...and I thought some of you may be interested in the following tidbits.

XM and Panasonic were there in force. XM had a 2005 RL on display, and Panasonic had a Panasonic/ELS display with a TL (didn't look to see if it was 2004 or 2005).

I spoke with the ELS spokesperson, and asked him about my primary gripe with my 2004 TL's sound system. Before I had a chance to continue, he interrupted and asked "you mean the rattles?" Actually, I meant the lack of an elegant iPod interface to the TL (or at minimum a line in for the Navs). I doubt Panasonic/ELS can do anything about the rattles. He said that ELS was "working on an iPod interface for the TL," but a solution is "at least a few years away." I don't know how acurate that information is, but that's what he stated.

He also gave me a 'new' sample DVD-A that he said was shipping with new TLs. I didn't know there was a 'new' one available (can't recall a post about it), but it was a nice freebie. It has different songs than the one that came with my 2004 TL, and includes Marvin Gaye, O fortuna, and Faith Hill, to name a few.

Monster was there as well to show off their iCruze. But alas, as mentioned by others, the Monster representatives said that 3G TL w/Nav owners were out of luck.

There were lots of wired/wireless adapters from various companies. Griffin (IIRC) showed off a new cassette adapter that plugs into the top of the iPod (via the headphone out and remote control port), and allows you to FF/REW/PL/ST via your radio's controls.

Some pics of the show to follow.

 

by the time ELS releases a ipod solution for the TL i will have probably moved onto another car. i have abondoned this idea and have accepted that there is no real simple solution to ipod integration.

 

It was an 05 in the Panasonic ELS display (new seats and the smaller emergency light button). I also got a new version of DVD-A demo disc.
Too bad no more Acura exibit this year!