I have a D1 with the iPod and Sirius ad-ons and I'm very disappointed in the user interface. It does not show a lot of info about the songs or stations... Are there any upgrades? I want it to show me the station, sont, artist, etc...

ipod, no. There is ipod2car Gen2. I got it but returned it. Its similar to the pioneer one, but better. If you can deal w/ it I guess you will like it. But i didnt like how you had to search one by one.

The best thing was it showed 16 characters at a time, and it scrolled title/artist all together. its was great. But for me, that was the only pro.


I think pioneer is making there own sirius adapter so maybe that will work better w/ the d1, vs the universal type one that im assuming you have.

I have the Pioneer add-on's for Sirius and the iPod and the info displayed is VERY minimal. They are disappointing.

Do you have the CD-IB100 or CD-IB100ii? The ii is suppossed to be the newly released unit. There are claims it has an improved interface... but I have seen no confirmations of that.

I avoided the CD-IB100 because Ive heard countless complains online about how horrible the interface is.

Anonymous said:

Do you have the CD-IB100 or CD-IB100ii? The ii is suppossed to be the newly released unit. There are claims it has an improved interface... but I have seen no confirmations of that.

I avoided the CD-IB100 because Ive heard countless complains online about how horrible the interface is.

the ii is the same as the regular one, no change just the cable is one cable that goes to the iPod instead of the 2 it had before.

Anonymous said:

the ii is the same as the regular one, no change just the cable is one cable that goes to the iPod instead of the 2 it had before.

I think you are mistaken. Connectors to the ipod are the same on both. (See links below) Only confirmed differences are the size and color of the unit. Since they are out of stock everywhere no one knows much about the new unit.

...you might be referring to the Pioneer AUX adapter, which I have, that uses two RCA cables inputs. That is not a true ipod adapter.

CD-IB100ii
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-iDC2P1sf9O7/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=227550&I=130IB100II

CD-IB100
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-CrCqCwP6e5P/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?I=130cdib100&search=CDIB100

avic-d2 have limited ipod control with CD-IB100ii. It treats ipod as a external device. Only the N3 have the simulated ipod screen and displays artist name, sont titles, and have shuffle function, etc...

I'm very disappointed with the wasy AVIC-D2 work with CD-IB100ii, Pioneer seems to be saving on paying software royalty to Apple by having simplified control on the avic-d2...

What do you think?

It's ridiculous, D2 is a 2006 model and it still can't support enhanced iPod control. Makes no sense, every other 2006 model supports enhanced iPod control! It is the entire reason I am not going to buy a D2.

The connectors are not the same. The connector on the ii is far bigger than the earlier version. The white cable is also different. Apparently Apple wanted the new connector used, but they both function exactly the same

I think you are mistaken. Connectors to the ipod are the same on both. (See links below) Only confirmed differences are the size and color of the unit. Since they are out of stock everywhere no one knows much about the new unit.

...you might be referring to the Pioneer AUX adapter, which I have, that uses two RCA cables inputs. That is not a true ipod adapter.

CD-IB100ii
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-iDC2P1sf9O7/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=227550&I=130IB100II

CD-IB100
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-CrCqCwP6e5P/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?I=130cdib100&search=CDIB100

To get enhanced ipod required a hardware change (thats why the N1, N2 didn't do it but the N3 does.) They did not change the hardware at all between the D1 and D2, it is literally a D1 with different software. Thats why it didn't change. Maybe next year? Or consider a Z1

GnatGoSplat said:

It's ridiculous, D2 is a 2006 model and it still can't support enhanced iPod control. Makes no sense, every other 2006 model supports enhanced iPod control! It is the entire reason I am not going to buy a D2.

Z1 costs almost twice as much. How about the aftermarket Ipod2Car interface? Does that work any better?

Avic n3

N3 would be good if not for the fact I hate popouts. Just looks so ugly and non-OEM to me (I like the OEM look).

NYRngrs24 said:

ipod, no. There is ipod2car Gen2. I got it but returned it. Its similar to the pioneer one, but better. If you can deal w/ it I guess you will like it. But i didnt like how you had to search one by one.

What exactly do you mean by search one by one?
Can you choose a playlist and just play the whole list?
Can you browse playlists while a track continues playing?

What exactly do you mean by search one by one?
Can you choose a playlist and just play the whole list?
Can you browse playlists while a track continues playing?


one by one - i meant you have to press next after each artist/song/genre/album

you can choose playlist easily

and If i remember correctly, you can listen to a song while browsing for another song

NYRngrs24 said:

one by one - i meant you have to press next after each artist/song/genre/album

I guess I wouldn't like that too much either, but does it at least respond fairly quickly? The Pioneer iPod adapter as an external device starts playing the first song on every playlist so to get to playlist #51 of 150 playlists would take like 10-minutes. If iPod2Car would let me get to playlist #51 as fast as I can press the button 51-times (less than 20-seconds probably) then that would be okay with me.

On my JVC, if you press & hold up/down for around 1-second, it jumps up/down by 10. It's too bad iPod2Car doesn't do that.

it was fairly quick. when i pressed next maybe 1second after the new artist popped up.

Yeah is pretty bad on how the interface is setup..I complain to Pioneer about it. Nothing was done. My quick fix is to make a playlist of your favorite music and than let it shuffle since the sound is probably the best on the interface.

i have emailed pioneer and complained to them when i was asked to do a survey. they said they have no plans to improve it

GnatGoSplat said:

N3 would be good if not for the fact I hate popouts. Just looks so ugly and non-OEM to me (I like the OEM look).

:evil: SO why buy a after market lol.You should of bought one with your car.Most people buying these systems are to hook the car up AFTERMARKET not make it look oem.

dancemf666 said:

GnatGoSplat said:

N3 would be good if not for the fact I hate popouts. Just looks so ugly and non-OEM to me (I like the OEM look).

:evil: SO why buy a after market lol.You should of bought one with your car.Most people buying these systems are to hook the car up AFTERMARKET not make it look oem.

If you like popouts, that's great and wonderful, but doesn't mean I have to like them. :wink: AVIC-D1/D2/Z1 and the 2-DIN HU's from other companies (Kenwood DDX7015/7017/8017/6019) look very OEM to me, so that's what I want. My car is 17yrs old, far predating navigation so a factory setup is out of the question.

Can you still control the music from the Ipod itself with both of these? I have a Pioneer DEH-3700MP and I'm thinking about getting the cd-ib100ii if I can still control the ipod itself while listening.

No, you cannot. You're probably better off getting an aux input adapter or if you want it to charge your iPod, there are aftermarket iPod adapters from eBay that get sound from the dock connector and will also charge.