Pioneer avic double din
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I have the Avic D1 touch-screen double-din Pioneer unit. Everything about it is fantastic once you figure out how properly to work it. Easy-to-use interface, good sound, nice picture quality. A few things to keep in mind:
- Despite a DVD drive, you can't watch DVD movies at all.
- In most audio source display modes, there is no clock display.
- The iPod connecter (IB100 or somesuch model number) is AWFUL. I cannot put into English how terrible this setup is. The interface is extremely poor, navigating through playlists and artists/albums/songs/genres is woefully slow. I only hope that we see a firmware/software update in the future. Thankfully sound quality is good.
- You need the parking brake pressed in order to input destinations. This can often be a pita.
- The Sirius radio interface is also terrible. Not quite as bad as the iPod interface, but still very slow and difficult to navigate. Imagine trying to scan through 300 channels on your television using only channel up and channel down. That's what it is. XM is far, far superior: pretty pictures, easy navigation, lots of presets, good sound quality. Moral of the story: If your stereo unit says 'xm' on the faceplate, go with XM.
I need to take photos of my system so y'all can see: AVIC D1, IB-100 iPod adapter, XM unit, Boston 6.5" components all round, Alpine V12 4-channel amp, JL sub amp, JL 10" sub.
- Despite a DVD drive, you can't watch DVD movies at all.
- In most audio source display modes, there is no clock display.
- The iPod connecter (IB100 or somesuch model number) is AWFUL. I cannot put into English how terrible this setup is. The interface is extremely poor, navigating through playlists and artists/albums/songs/genres is woefully slow. I only hope that we see a firmware/software update in the future. Thankfully sound quality is good.
- You need the parking brake pressed in order to input destinations. This can often be a pita.
- The Sirius radio interface is also terrible. Not quite as bad as the iPod interface, but still very slow and difficult to navigate. Imagine trying to scan through 300 channels on your television using only channel up and channel down. That's what it is. XM is far, far superior: pretty pictures, easy navigation, lots of presets, good sound quality. Moral of the story: If your stereo unit says 'xm' on the faceplate, go with XM.
I need to take photos of my system so y'all can see: AVIC D1, IB-100 iPod adapter, XM unit, Boston 6.5" components all round, Alpine V12 4-channel amp, JL sub amp, JL 10" sub.
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From: Naples
ok, so now i am totally confused...i work at best buy so i have been doing non stop research and from what i found it seems it would be best to go with the kenwood double din which doesnt come with nav. and adding the nav system afterwards...then having cd/dvd/nav all together and a better navigation unit and being able to weiw dvd while in motion and having better voltage on the outputs...the only downside to this is the cost. $1300 for the unit itself and another $1000 for the nav..any suggestions? thanks billy