Pioneer has had touch-screen A/V receivers in the past, but they are now trying to make it more user-friendly for iPod users.  The new unit has an improved iPod interface and offers many other features.  See below for details:

Now Playing In A Dash Near You
This is what Drive-In Movies were supposed to be. Audio/Video players improve on CD Players by adding a nice large touch screen. With features like touch-slide control and improved iPod interface, taking your favorite movies, music, and other media on the road is better than ever.

5.8 Inch W Screen I Can See Clearly Now
The 5.8 inch wide touchscreen on the AVH-P3100DVD allows you to enjoy all of your music and videos in style. Sick of having to search through your music song by song? Now you can scroll through your music at the touch of a finger.
iPod Made Easy
Simply plug your iPod directly into the unit using the CD-IU50V iPod cable, and you are ready to rock and roll. Touch slide scrolling, Alphabetical Hi-Speed Search, Album Art, and improved Link Search make it easy to find your music.
Advanced Sound Retriever Bring Your Music To Life
Hear the detail, warmth, and clarity the way the artist intended it, from all of your highly compressed MP3, WMA and AAC files. By restoring data that tends to get lost in the digital compression process, we can make your music sound close to CD quality.
Touch Slide Smooth Operator.
Controlling your movies and music has never been easier. With a smooth swipe of your finger on the touch panel display, you can fastforward and rewind Audio/Video* content.
*Touchslide Fastforward/Rewind function not available on iPod
Make It Personal Now It’s Personal
Select among five display colors and 112 key panel illumination to match car interior lighting, color, and design. You can even set your favorite JPEG file as a wallpaper. Parked with no place to go? Now you can enjoy a slideshow of your photos on a CD or USB Device .
Fed up with your Bluetooth headset? Here’s a better hands-free solution.
Use the available CD-BTB200 Bluetooth Adapter and Bluetooth-enabled cellular phones for easy, safe, and hands-free operation. The unit acts like a speakerphone, channeling the sound through your car speakers which makes the call sound better. It also automatically mutes your music so that you’ll never miss a call.
*Optional CD-BTB200 adapter required

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  That fabulous iPod Nano just keeps getting better.  Apple released a patch which fixes a few issues and adds a feature or two.   See the updates below:

 

 

Support for Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic

     

  • Fixed instability issues when using Nike + iPod Sport Kit
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  • Added a setting to turn off Cover Flow when rotating iPod nano and a Cover Flow menu item under the
  • Music menu
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  • When Shuffle setting is set to Songs, pressing play on a song in a saved Genius playlist will now follow the Shuffle setting
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  • After playing a slideshow with TV out, Cover Flow album art is no longer distorted
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  • Waking iPod nano after hibernating no longer distorts photos
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  • Other minor bug fixes

 


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  In an attempt to further make us stray from other sources, Apple is said to be releasing not only album art, but lyrics and an interactive album applications.  The first artist will be Snow Patrol with others to follow suit.  

 

Via Musicweek:

"Snow Patrol will become the first artists to deliver an interactive album application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, ahead of the release of their fifth studio album next month."

 

"It will be an interactive element; a digital booklet that will take you into the videos and content,” says Polydor product manager Liz"

 

Unsure of what the extent of this could mean for all of us,  this was the one thing missing from music in iTunes.  No more copying lyrics off sites and inserting them ourselves.

 

Lets hope it comes to all music old and new and we no longer need cd’s.  If they would only offer songs in lossless…..


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