hey guys i am in the market for a double din radio and dont know what to go with.im looking for to play my ipod,dvd,cds and add rear view camera and navigation.i dont want a cheapo model but i dont want to buy a 1500 dollar radio either.i will not use blue tooth.i want something that looks good in the dash too.also the ability to by pass to play dvd while driving.any suggestions are appreciated.i know everyone has their own opinion and brand loyalty and all are welcome.thanks in advance.

 

Look for a Alpine iva-w205, looks sweet and can be found for about 800..
Or Pioneer has some nice models as well, not sure about prices and model numbers, but do a search..

 

I'd say Pioneer Avic-Z2.

www.sonicelectronix.com

 

+1^^ better yet get the Z3

 

The Z3's price is going to be up there. The Z2 is going to be getting even cheaper. The amount of features that the Z3 has over the Z2 is very few, which the OP wouldn't need or want to fork over the money for. The Z2 is an amazing unit, I just installed one in my car. The bypass to allow it to work while driving is a little harder than most units but it's got an amazing layout, great screen quality, great navigation, and amazing features etc.

 

Even more attractive is to just buy the Z1 refurbed and send the hard drive out for the Z3 update If you feel the need for a bigger drive (10 more gigs of music) then buy the Toshiba repalcement and send it for the Z3 image.
I bought my Z1 refurb off e-bay for $750 shipped, paid another $50 for the 40gig Toshiba and now I have a Z3. BTW, the only difference is the little logo on the top of the head unit bezel says Z1 instead of Z3.

 

you can get the kenwood and it would perfect in your price range. i can give you some info where to get it cheap. you could get the dnx7120 with an ipod adaptor for 1200 dollars. pm me for more info

 

I like my Pioneer D3

 

i was looking at the d3 but i think its discontinued.now the alpine do you have to have the black bird for it too work?now the pioneers i heard some of them have 6 cd.i like that but i have my ipod too.im going to have to look into the pioneer more.

 

hey famous33 i dont think you can recieve pms yet i would like some info on the kenwood as well.

 

Kenwoods have a horrible layout. My girl has one of them and it's horrible. It looks like it came off of the first computer ever made. The D3 hasn't been discontinued as far as I know and you can still buy it from sonicelectronix.com last time I looked.

 

thanks for the heads up guys.i was looking at crutchfield and they have it as discontinued.i am editing this message.i just looked at sonicelectronix and they are out of stock or backorder.

 

I just bought my D3 from Abt.com. I went back to the site a couple of days after my order to get a link for someone, and they were gone. Stock is definately drying up. Sonic sells refurbs on Ebay if your interested in that.

 

Try http://www.cartronixplus.com/, they might have them still.

 

hey buddy did you get all the info? the unit is bad ***. i believe i can get you one. i will check if you want me to. it is a bad *** unit the new excelon version which is the dnx8120 is even better plus it has a two year warranty. i can get you that one for 1300 or the dnx7120 for 1200. kenwoodusa.com has all the specs if you want to check it out. let me know hope that helps!