Ipod car audio text display

With hope someone has an answer! I have just brought a new car Mazda 6 along with updating my ipod to the 80gb model. My wish was to take my entire cd collection (quite extensive) to my car and never to use CD's or the delemma of which cd to take. Mazda offered as an accessory an ipod connector. The price tag was considerable however more than worth it in my mind. But how disappointing. I have no text display either on my ipod nor the cars sound system (Bose premimum). This would all be fine if I had stuck to my nano as it's limit of 1000 songs I had to make a decision on. With the 80gb and my entire collection impossible - no idea of the song title, artist etc and no way of chosing what I wish to hear. Not really interested in making playlists as there goes the element of suprise, back to limiting my selection and what the heck I could just as easy (if not more) grab some cds and take to the car. Surely there is a solution to the problem. I presume the reason why I don't get a display on my ipod (other than the Mazda logo) when I connect it is for driving safety reasons but still with hope someone out there can provide me with a solution.
Anticipated hope
'Em

Does it mean that once its fully charged the battery stops operating that the ipod powers up using the d.c. power source?
No. There is still a slight battery usage when plugged in.
Do you think it will affect the charging cycle or even the battery life of the ipod by keeping it plugged into the car audio unit using the cd ib-100?
Yes, but probably not drastically.
You should drain & charge the iPod fully once a month.

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