Hey TD....never heard back from your installer. Did the firmware update solve the final issue?

 

I don't think so. I am going to try to do the update again tonight, and see if that fixes things. Right now, I am not even getting track/album names . . . which makes me suspect the upgrade. Thanks for all the help.

 

Hello Larry,

Thanks for the photos. Any chance of supplying brief captions/steps in install ?

 

Click on each picture individually, the captions should show up.
E-mail me if questions.

 

Thanks for your efforts and pics with captions

 

OK, update took and i got the text to work when using the GW interface.

Should the text work when you are using I-pod interface?

Also, shouldn't the same text show up under in the tach display (mine says CD5 trck N)? It would be great if it worked like XM.

XM is also working, but I can't use my phone while I am using XM, which could be a huge problem. Any work arounds?

Finally, the volume of the hands free seems very sensitive to the volume on the iphone. Anyway to resolve that issue?

Thanks all.

 

OK, here is an update. When I first get into the car, the XM works correctly as does the ipod GW. But, if I connect the iPhone to the GW bluetooth kit (it seems to disconnect when I leave the car and fail to connect automatically when I return), then it knocks out XM. Specifically, you can hear the XM audio, and you can go up and down the channels using rewind and fast forward, but (1) you cannot use the pre-set memory buttons; (2) the info shows 630 am, and does not show the station/channel name; and (3) the box on the "audio" screen is empty (i.e., it doesn't show the XM symbol or any text).

Has anyone else experienced this?

 

TD...please EMAIL me so I can put this together for Dension. Thanks.

 

Will do Eric. You are always around to take care of questions. I just thought that this may be a simple settings question that one of the guys here could answer over the weekend. I will type my questions into an e-mail and send it to you. Thanks as always!

 

Todd: here is what Dension is saying for right now (emailed this to you this morning also, thought others might be helped by it):

OK, update took and i got the text to work when using the GW interface.

Should the text work when you are using I-pod interface? No.

Also, shouldn't the same text show up under in the tach display (mine says CD5 trck N)? It would be great if it worked like XM. Should, but if the song is too long it is limited on the character display.

XM is also working, but I can't use my phone while I am using XM, which could be a huge problem. Any work arounds? No.

Finally, the volume of the hands free seems very sensitive to the volume on the iphone. Anyway to resolve that issue? Not yet.

OK, here is an update. When I first get into the car, the XM works correctly as does the ipod GW. But, if I connect the iPhone to the GW bluetooth kit (it seems to disconnect when I leave the car and fail to connect automatically when I return), then it knocks out XM. Specifically, you can hear the XM audio, and you can go up and down the channels using rewind and fast forward, but (1) you cannot use the pre-set memory buttons; (2) the info shows 630 am, and does not show the station/channel name; and (3) the box on the "audio" screen is empty (i.e., it doesn't show the XM symbol or any text). With the iPhone we know it's not working perfectly on the Bluetooth part until Dension does R&D on it. As far as kicking out the XM and other stuff like that, it should not do that.

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Dension has just received it's first Euro iPhone and has been bench testing the issues in Europe to see what can be resolved. They'll report back with the updated info as soon as they complete that testing.

 

What does the GW stand for?



PS
Eric, Thanks for all the extra board effort you are putting into a product that you sell but don't own.

 

GW= Gateway (that references using the PCM interface, NOT the iPod itself).

 

Yes. The Dension unit provides you with two ways to "navigate" your ipod: 1) you can use the PCM controls to navigate; or 2) you can use the ipod itself to navigate. You can toggle back and forth between the two methods by using the Dension menu as accessible via PCM.

My question to Eric was about the text that is displayed on the PCM screen. When you use the GW (i.e., the controls on the PCM) to navigate, full text is displayed on the PCM screen. By contrast, when you use the iPod to navigate, no text is displayed on the PCM screen: it just says "CD N, Track N"

P.S. Eric, I verified that the XM IS running through the Dension GW. As such, there must be some other explanation.

 

TD...I've sent a note up the Dension flagpole for ya bud.

 

Thanks as always. Your always excellent customer service (totally apart from quality products) is what makes me return to buy more from you without hesitation.