02-24-2014, 09:52 PM
I've only used it in rental cars. I had to spend twenty minutes on an iPhone reading a PDF of the manual to figure out some of the basics. And even then I remember occasionally pulling over, shutting the car off, and starting it up again to get the radio to work properly. Faster and easier than trying to dick around with menus designed by a crunch smoker.
I'm not surprised that it affected their ratings. I'm sure I'm not the only person here was was confounded for like three years that almost no car stereos, installed or aftermarket, had so much as an aux input jack on the front. Then finally aux inputs were everywhere. Then when I was shopping for a car, iPod/iPhone compatibility was a major selling point.
Every time I use one of these car computers, or the seatback entertainment system on an airplane, I think, Holy cow is it 2005? I mean, the UI is like what you get on a $40 touchscreen tracfone.
I'm not surprised that it affected their ratings. I'm sure I'm not the only person here was was confounded for like three years that almost no car stereos, installed or aftermarket, had so much as an aux input jack on the front. Then finally aux inputs were everywhere. Then when I was shopping for a car, iPod/iPhone compatibility was a major selling point.
Every time I use one of these car computers, or the seatback entertainment system on an airplane, I think, Holy cow is it 2005? I mean, the UI is like what you get on a $40 touchscreen tracfone.