I found something else that I thought was kinda cool. If you unplug the ipod from the car and then use it by itself, when you plug it back into the car it returns to the song it was playing before you unplugged it from the car.
assuming i posses teh necessary skills to remove dahs and install audio stuff, i CAN do this myself and it will function properly EXCEPT for XM, which i personally do not care about.
then at my leisure, i can go to the dealer for a 5 minute tech 2 prog that will correct that problem.
russims,
Reading that you are a woodworker and that makes you sane. Ironic. I'm a professional cabinet maker and home remodeler. My Sly Sol keeps me sane when I'm not at work.
Lovin it,
Yonnie
assuming i posses teh necessary skills to remove dahs and install audio stuff, i CAN do this myself and it will function properly EXCEPT for XM, which i personally do not care about.
then at my leisure, i can go to the dealer for a 5 minute tech 2 prog that will correct that problem.
do i have it right?
Yup. Also, the install is a little different if you have XM than if you dont. If you have XM you have to run a wire down from the pal and connect into the factory wiring, if you dont have XM you dont use that wire at all.
I have an XM system, though I let the trial offer expire and am not interested in signing up again.. so now that I have an iPod I'm thinking of doing this... and just want to make sure it works without having to do the Tech 2 (since the local shops are telling me it's $90 for the Tech 2).
I currently have the dash apart, so it's no big deal at this point to do the install.
I have an XM system, though I let the trial offer expire and am not interested in signing up again.. so now that I have an iPod I'm thinking of doing this... and just want to make sure it works without having to do the Tech 2 (since the local shops are telling me it's $90 for the Tech 2).
I currently have the dash apart, so it's no big deal at this point to do the install.
If you don't care about the XM, then you can install this yourself and not worry about getting the Tech 2 programming done. I also had XM and let it expire. Installed this myself and don't plan on having the Tech 2 programming unless for some reason XM starts giving me a deal that's ridiculously cheap (like free).
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yea, what he said. i still have the three month free trial, but i don;t do XM, so no biggie for me.
it works fine, it just thinks XM is not installed, so if you have no ipod conected and you hit the XM button, its says XM not present or s omething like that.
now, i DID do the XM wire splice at the front of the passenger footboard. so someday, to make the car legit, i will get the tech 2 programming done. but that will be at a time when it is already at the dealer for some other reason, which hopefully will not be for a while.
how do i go back to the beginning of a song without going to the previous song?
and no, turning the car off and then on is not an option
Yeah, this is an annoying issue. No way to restart a song without scrolling back through the entire song. Not only that but if in "shuffle" mode, once a song ends, it's gone. Hitting the previous button will not bring you back to the song that just played. A new song will be played. It's like it's shuffling on the fly forward or backwards.
Still prefer this hook up opposed to the aux plug and cable route. Hands down. Just definitely some imperfections with the interface/features.
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I had PAL installed in my GXP last weekend (have only had my Solstice for 3 weeks). When I first got the car back, looks like they didn't do the Tech 2 upgrade so XM wasn't working. And I do like using my XM. I took it back and now it is working.
I didn't realize when I first got it (I obviously didn't do enough research) that it would cycle through Ipod and XM every other time you tune in to XM. And I do find that somewhat annoying when trying to use XM or getting to the Ipod. Also if it knows the Ipod is not connected, it should automatically just go to XM instead of having to cycle anyways. Would have been better if you could cycle to the Ipod as a seperate band of some sort. I don't think that could be too hard to integrate seeing as it seems some aftermarket modules have something like that. So I do find trying to get to the Ipod or XM process somewhat annoying with all the cycling. Had I known I may have considered an aftermarket module more closely. But I wouldn't say its a deal breaker. The Ipod controls can be confusing at first, but I've only had it for a day and I think its just a matter of getting used to. I was less frustrated by the end of the day then when I first started using it. The software can be a little sluggish. Could be made more intuitive. Like a "select" button similar to the center Ipod button that while your scrolling actually selects that option. Maybe the info button could have been used for that.
Overall I think its a pretty good system but could use and has room for some improvement.
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Occasionally my XM will just switch back and forth to iPod mode for no apparent reason. Sometimes it seems to work just fine. I'm still checking to see if certain conditions cause this to happen. I think if you are not on the channel setting while in XM, like if you have song or artist as your info. That may cause it. Has anyone else experienced this?
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