Do you have the 420i? I really have heard bad things about the usability/ui of it.

 

It is slow, but it's not the end of the world. Don't expect to go thought 10k songs at a stoplight and find your favorite "Air Supply" tune before the light turns green. That isn't going to happen. The trick is to make a playlist with all your favorite songs, find that and press play. The ease of the ipod and itunes simply does not exist with a HU user interface, at least not yet.

My playlists generally last anywhere from 4 to five hours. None contain Air Supply.

 

I have a 420i and an ipod hardwired 3.5 mm to RCA to a Pioneer headunit. I prefer the KCA420i, it just sound better . It's not that easy to use, but the ipod stays safe and hidden. In my wife's car with the hard wire the ipod gets banged around quite a bit, and once you plug it into a charger you've got $50 invested and wires everywhere. It's a much better solution to any FM modultor though, those things suck rusted pig scrotums!

hope this helps!

 

WGee is all out of love...

 

..I'm so lost without you"

 

Hella slow.

 

 

Gadget loving

 

I was going to get the 60 gigger and load it will all Air Supply.



This is what I am referring to if you guys have not seen it yet.

http://www.alpinefullspeed.com/go.html

Alpine "claims" it is full speed> same as using it on the iPod itself on the new '06 headunits.

 

Hence why I am considering upgrading headunits to one of the newer ones with the full speed iPod cable.