MadMedwyn
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Well here's the story. This past Christmas, I got a Zune 30GB as a surprise and I never expected it. But what really excited me was when I knew I could get a new Head Unit for the Yukon and run the Zune into it. Burning audio CDs was getting really old for me and it was really a pain changing CDs every half hour.
So yesterday I brought my Zune to the local Tweeter and started talking to the guy about Head Units. I noticed that all of their Alpines had full support for the Ipod. I asked the guy if I could plug in my Zune to the Alpine iDA-X001 and he let me. Of course the thing said "USB error". So we searched on the net for half an hour to see if there were HUs that fully supported the Zune. And I searched even more last night. I now know that there is not a single Head Unit on this planet that has full support for the Zune. They all support Ipods only. What really ticks me off is that Microsoft, the biggest software company in the world, doesn't back their product enough to get audio companies to start making Zune-compatible Head Units after the Zune's been out a year and a half!
So now I have to take my $250 paper-weight back to Best Buy and get an Ipod. But before I do, does anyone use their Ipod and have it fully integrated with their aftermarket HUs? How does it sound? And by "fully integrated" I mean you can control all of your songs on the HU and never touch the Ipod. I do not want FM trasmitters, tape adapters, or auxilary rig jobs. I want a straight USB setup like the Alpine HU does. Sorry for the rant, but thanks for the help.
So yesterday I brought my Zune to the local Tweeter and started talking to the guy about Head Units. I noticed that all of their Alpines had full support for the Ipod. I asked the guy if I could plug in my Zune to the Alpine iDA-X001 and he let me. Of course the thing said "USB error". So we searched on the net for half an hour to see if there were HUs that fully supported the Zune. And I searched even more last night. I now know that there is not a single Head Unit on this planet that has full support for the Zune. They all support Ipods only. What really ticks me off is that Microsoft, the biggest software company in the world, doesn't back their product enough to get audio companies to start making Zune-compatible Head Units after the Zune's been out a year and a half!
So now I have to take my $250 paper-weight back to Best Buy and get an Ipod. But before I do, does anyone use their Ipod and have it fully integrated with their aftermarket HUs? How does it sound? And by "fully integrated" I mean you can control all of your songs on the HU and never touch the Ipod. I do not want FM trasmitters, tape adapters, or auxilary rig jobs. I want a straight USB setup like the Alpine HU does. Sorry for the rant, but thanks for the help.