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Aebous wrote:Sorry I know this doesn't apply technically but how is the display on a non sat nav car? Will I still only get half the song titles and not be able to browse through them?

On a side note, I thought everyone worked best with their hands in tight places where they couldn't see anything

I don't have the satnav an LOVE my DICE unit. Honestly from what people are say, not sure I'd it with the satnav. Without it though, I love it! I see the song title and artist (from the MP3 ID tags) so it's perfect for me.

zee42 wrote:I never have understood what the big deal is about the dice install!!!!! I installed mine in about 15 seconds

This varies greatly by how you did your install. I wanted a very pro looining install. Mine was EXTREMELY difficult as it required removal of the center console...i think the seats too, cant remember. But I didn't do it, the dealer did. They estimate 2 hours work, but took 3-4...And I watched him do it, It looked painful. The whole car looked like it was apart!!! Fortunately they, only charged me for two hours But I have mine mounted in that center console, not the glove box. So while I'm driving I can flip down down the center console and see my Ipod mount there and easily control things while driving.



Additionally, I have my unit mounted in the speaker well for easy acess should I have to replace the unti...which I have...going on 2 times now!!

senwar wrote:

kal wrote:i have an ipod interface in my Z from BMW but i hate it cuz i can't search for the song i want

You'll be disappointed with the dice then too.

The display its pretty worthless - either full screen with partial song display in the top left hand corner, or split screen with track number on the left, and Nav text data on the right.

Also, you can't easily scroll through your playlists, and at the end of a playlist it just repeats the last track as opposed to starting it again.

And finally, it takes over your screen - you get about 5 seconds on the other screens only before it reverts back to the ipod data.

Very poor unit in my opinion.

+1

Do yourself a favor and go check out Intravee as an alternative. I have DICE and don't even bother with using the car controls to manipulate the device because it's so useless as an interface.

I still might just dump the DICE and install Intravee myself to get back to an interface that more closely resembles the Alpine one I had in my previous car.

= DICE HD vs. Intravee II =

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Seems simple as a contrast - would you rather have useful control of your iPod from your car controls or get distracted trying to fiddle with your iPod while driving. The one given is that neither interface is a perfect replica of your original iPod controls, but trying to read an iPod screen while you are driving on a busy interstate is not an especially bright plan.

Sort of like a choice of doing surgery with a 2 x 4 or a scalpel in my mind. Wanna buy my DICE?

AlanL wrote:Sort of like a choice of doing surgery with a 2 x 4 or a scalpel in my mind. Wanna buy my DICE?

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Yea, I'm definitely going to buy Intravee II and sell my Dice. The Dice is absolutely horrible with the navigation unit. It was OK with the regular radio setup but with nav.

When I read the title of the tread I said to myself: "don't you just hang them on the rear view mirror?"

how the hell do you get the ipod cable through to the trunk? there doesn't appear to be enough clearance between the bottom of the center console and the bottom of the pass through area. i even tired using a screw driver to get a little extra clearance, no go.

i tried it today with a s-video cable, which i'm told is the same size.

btw my trunk looks like this"