A friend of mine picked up an iPod connector for his N2 and when in use, it doesn't display the track title... or anything except "ipod0002" where the numbers represent elapsed track time. When you're searching through albums and what not, it will briefly show - on one line at the top left hand corner of the screen - the name of the albums... but that's it.

My question is... is this all the N2 is capable of doing for the iPod? Even with the regular cd decks, the song title shows, but not for the N2. Are there settings that we can adjust? To be honest, with all that screen space, and no control and no song title, it's doesn't make use of the N2's capabilities.

 

i'm auctually just about to install the ipod adapter onto my n2 as well. i know first hand it does that ipod0002 thing with the avic-n1 but the n2 i haven't tried yet

 

The AVIC units WILL show all titles listed from the iPod (track, album, artist, etc.). Because Pioneer made their iPod adapter compatible with units dating back to 1993, there are going to be subtle differences in each model.
Go to the iPod adapter manual to find which "group" your unit is in. This will then tell you how to change the display (for the AVIC-N1/N2 I believe it's the "band" button).
The AVIC unit will fully control your iPod & will show all the information in the display. Again, check your manual for full functionality listing. Have fun!

 

Pioneer Guy: I went through the manual for the iPod adapter and for some reason there is no mention of the N1/N2. Also, the "band" button doesn't do anything. What should I do?

 

we found the 5700 was the only one that seemed to provide full functionality of the ipod and displaying titles and whatnot as far as pioneer goes. i could be wrong tho.

 

^^^^You are correct, the AVH-P5700DVD has increased functionality over every other Pioneer model & takes advantage of it's touch panel for full control.