Originally Posted by Toddy

How does the St. Louis handle an iPod? Is it the same as it handles other USB drives, from the head unit? I switched over to an iPod about six months ago, and it's become my sole little box o'music now going from one car to the other, so I need an HU here that is seamless in its iPod support. I don't want to go back to running off an AUX and fiddling with the iPod itself while driving. I know I'll eventually kill myself doing that.

Also, can the St. Louis handle AAC files off an iPod? I'm seeing just WMA and MP3 support mentioned in the manual, which is a little scary as all of my iPod files are AAC. And I'm not coverting. Did that already from WMA and it took freaking three days non-stop and way too much screwing around with tags. But the manual doesn't mention iPod at all, which is kinda weird in this day and age.

I have a feeling the Alpine X100 Marine (silver) unit would be the absolute best for me, given its iPod support. But it's $400, and I was hoping to go cheaper than that. These Blaupunkt St. Louis and Memphis HUs seem pretty awesome, but not if the iPod support is wonky.