I just found out about this unit today but it by far blows everything else out of the water. It's sold by a company on ebay called integration solutions and is called the AXXESS ipod interface. It does all the regular stuff (charges the ipod, gives steering wheel controls, etc.) that all the other methods do however it trumps them all by providing ID3 tag display on the HU's LCD. That's right, finally someone got the track/artist/playlist info to display so you can actually see what you're listening to...... um figuratively anyway.

The other big thing it does is offers you a version with an auxiliary input for other devices, or another version with a XM receiver instead of the aux. input.

Anyway check out My Audio Input Thread and check out the AXXESS in the ipod section

 

My Alpine head unit has been doing the same thing for the last year, or are you talking for the stock head unit?

 

Yes I'm referring to the stock head unit. And yes I also realize that lots of aftermarket HU's integrate with both ipods and satellite radio and display all of the information on the screen. However lots of people prefer to keep the stock HU and this is the first method available that's offered ID3 tag display.

 

Oh Ok cool. That is pretty good to know, because when I wanted to integrate my iPod, there were no options. That's why I had to buy the aftermarket HU in the first place.

This is an awesome option, wish it was around about a year ago, haha.

 

Well it wasn't around but there have been multiple other options available that did everything except display on the HU's LCD for well over a year.