I went ahead and plugged in an extra cable to the “Aux in” jack, and ran it into the glove box, so I can connect an XM, Computer, or whatever in the future. The electronics enclosure sits behind the cubby, and I ran wires to the fuse box area for power. I may disassemble the display unit, and make a custom bezel which integrates better with the Subaru interior styling. I also disconnected the cubby light, and removed the annoying yellow warning sticker. I drilled the holes very carefully by hand, putting through holes in the cubby and tapped threads in the display. I removed the mounting bracket supplied with the unit, and instead used a pair of #4-40 screws to attach the display to the bottom of the cubby. I cut away a section of the top of the cubby using a coping saw and files. It sits to the left, I can still easily slip a pair of sunglasses behind it, and the door still closes fine. The display is permanently mounted in the cubby. Overall, it still seems to be the best iPod integration for the Subaru, allows browsing all music, and it sounds great. Also, the extra aux input will be useful for anyone who wants to also install a Satellite radio,etc. It automatically starts/stops with the ignition switch and “remembers” where the ipod was paused, even if it was playing through headphones or other speakers when it was paused. On the plus side, the idea of having the controller and display separated works very well, and is safer than controlling the iPod directly. No access to iPod “extras” such as contacts or calendar.No direct access to Podcast or Audiobook list as on the ipod – must go through genre.Doesn’t display time remaining for songs, or indicate how far into the track you are.You can’t play “All” songs from a single artist as on the iPod you can only play all the songs from a single album. No good way to navigate through very long Audiobooks or Podcasts.The outer ring of the controller is not a wheel, as on the iPod, just a 3 position switch (Reverse-Off-Forward) with no variable speed, and not nearly as smooth as the ipod wheel.I used Jazzy’s Aux Input board which works great! Overall I’m very happy with the unit, but the interface does not exactly duplicate the iPod interface. I installed a Harmon Kardon Drive + Play last week.
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