Sexy Headunit

[CocoPops]

Was looking at other forums last nite and came across this Headunit, which I think is uber sexy. Goes for about 1500 I think. DVD, Sat Nav, MP3 etc.

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/images/b_avicx1.jpg

 

[blink172]

very posh, been toying with the idea of an in dash dvd.

 

[Clart]

REAL sh*t!

 

[clio172boy]

Its a nice headunit Coco, went out saturday to buy it but just before I checked out a few forums and I have heard lots of problems with the Navi disk. I have ended up getting the alpine system I have been on about was a few hundred more but the disks are cheaper each year. Also the TMC doesnt work yet on the Pioneer. The disks on the Pioneer who are made with a different company are £350 which is expensive if you scratch when slotting that dvd in. On the alpine N099 your looking at £150 and they are supposed to be a better program. Sorry to bang on but ive spent the whole weekend looking at the pros and cons. So ended up buying the D300R with the N099 for £1800. But i still agree with your statement its one phat looking unit and hense why Pioneer are currently the top selling navi systems, but for how long...

 

[CocoPops]

Ads,

Having seen your ice setup, I trust your viewpoints.

Id be interested in seeing some photos of your new headunit, and perhaps a mini review from you?

For that amount of money, I wanna be sure.

Up until the weekend I had considered a standard headunit, but then I thought about it again and think that DVD and satnav are the way to go. I dont wanna spend 500 on a headunit and then 6months later want to add satnav and DVD seperately etc. I also factored in the cost of a decent PDA/TomTom satnav option, and even that is 400/500 on its own.

Keep me informed mate.

 

[clio172boy]

Fitting it this weekend, getting a few more bits first. Always willing to help my local parts shop hehe. I had a play with the screen first and the pulse display that the D300 screen has is so nice to use. One point with the Pioneer has to be that it is all in, but if you go major off course when driving and you have a mp3 disk in, you will need to hunt for the navi disk a bit lively and slot it in so that the unit can read the map again. Also the alpine is seriously fast its 64bit and I think its gonna be a long while till Alphine change the unit. It depends on what you after mate, i thought with the install I have done I wanted to get the best from it. Will post pics, the hide away unit is a little big thou but will find somewhere to shove it. I forget the lads name who has the same screen but he raves about it on here too.

 

[CocoPops]

Oh thats a bit naff, having to swap the Navi Disk and Audio Disks!

The hide-away unit, will it not sit under the passenger seat where the standard cd-changer lived?

Whats the "face off" situation like with the alpine? is it that noticable when shutdown etc?

Also I presume you can get an adaptor for alpine for linking with the steering wheel controls? Or does it come with an ir/rf remote?

 

[clio172boy]

Thats what im getting mate, its a hard wired remote that links to the controls and the display again but it cost £80 this time, more that the soundlynx adapter that im selling for a kenwood lol. Nah I am having a new alpine changer under one seat and the navi under the other. The face off situation on the alpine is that as such it doesnt have one. But to be honest if fitted well the unit is useless if stolen, but with any screen if someone wants it they will have it, with the face off on the pioneer you can get it recoded and useable if knicked anyway. But without the hideaway its kinda useless i think. Alpine use a nice cover that looks hidden and hides the lines of a screen. Another cool feature is the mobile-hub thing that displays your phone book and full hands free through the screen and can even read text messages.

 

[Michael]

Dont´ do it..........you will get insane by having to take the navi. dvd in and out all the time and it´s slow too...... I got me this nice Alpine and it works!!!

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1089647299__ALPINE-IVA-D300RB.jpg

 

[Tom]

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