is there a faster way to scroll through ipod menu??
#1
is there a faster way to scroll through ipod menu??
Hello all,
I have a 08 g35 sedan with ipod interface, premium package, no nav or tech.
basically I have around 500 artists and scrolling with the wheel and little arrows takes forever!! I think there is a page down button or something in the nav equipped vehicles which makes going through lists so much easier.
does anyone know any shortcuts or am I stuck making playlists and not searching via artists in the menu. thanks.
I have a 08 g35 sedan with ipod interface, premium package, no nav or tech.
basically I have around 500 artists and scrolling with the wheel and little arrows takes forever!! I think there is a page down button or something in the nav equipped vehicles which makes going through lists so much easier.
does anyone know any shortcuts or am I stuck making playlists and not searching via artists in the menu. thanks.
#3
#4
thanks for the responses
@mann the seek buttons just change the song when you are in the menu. I will try it with no song playing and report back
@sameer non nav = no touch screen sadly
anyone else find away around this problem, it makes the ipod connectivity worthless for me because I cant pay attention to the road if I have to constantly scroll :/
@mann the seek buttons just change the song when you are in the menu. I will try it with no song playing and report back
@sameer non nav = no touch screen sadly
anyone else find away around this problem, it makes the ipod connectivity worthless for me because I cant pay attention to the road if I have to constantly scroll :/
#5
Yeah you're right, I just spent a little while messing around with all the options on my car and the best way I found to scroll through the songs is to just hold down the up/down buttons. It's not that great but it's the fastest option. Other than that multiple play lists seems to be the way to go.
#6
If you do a search you can find a better description of this work-around but I'll give it a shot:
Sort your iTunes library alphabetically by artist. Take the 'genre' column and delete the Genre and put replace it with the first letter of the artist.
When you go to listen to your iPod in the car do a search by genre and then you can scroll through the letters that replaced the 'actual' genres and you only have to scroll a max of 26 times
Not sure if that helps but at least it gets you a lot closer to the letters/artists so it's less scrolling.
I haven't done this yet but I have seen posts by others that have and it seems to work for them.
Oh, I have an 08 G. Does the 2010 even allow you to search by genre?
Hope that helps!
Jay
Sort your iTunes library alphabetically by artist. Take the 'genre' column and delete the Genre and put replace it with the first letter of the artist.
When you go to listen to your iPod in the car do a search by genre and then you can scroll through the letters that replaced the 'actual' genres and you only have to scroll a max of 26 times
Not sure if that helps but at least it gets you a lot closer to the letters/artists so it's less scrolling.
I haven't done this yet but I have seen posts by others that have and it seems to work for them.
Oh, I have an 08 G. Does the 2010 even allow you to search by genre?
Hope that helps!
Jay
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Cool - glad to help!
Wanna hear something else REALLY cool?
I just turned in my 08G for a 2010G (have to change my sig . . .) anyway, on the updated Nav system they fixed this problem!
I was using the new system and was hitting the touchscreen to scroll to get to my Rush collection (just saw 'I Love You Man' and got motivated to listen to them again )
Anyway - just tried the scroll wheel and after 2 or 3 turns the screen went blank and instead of the list of artists, a little box comes up in the middle of the screen and it just shows a single letter of the alphabet. Then you can turn the Infiniti Controller dial and go up and down in the alphabet to get to whichever specific letter you want.
Much better than the genre workaround! I was pretty psyched since they don't even mention that in the manual - what a find!!
Sorry I don't think it works on the older Nav system but at least Infiniti is listening!! Thought you might be interested in that.
Jay
Wanna hear something else REALLY cool?
I just turned in my 08G for a 2010G (have to change my sig . . .) anyway, on the updated Nav system they fixed this problem!
I was using the new system and was hitting the touchscreen to scroll to get to my Rush collection (just saw 'I Love You Man' and got motivated to listen to them again )
Anyway - just tried the scroll wheel and after 2 or 3 turns the screen went blank and instead of the list of artists, a little box comes up in the middle of the screen and it just shows a single letter of the alphabet. Then you can turn the Infiniti Controller dial and go up and down in the alphabet to get to whichever specific letter you want.
Much better than the genre workaround! I was pretty psyched since they don't even mention that in the manual - what a find!!
Sorry I don't think it works on the older Nav system but at least Infiniti is listening!! Thought you might be interested in that.
Jay
#10
Yeah, not sure I'd call that a conclusion but I was surprised to see the feature since I didn't find it mentioned anywhere.
Someone on another board mentioned that there might be an update to the 08 software/system to get this functionality but someone else pointed out that an upgrade like that fried their system so I'm not sure it's worth it for the hassle.
Again, just figured I would throw it out there.
Jay
Someone on another board mentioned that there might be an update to the 08 software/system to get this functionality but someone else pointed out that an upgrade like that fried their system so I'm not sure it's worth it for the hassle.
Again, just figured I would throw it out there.
Jay
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#12
Yeah, not sure I'd call that a conclusion but I was surprised to see the feature since I didn't find it mentioned anywhere.
Someone on another board mentioned that there might be an update to the 08 software/system to get this functionality but someone else pointed out that an upgrade like that fried their system so I'm not sure it's worth it for the hassle.
Again, just figured I would throw it out there.
Jay
Someone on another board mentioned that there might be an update to the 08 software/system to get this functionality but someone else pointed out that an upgrade like that fried their system so I'm not sure it's worth it for the hassle.
Again, just figured I would throw it out there.
Jay
anyway know if anyone updated their software to the 2010 version successfully? I would love to do this. You think the dealership can do this??
#14
If you do a search you can find a better description of this work-around but I'll give it a shot:
Sort your iTunes library alphabetically by artist. Take the 'genre' column and delete the Genre and put replace it with the first letter of the artist.
When you go to listen to your iPod in the car do a search by genre and then you can scroll through the letters that replaced the 'actual' genres and you only have to scroll a max of 26 times
Not sure if that helps but at least it gets you a lot closer to the letters/artists so it's less scrolling.
I haven't done this yet but I have seen posts by others that have and it seems to work for them.
Oh, I have an 08 G. Does the 2010 even allow you to search by genre?
Hope that helps!
Jay
Sort your iTunes library alphabetically by artist. Take the 'genre' column and delete the Genre and put replace it with the first letter of the artist.
When you go to listen to your iPod in the car do a search by genre and then you can scroll through the letters that replaced the 'actual' genres and you only have to scroll a max of 26 times
Not sure if that helps but at least it gets you a lot closer to the letters/artists so it's less scrolling.
I haven't done this yet but I have seen posts by others that have and it seems to work for them.
Oh, I have an 08 G. Does the 2010 even allow you to search by genre?
Hope that helps!
Jay
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