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The search is not available and you have to disconnect to get the tunes you want to play. You basically have to creat a playlist and then try with luck find it. Kenwood KCA-iP500 iPod Interface Although easy to connect, not easy to work. Pioneer is a lot easier to work.
Installation was easy and it has worked great. It is easily controlled by my Kenwood stereo and we haven't had any issues.
Takes TOO long.On top of all this, the display (on my HU anyway) is only one line. It is unreasonably difficult and time-consuming to navigate through your ipod's library via the head unit's goofy controls, and it does not allow you to use the thumb wheel instead. Then can you hit the flimsy little "control stick" on the head unit up to select the second artist alphabetically, again for the third, and so on, etc. In that case you could make the playlist, title it so it's alphabetically first on the ipod, and then plug it and go. To change artist you have to first push "SCN" on the head unit twice to go from 'playlist' select to 'artist' select mode. Last but certainly not least, my ipod hasn't crashed in 2.5 yrs of ownership, but has crashed twice (once I had to reload the WHOLE thing) in using this product for 2 weeks. So you have to decide if you want to know what artist it is, or what song it is, but not both.
The ONLY way I could see this being somewhat useful is if you are a playlist fanatic, and you know what songs, and in what order, you are going to listen to. I do not recommend this product. Unfortunately getting to hear anything but the first song on my ipod, alphabetically speaking, is near impossible. Save yourself the money and buy a simple adapter cord (e.g. PAC's) or save even more money and buy a different head unit.The only reason- and I mean ONLY- I gave this a 2 star vice 1 is the sound quality is awesome. Coincidence.Buy something else.
After turning the radio off and back on, or unplugging and re-plugging the iPod, it will see the iPod but start over at playlist 1 song 1. I borrowed an older iPod for testing, and it works like it's supposed to.So if you have an older iPod, this is a handy adapter for your radio.
Lately it's also had a bad habit of draining the iPod battery completely overnight. A search online for troubleshooting shows that people with the newest Apple offerings in all iPod categories are having the same issues with this adapter and even with other manufacturers' adapters.
I bought this for an iPod Classic that I bought at the same time. But if you have a new iPod, you should instead replace your head unit with one of the latest iPod compatible ones.
While it does technically work, however, it will not charge my new iPod. Sometimes when I turn the radio on, it says that the iPod is ejected even though it's plugged in.
Very disappointing.
No necesita ningun cable ni conector adicional. Es un poco complejo para utilizarlo, pero es bastante eficiente. Lo conecte a mi reproductor KDC-MP2032 y funciono perfectamente. Y una de las ventajas es que mantiene cargada la bateria del iPod.
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