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Originally Posted by core64
I am glad I went with the dvd based nav instead of the HDD based nav.  I still think eclipse is one of the best brands.  |
You would not say that about Eclipse had you bought the AVN5495.
Another little unknown "gotcha" is the fact that it will only rip songs at play speed. So you have to listen to each song as it records (and you can't listen to something else while this is going on, like the radio, or your
ipod). That takes a long time. Swaping the hard drive means you lose all of the songs and have to start over.
You also cannot copy songs from your
ipod. You have to listen and record. The recording does not retain the song tags, so you will have to rename (not easy to rename). Very slow if you want to poplulate the hard drive to use it as a "Jukebox" as they advertise.
ipod interface is almost worthless. Can't search for songs. Can't browse songs, and you can't create a play list. Example: You have a play list on your
ipod with 100 songs. You want to listen to song 50. You will have to press next 50 times to get to it (no scrolling/browsing with the nice touch screen this unit has.).
If you record from the high def radio, the recording doesn't keep the song title even though the high def radio had the name and artist. Renaming 1 song takes several minutes. Deleting a song takes just as long. Not the best user interface. Very slow. Seems to be CPU starved. Its a great prototype unit, but not ready for prime time. Hey, but don't listen to me, I just own one!
Elsipse failed to give that info in the hand outs!