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Originally Posted by SubaSteve

The title says it all. I really have learned to hate the stock radio. Then when looking at the new 2014 forester it hit me. The reason the radio sucks is because we don't have the controls on the wheel. I think they designed the radio in mind that you had analog controls on the steering wheel. This meant you had no reason for buttons on the unit itself.

I for one hate trying to skip songs on the touch screen. I never am able to skip songs without looking at it.

Don't get me started about the Bluetooth. I swear this takes 10 mins to sync.

1. Agreed.
2. I never use the headunit as a music player, only as a bridge for my BT streamed music off my HTC Thunderbolt...
3. The BT on my headunit or phone or both is so damn unintelligent. It will:
   1. connect automatically and properly so both phone and music functions work
   2. connect automatically with only phone or music, but not both functions
   3. my phone will ask to connect to the headunit 18 million times, then ask to sync contacts and messages, but the contacts/messages never transfer to the headunit
   4. just doesn't work