Some great suggestions so far! I'm glad to see the"no Pause button" at the top of the list. I am totally baffled as to the reasoning in not having this. It has to be the only CD player ever made by any manufacturersince day one that is missing such an important button.

The biggest issue I have is the pause/tick soundsbetween tracks when playing CD's and also playing songs on the HDD. I have read of others having this issue, is this widespread or are there some who don't experience this?Any ideaif there is a solution in the works?

A few more suggestions:

1. A "reboot" option via a button sequence would be very convenient, vs having to pull fuse/unhook battery.

2. I don't know if a firmware update couldaddress this or not, but it would be nice to have afriendlier"emergency eject" for stuck discs, that is, allowing the door to be freely opened instead of having to "pry" it open.

3. An "anti-theft"boot password to lockout the radio, only needed if power is disconnected.

 

Hey guys, Sorry I haven't been online for a few days.. Been really sick and still am.. I was so weak for the past 3 days I couldn't even get up to call my job to let them know I wasn't coming in.. Anyway..

Keep the suggestions coming... After about 2 weeks I'll compile all the requests in here and send them in to Harman Becker. Since theyre releasing this beta soon im sure theyre not going to consider new features until after the release anyway.

You guys have some really good ideas..I really liked the password on power removal anti theft prevention.. Nothing makes me happier than knowing someone busted their asses trying to steal my radio and knowing they cant use it.If you guys want ill write up instructions on how to put a small bomb in your radio that will explode when removed from the car possibly taking a hand with it.. Im not even joking.. ill write this up if you guys want..(Misspent youth)

robotosgambit, You can get your software updated at the dealer but you might get charged if you go to the dealer to update the software, The software updates can be done by yourself and while the newest version is about to be released within a week or so, you can update your software by following the instructions on this post https://dodgeforum.com/m_1103210/tm.htmwhich contains the latest "Released" software for the MyGIG radio. As soon as the latest software updates are released I will be posting them for everyone to download so you can either go to the dealer, download them from this site and update them yourself, or contact Harman Becker for a CD and also update them yourself. I will have the newest software up asap so you might as well wait a little while and then download them from the above link.

As far as playing DVDs while in drive there is only one solution for that (well there are currently 2 but I won't recommend FreeGIG to anyone after a few people got burned from the company that makes FreeGIG because they didn't test the FreeGIG on all MyGIG radios and software versions)
Soo.. The MyGIG LockPick will enable you to unlock DVD in drive and quite a few other features. I have it installed in my car.. The installation was quick and easy and the product works very well. you can check out more of the information about the MyGIG LockPick here: https://dodgeforum.com/m_1167746/tm.htm
Just because Chrysler thinks that customers cant handle video in cars I don't think there are any actual laws against it. Maybe in 1 or 2 states in the US but I dont think that is a widespread law yet. Worst case scenario... Turn the video off after you get pulled over by a cop

You can tell if your MyGIG radio is a Nav equipped radio or not by looking at the lower right hand of the radio.. If you see RER then its a MyGIG with Navigation, if you see REN then its a MyGIG with outNavigation.

 

thanks fultil im gonna wait until the new update comes out just give me a heads up on when it does and thanks

 

These two are of low importance, but would be nice...

1) The ability to select from a few different voices for the NAV prompts

2) Maybe this one could be turned on or off by the user.... but pronunciation of street names like other GPS units (ie. "Turn left onto Cerritos Avenue" instead of "Make the second turn left") I figure maybe this could be turned on or off by the user because I know those sometimes bug people when it pronounces the street name incorrectly, wheras I just think it's funny

 

Altough I really love the MyGIG features I am convinced there should be better ways to manage the music files stored on the HD.

Right from the very first day, when I went to the car dealer to have my Avenger delivered, I had taken couple of CD's with me that Iimmediately put into the radio systemjust to check how great it could be to have my favorites songs copied on the hard disk.

I also had some MP3 CD's which I wanted to copy, then some other music on a USB stick, etc...

The problem is that I had several identical files with different names (sometimes written in capital letters, sometimes just the song name was spelled differently), some other files which I finally decided I wouldn't want them on the HD anymore and so on...

And I now that I want to clear, sort or rename tiltles I find it really complicated and time consuming to go throught the MyGIG menus...

Wouldn't it just be possible to connect the MyGIG to a laptop trough USB port in order to manage (copy, move, rename, sort, delete) my music files?

Sounds like I'm the second French owner of a diesel Avenger on this forum(Hi Kendos ! )

 

I really like the idea to connect to a laptop through the USB... They could use netbios or something similar to filesharing to share the drive so you could see it and manage it from a laptop just like a shared drive.

I also had another a bit ambitious idea that probably won't be implemented because it would require too many software changes for something the hardware wasn't exactly designed for. With that said, here it goes....

a) Support for USB 802.11a/b/g (or either of the three) sticks. They would probably have to specify compatibility with a select few since drivers would have to be preloaded on the system.
b) Support for NetBIOS filesharing.

With these two features, users could synchronize music stored on PCs, media centers, NAS units, etc. over their wireless network. Maybe even some simple interface to specify a share to synchronize with, so whenever you pull the car into the driveway (assuming you have the 802.11 stick plugged in) it could synchronize with your computer's library automatically when it gets signal from the wireless network you configure it to connect to.

Sorry, I'm a Network Operations Manager and a bit of a tech geek so I look for ways to interconnect about any electronic device Anyway, I'll get my head out of the clouds and just hope for some of the more necessary changes we have listed above

 

Oh yeah, speaking of necessary changes... aenimon reminded me in the Mods/Hacks thread...

It would be nice if when you go to select an artist, once you do it gives you the option to select a specific album from that artist, rather than just all songs by the artist.

 

For the Nav Guidance annoyance, can't you just turn the volume down all the way for the nav guidance and then it will remain low over ignition cycles?

 

This one drives me nuts.

Improve the Navigation Search : "Input by Name" feature.

Example / Problem :
I'm sitting in my car and want to find the closests Target, Walmart, Best Buy for example.
1. I have no idea what type of POI this would fall under.
2. Im not sure which / what cities around me these stores exist.
3. I dont have the store phone number.

( Like any other Navigation System I've Owned..... )

I want / should to be able to :
1. Press "Input by name"
2. Type out "Best Buy"
3. Be able to see ( quickly ) what Best Buys are around me and be able to sort by Name or Distance.
4. I want the list of Best Buy Stores in a view such as :

Example Best Buy Stores ( Sorted by my choice of distance or name ) :

Best Buy - Manchester, CT 5.1 Miles
Best Buy - Holyoke, MA 12.8 Miles
Best Buy - Ellington, CT 29.6 Miles

 

Just to add to that...

It would also be nice if it were an actual search and not just a match. What I mean by that is that you have to have everything exactly correct from the beginning to get results. The only example I can think of right now (although pretty obvious if you were looking for it) is if you were looking for Home Depot near you, you wouldnt get any results if it were in the NAV as "The Home Depot" since you didnt put in the "The" in the beginning