I have my creative zen w connected to the front of the D3. Pioneer sells a cable that allows video through the front of the unit. You can buy that cable off of ebay or amazon. You plug your av cords that came with your zen player into the cord (female) supplied by pioneer. I play my video that way with no problems. Furthermore, I also have my xbox hooked up the same way. I have a remote control for my zen so it is just as easy to use as the touchscreen for me. Only negative is that you will have a cord hanging down from the unit while it is in use. No biggie.

If you're just using an adapter cord to plug RCA inputs into the port on the front of the D3, you should just put an extension on the RCA inputs from the back of the unit and hook whatever up to that, at least that way you don't have a cable hanging out the front of the radio.

i still have no picture/video even with the creative cables . it cant be the cables because i even tested them using a tv which work perfectly. I checked the wiring and everything is hooked up. afraid im missing something or perhaps went wrong in the connection of wires somewhere somehow

I'm going to Circuit City today or tomorrow I'll look at the M model and see where you're going wrong.

I went to Circuit City and wouldn't you know they didn't have a M model Zen player on display.I'm going to another one Saturday so I'll check there. On my Eclipse I have a VTR button to push to display the video.Is it automatic or is there a video button of some sort you need to press before you can display a video on the D3 ?

HifiSi that is a good idea, however because I'm using my remote I need to have my zen players ir receiver in reach of the ir remote control. Which means if I am flipping through tracks or changing settings, my zen player would have to have an exposed cord anyways. But I do think I may be able to conceal it more your way. I just need to figure out how to take out the unit and do that. I didnt install it and I dont want to pay them just to do that.

i think it might have something to do with the wiring in the back which i'll have to get it checked out for