sell it on fleabay.

My Blaupunkt nav needed a code to be entered after removing the connections to it. If lost, this code could only be re-aquired from VW Germany.
Dongle sounds good but I fear that the scum will only do more damage taking the car apart looking for it.

A flashing red LED between the buttons showing that it is alarmed would go a long way ...... if Pioneer were good enough to arm it through it's connections.
I think this could be done by having it learn the remote function of the cars parking lot finder (The remote button that triggers the alarm instantly).

This may already be available and I am blind since I just got the z1 excuse me in advance if its there. but....
-a screen blackout would be nice, like what the d2 has in the "P" button, for those late nights when you dont have to look at the unit and and even ill. dimmed is just not enough.

anyone notice that the random track doesn't work when you hit the next track button? it just goes to the next song on the list. you have to let the song finish completely to have it randomly go to the next one. maybe i am doing something wrong?

Hold down the "V" button

tillithz said:

This may already be available and I am blind since I just got the z1 excuse me in advance if its there. but....
-a screen blackout would be nice, like what the d2 has in the "P" button, for those late nights when you dont have to look at the unit and and even ill. dimmed is just not enough.

Not being able to load images on the HDD for selection later without the disk.

No ATT button.

"Learning Routes" not following the correct path all the time.

Not able to search different albums in the Library without switching the music.

-Litos

you know what would be slick

-digital video recorder.. like xm record the live music to hdd. So maybe when a phone call comes in, or the navi voice kicks on it pauses kinda so you can resume listening to what you were before the interuption. Not to mention a song you would like to capture.

1. the mp3 to hdd would be great. I dought it will ever happen. The RIAA would sue Pioneer in a heart beat.
2. Mute/Att button on the screen
3. Genre/Artist shuffle (randomization) in the media library
4. Auto-dimming based on ambient light
5. Faster bootup
6. Customized boot image.
7. The ability to change the color of the buttons. (Blue gets old after a while)
8. Red light camera alarm

Seems as though reroute also ignores any route options like "Avoid Tollway" when you go off path. I've been redirected to get on the highway after I miss a turn. Stupid.

Ipod interface is really poor.. and broken.

- Slow speed requires playlists, and few of them
- UP arrow doesn't move up a level
- Clicking on playlist doesn't start playlist, it shows the songs.. come on..
- Playlist song list disapears, never to return, making it hard to move songs

I hate how you can't voice dial from your phone book, and instead have to put the people's names in your address book. This ties bluetooth to your map screen. Which does two annoying things:
1. Saying "call xyz" from the AV screen makes the Z1 guess something else
2. If the map warning message is displayed, it says the function is disabled (wtf?)

Lots of other small nags that other people have seen.. Theme support would be nice. SOMETHING while music plays would also be nice. Support for radio station names/songs (which has been available in major cities for 4 years) would also be really nice, but probably require new hardware.

I love my Z1, but there's room for improvement..