11/27/2011
Dice i-Mazda/Mazda 3 & 5 /Protege/Tribute/ IPod Adapter w/ Aux Audio Input Review
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(More customer reviews)I bought this unit for my '07 Camry with Navigation after DICE Electronics assured me that it was compatible. While I guess you could say that it works with my stereo/nav unit, it's so unreliable that it is almost useless. I go on long drives and listen to a lot of audiobooks on my iPod. If I make a quick stop, upon restarting my car, I often find that the book (or podcast, or song, or whatever) has been reset back to the beginning. If I didn't happen to notice the exact hours and minutes of the audiobook, I have to search through it to find my place. Very annoying and a real time waster. It also randomly pauses my iPod without me touching it, then restarts it again a few seconds later. It is capable of displaying the title and track name from the iPod, but then inexplicably blanks this information out. If I switch to map view and then back, the info reappears. If I disconnect and then reconnect the iPod (and who wouldn't, as that's kind of the whole point of having one), the DICE unit makes the iPod "forget" my place in the playlist. Upon reconnecting, it will always play the same track, out of the 10,000 or so on the iPod. I mean, I like "...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead," but I'm damn sick of hearing the opening of that one song. Finally, I should mention that when I sent this complaint via their online system, it took 6 weeks before anyone even posted a "say, did anyone ever help you with this?" When I answered in the negative, I never heard another word. Apparently, they don't care if they have unhappy customers. Do yourself a favor, buy a VAISTech unit instead. It does the same thing, and while the reviews have been mixed, they have been far better than the DICE's.
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The DICE i-Mazda-R2-5v iPod Integration Kit for Mazda SAT Systems is a factory iPod intergration kit that gives CD quality sound. It can be controlled from the ipod, radio and steering wheel. Supports text on text-capable systems and includes an extra auxiliary input. Connect your iPod to your Mazda's factory entertainment system and hear what your iPod should sound like in your car. Always keeps your iPod charged and ready to go. Radios with a SAT button will also display text from your iPod allowing you to view song title and artist name right on your radio's display. (Factory SAT will need to be disconnected.) Features:\' Charges the iPod\' Direct audio from your iPod to your car radio.\' Controls the iPod from the radio controls.\' Will work with in-dash CD changers that are part of the main radio.\' Gives you an extra audio input as well as the iPod interface.\' Compatible with factory navigation systems.
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