CCDIG - Yea I agree the price does seem a bit much but for all you are getting it doesn't seem all that bad. the price does include a 3 year warranty as well as a 1 year warrenty against theft from you're vehicle. If it's stolen tehy will replace it free no questions asked, or so I'm told. I've not seen that from any other manufacturer. As for getting the music from the Ipod to the HU. My understanding is that it will read\copy the music directly off of you're Ipod so there is no need to run the long cable from the bedroom to the truck. It also will read a small memory stick like the ones you can put in your digital camera so you can copy music that was if need be.
The nice thing I see is that it's all in one unit taking up less space in the truck. If I went the Kenwood way I'd have to have the HU plus another unint installed for the Nav and I am trying to avoid that. The other nice thing for me is that after all the music is copied into the HU from the Ipod I can use the Ipod in the other car while the wife can use the HU in they truck or vise versa.