I listen to the Adam Carolla Show podcast most mornings, but unfortunately, that usually means I have to listen to the two to three minutes of promos and ads that play at the beginning of each show. Now, I don't mind hearing the odd commercial for a Mangrate, but it gets tiresome when I hear it every freakin' day. Now, if I'm using a simple aux jack, I can fast forward using the iPod itself, but most cars' iPod interfaces don't include a means to fast forward something. Holding down the seek button (as you would with a CD) just skips ahead to the next podcast.
However, the Accord (Crosstour or otherwise) has a tuning toggle button, which is inferior to a tuning knob for actually tuning the radio, but it does quite nicely in its double duty as a fast forward button. Of course, there's nothing that indicates it's an iPod fast forward button; it was just my genius that figured it out after saying to myself, "hmm, I wonder if that silly tuning toggle does double duty as an iPod fast forward button?"
I then wondered, "hmm, I wonder what the category button does to my iPod?" Actually, it does nothing. Thusly, it continues to be a pointless waste of space on an otherwise cluttered dash. Who's going through XM categories with regularity anyway? "Enough with this rock channel, it's time for some World music. Bring on them pan flutes!"
James Riswick, Automotive Editor @ 11,751 miles
travelingman79 says:
09:08 AM, 09/ 2/10
Soooooo many buttons. Surely there must be a better way...
cello_one says:
09:18 AM, 09/ 2/10
I hate to say it, but it is all about the knobs! Not the buttons.
hybris says:
11:53 AM, 09/ 2/10
Where are the eject and self-destruct buttons?
banhugh says:
01:20 PM, 09/ 2/10
I like the buttons. Unlike the old iDrive system, you get most of the stuff you want instantly without going through countless menus. Also, during the night they make an impressive dash.
1487 says:
01:25 PM, 09/ 2/10
why are the buttons so large in this car? They are large enough for a semi or full sized SUV.
My car has fast forward for ipod via the same controls that do this for a CD. I was unaware that this wasn't common. Honda genius strikes again.
travelingman79 says:
01:43 PM, 09/ 2/10
One person's impressive is another's distracting.
bjgw66 says:
10:29 AM, 09/ 3/10
So, I like music, and I like my PC, but I have never been into the world of protable media. no walk-man, no disc-man, no iPod... naver have been into it. but I do like music; alot. so for me to justify a iPod instead of 6 discs of MP3 formated music with an easy playlist of my favorite types... The catagory button is very much so my favorite switch to use. it allows me to go from artist to artist rather than from track 1 ALL the way to track 145.
goaterguy says:
11:40 AM, 09/ 3/10
Don't care about the Honda... But now I want a Mangrate!