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Old 07-22-2007, 10:02 AM
  
Codeman
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Originally Posted by SorcererXIII View Post
I'm still playing with it but so far here is what I've found:
-Ipod stays snug in the glovebox.
-Pontiac logo appears on the ipod.
-Very unintuitive controls. It seems like a "read the manual, set it up for the most frequently used scenario, then try not to deviate" type of thing.
-Steering wheel up and down controls conveniently switch your ipod back to the radio by default.
-If for some reason you want to cycle through tracks using the steering wheel (why would you want to do that? ), hold down the arrow keys
-On mine the playlist menu only shows a single playlist even though I have about 20. However they have some non-alphanumeric characters in them so I'm going to go back and remove these in case it fubar'd the unit. Could also be something it doesn't like in my smart playlists. Worst comes to worst I will just put my favorite songs in the one playlist I am allowed to access.
-If you press the "i" button and choose anything other than channel by mistake, feedback as to which track or menu setting you are in goes away, replaced with the advice, "press i + chan". To fix it press "i" and choose "chan".

Not sure about the problem your having with the playlists, I seem to be able to cycle through all of mine fairly easily.

That is correct, you do need to hold the steering wheel arrows for an extra second or so in order for it to switch tracks, otherwise it changes your radio station based on your favorites lists. This would probably be my only complaint, though again, once your used to it, it is only a minor annoyance.

I found the easiest way to navigate is to select the mode of search (album, artist, playlist etc...) and then hit the "ABC Search" and use the small dial to quickly locate what your looking for. Once you get used to that, navigating around is rather quick.

Playlists are definately the way to go if you like to jump around between albums alot though and this is do to the slow interface speeds of the Ipod, not the PAL. However, if you just like to put it on shuffle and set it on an artist, album or playlist, you'll have no issues there.

The PE kit is an alternative, but looking at the guide, it seems virtually identical, with perhaps a few less features (unless you have a nav radio, which none of us do).
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