Pioneer car audio focus on iPod & iPhone integration

Striving to bring the luxury of home entertainment on road with new in-car entertainment A/V gears, Pioneer delivers two new car A/V receivers: AVH-P3100DVD and AVH-P4100DVD double DIN multi-media systems with 5.8″ & 7″ in-dash touch screens for viewing DVD, DivX & jpeg images. Both have direct iPod & iPhone connectivity.

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The new AVH offerings expand on the way consumers use iPod devices by offering more capabilities that accelerate access to their favorite music collections including:

• Album Art is displayed in the iPod control screen, creating a more thorough and immersive experience with music.
• Alphabetical Speed Search allows the user to quickly scroll through long lists of artists, albums and songs by accessing the first letter in the name.
• Passenger Control for iPod gives passengers the option to browse and select music directly through the iPod player itself.
• Link Play lets users view all iPod content by the artist currently playing (similar to the artist folder function on an iPod). Three-Way Link Play allows the user to view by Album, Artist or Genre, opening up new ways to explore & discover your music.

Both units feature an intuitive Touch Slide control for quicker navigation through modern media – especially the Artist, Album, and Genre lists on iPod, as well as massive music file and folder lists. It even enables users to fast forward and rewind** through DVD/CD discs and USB# connected devices containing DivX, MP3, WMA and AAC by simply touching and dragging a bar on the bottom of the display.

These models will be in market by end of February and March 2009.