Lonely_Raven

Greets all!

I'm thinking about picking up the xB2 5.0 and I'm trying to convince myself it won't be a terrible expense to get it looking and working as nice as my '05 xB Blue Onyx Pearl.

One of the things I'd like to do is find a head unit that will work/control a Zune...and it would be a plus if the steering wheel controls would still work.

Anyone hear of such a thing?

xbean

um not stock....it will have to be something u have to mod in.

i have an avic-d3 with my zune wired in. its not the easiest mod to do but looks great when complete.

boostedbox06

any chance you have pics or a write up of diy? of did you just get the a/v cable pack for it?

Ragingbull78

there is no interface that works to control the zune through the radio, factory or aftermarket.. You can buy the optional a/v output cable for the zune and hook it up to an aftermarket tv headunit to control the menus thorugh the radio but still have to use the controls on the zune to navigate.. I have it that way on my Z2.. i will try to snap some pics tomorrow of it.. its very nice.. and i can easily reach down and go throw the menus with a problem having to look at the radio rather than the zune.

BTW.. only a 30gig or 80gig zune has a tv out setting in the player to project it out on the screen via the a/v cable.

boostedbox06

Doesn't it have some sort of rca type of output? so you can plug it into the brain box in one of the extra inputs? I mean I realize its not like the ipod where you can control it through the deck, but you can still display it all through the screen correct?

boostedbox06

nevermind I skimmed your post and should have read it in its entirety, I got it now....

xbean

ill take and post pics tonight.

i have the av pack wired under one of the cup holders. then i have the remote setup in the blank next to the shifter. this way i can put it on tv out, have it display on the d3, and do everyhhing using the remote.

boostedbox06

nice, pics would be greatly appreciated!

Lonely_Raven

I figured aftermarket, that's why I was asking....

Are you able to control the Zune through the head unit? Or simply play back through it?

boostedbox06

^only ipod makes an adapter to be able to control the mp3 player through the deck...so like xbean said its purely visual through the deck....

xbean

heres my zune setup:


zune docked

[IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k88/superbeano2004/xbean/DSC01030.jpg[/IMG
]remote ir

action shots:




any questions?

boostedbox06

nice, looks good, hoe much did you end up paying for that kit for the a/v transfer?

xbean

like $80

it came with the dock, av cables, usb cable, remote, ac charger...good buy off amazon. probably cheaper now that the gen2 came out.

fztcar

i gotta tag this for reference. nice work.

xbean

no prob...let me know if u have questions

liquidtrend

okay xbean...now drive over to houston and hook my zune80 up as well.
so you were able to hook up through the rca?
but are the controls on the steering wheel available at all?

Lonely_Raven

Looks good xbean, thanks for clearing all that up for me!

Good job figuring it out by the way. I've been searching high and low (on this and other forums), and this is the first time someones put it all together and actually done it!

Thanks!

xbean

yes the controls work using a PAC adapter, pain to setup but worth it.

amd yes its through the rca connection.

boostedbox06

I meant to ask you xbean, how are you able to get the movies onto the zune> are you able to get music vids as well?

Lonely_Raven

The zune supports most formats that Windows Media plays.

I've got music videos, movies, TV Episodes, and I get regular updates of popular videos on You Tube and Pod Casts.

Zune FTMFW!