ipod search function in RCD 510 vs RCD 310

[NovaArtist]

Does anyone know whether the upgrade from the RCD 310 to the RCD 510 (which I'm not even sure is available in Australia - as everyone seems to only talk about the RNS 510 - which I am not interested in) has a capacity to search large folders by allowing you to , say, go straight to "v" in artist lists. Currently, lets say I feel like a bit of Vanessa Amarosi for a particular drive - currently on the RCD 310 I can go to "top" folder - flick across to the "artists" folder and then open it and flick through about 200 artists starting from "A" before I get to "V". - I'm thinking I should also just have a bunch of CDs in the car for when I feel like listening to a particular album, unless its ABBA! - as things down in the alphabet are excrutiating to get to without some override that can get you further into the alphabet quicker. Sometimes you are just in the mood for a particular song - and then you look at the interface - and think (forget it - it doesn't matter- it will take me the duration of the song just to find it if I have to go through everything in a sequential order). The RCD 310 does a great job of playing the tunes on an iPod nano - but if you have a lot of songs - you end up just playing ones that start in the A to C range unless you are on random.

Thus - I want to know whether the upgraded touch screen RCD 510 would allow that. If so, might be worth looking at replacing the RCD 310 unit.

Regards,

[Swallowtail]

On the touch screen models you can 'drag' the up / down slider on the right hand side down the list of folders, 'page down' by tapping under the slider, or go down one at a time hitting the arrow at the bottom. Pretty much the same as on a PC. This is assuming that you are using an SD card or an MDI / iPod.

So you can move through artists lists pretty quickly.