Honda Music Link
Good news: I bought a new car finally. Good-bye 2000 Pontiac Sunfire (and domestic cars all together) Hello 2007 Honda Civic.
Bad news: I may have gotten a sweet deal on the car with the Music Link for iPod cable, but the music link thing sucks ass. It really sounds sweet on paper, but it's much easier to get the MP3 jack cable. First off the book doesn't tell you how it works iTunes wise. Second customer service said that there are many complaints about the software and what not. Third once I did figure it out (customer service guy didn't know what to do either) I realized what a pain it is. You have to manually update if you have a Nano. Yes I plan on getting a 30 gig Ipod soon but in the meantime... THIS SUCKS. FOURTH, the TTS files (that's what they are called so they can be compatible with the car stereo) take up space on the iPod. So if you have a Nano you're just short.
Solution: Just get the jack cable from the Apple Store. The model car that I got had the MP3 jack. I'm on my way there now. The Music Link thing wasn't a total loss for me. Again I got a sweet deal to the point that the thing was basically free and it charges your iPod while connected. Perhaps when I get a bigger iPod it will be all good, but seriously Honda needs to tell you or distribute more thorough instructions and warn you that the thing sucks if you have limited space on the Nano.
Bad news: I may have gotten a sweet deal on the car with the Music Link for iPod cable, but the music link thing sucks ass. It really sounds sweet on paper, but it's much easier to get the MP3 jack cable. First off the book doesn't tell you how it works iTunes wise. Second customer service said that there are many complaints about the software and what not. Third once I did figure it out (customer service guy didn't know what to do either) I realized what a pain it is. You have to manually update if you have a Nano. Yes I plan on getting a 30 gig Ipod soon but in the meantime... THIS SUCKS. FOURTH, the TTS files (that's what they are called so they can be compatible with the car stereo) take up space on the iPod. So if you have a Nano you're just short.
Solution: Just get the jack cable from the Apple Store. The model car that I got had the MP3 jack. I'm on my way there now. The Music Link thing wasn't a total loss for me. Again I got a sweet deal to the point that the thing was basically free and it charges your iPod while connected. Perhaps when I get a bigger iPod it will be all good, but seriously Honda needs to tell you or distribute more thorough instructions and warn you that the thing sucks if you have limited space on the Nano.
posted by Melvinator at 12:33 PM
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