OK, I just ordered mine, can't wait to install it.

One thing that I am not thrilled about is that this adapter (and the others too, I believe - vais, DICE) replaces the CD changer, so that I won't be able to use the CD player.

It's not a huge deal, I hate the inconvenience of the CD trays and cartridges anyway, but it would be nice to at least be able to switch over from the ipod to the CD player if I so desired - anyone attempted adding such a switchover capability?

 

im adding ipod full control and keeping my cd changer BUT i have nav and im going a different way than the vaistech unit

 

Interesting - do you mind sharing your approach? I have NAV also, but I don't see how that helps retain the CD changer - what's the trick? .

 

well essentially im going the LONG way around a audio build. im gonna use the alpine hub and then use a hard wired a/v ipod plug.....
this is the majority of my audio build im doing
AUDIO UPGRADES NOW DONE: switched from a GEN 2/3 NAV unit to a GEN 4 NAV updated unit with 8.1 disc, ts-sw1241d 12" shallow mount pioneer sub now cut/fit (enclosure to be made soon), trunk completely dynamatted rest of interior to follow soon

AUDIO UPGRADES IM STARTING NOW diamond audio d662's 6.5" front and rear,sc-c1 sirius tuner,kca-sc100 alpine,Alpine VPA-B222 VechicleHub Pro, sirius radio interface, kce-4221 ipod cable,peswiakjc peripheral steering wheel interface, avdhd audiovox 1/2 din dvd player,sub custom enclosure soon to be made, eclipse and alpine amps, rear view camera in trunk key hole, 0 gauge wire, stinger distributor block,stinger fuse holder, stinger ring terminals,stinger, ground distribution block, stinger RCA's Front/rear/and sub)

 

So I put in the Grom unit last night, and all seems to work well so far...

The weird thing is that my CD changer still works, which it's not supposed to! If I hit the "Disc" button on the head unit once, it'll play the changer, if I hit it again, it'll play the ipod. Anyone else has that "feature"?

 

do they have one for the first gen navi???

 

Its supposed to work. On nav models it says "CD-1" and "CD-CHANGER" when you switch between them.

 

Right, that's exactly what I am getting. But the instructions said that units with external (glove box or trunk mounted) CD changers, like I have, will lose the ability to play the changer! So I was pleasantly surprised to see that not be the case.