So right now I have a pioneer HU with the add on ipod interface box thing that allows me to control my ipod through my HU. You can group by genre, playlist, etc, like you can on the ipod. But you have to scroll through the lists one by one by pressing down on the **** or remote. This is slightly frustrating when you have a large number or artists or playlists to choose from, many times I'll get fed up with trying to get to bands that start with "M" and just choose something that isnt far from the beginning or end of the alphabet.

So what I'm looking for is an aftermarket HU that has a wheel or some sort of functionality similar to the ipod's wheel control mechanism. Where I can turn the wheel and scroll through the lists quickly.

I've done a bit of searching to no avail. Theres a lot of ipod ready HU's, but no one seems to say whether or not they have the "controllability" that I'm looking for.

so any help or direction you can point me in would be helpful
thanks

 

Avid D3. You're welcome.

 

Kenwood DNX7120.


From the main "playing" screen, you can press "list". This will bring you to iPod-like navigation.

You can select Playlists, Artists, Songs, etc like on the iPod's main list. If you click on Artists, it will list them down the left side, like 10 at a time or something and gives you a scroll bar on the left which you can either drag down to quickly find someone, or you can click the "scroll down" button for it to scroll down one page.


My Z's battery is unplugged atm, but when I install my new steering wheel I'll see if I can start it up and show you what I mean. Very nice interface.



Pulled this off Google Images. This is the main "playing" screen. Customizable info displays as well.

 

wow, thanks to both of you, those are super nice and sound like they would fit my needs perfectly, I doubt they would be very kind to my wallet, but I guess we'll see what I can do.

 

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500IDAX...5.html?tp=5684

Alpine has a few offerings.

 

my vote is for the kenwood dnx8120. it has navigation, plays videos from your ipod as well as music, dvds, divx files, and regular cds if you so choose. it's touchscreen and works really nicely. the gps is garmin and i really like it. i've had mine installed for almost 2 years now and i've never had a problem with once.
i found this video on youtube showing it off - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Q48...eature=related

i dont have the this version i have the dnx7100 and it owns. i got mine because of the ipod integration and for the fact it played the videos using the touchscreen. that was the coolest feature for me...well that and nav. i think the 8120 has bluetooth built in for mobile devices. i had to buy and addon to have that feature but it works like a charmsky.

 

this is something more what I had in mind, these other ones are great, but they are a little overkill for what I'm looking for.

 

I have this. It does it's job.