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RammsteinNicCage
03-07-2010, 03:09 PM
Because the volume up button on my Eclipse AVN5495 basically doesn't work anymore and my maps are out of date, I'd like to get a new headunit.

This is the type of stuff I'm interested in:


NOT EXPENSIVE (I'm thinking <$1,000 with any needed accessories - I will consider used/refurbed)
built in navigation (don't want to deal with discs)
built in hard drive for music that will record your CDs faster than in real time or USB for a flash drive (no small limits on folders and/or files per folder)
satellite
HD
double din
works with steering wheel controls


I don't know how impossible it is to find something that matches all of this, but something close would be good too....

If it matters, I have the following amp and sub, too: Rockford Fosgate P1S412 sub and Sony XM-1252GTR amp

Thanks for any help and personal reviews that can be given!

kileil
03-07-2010, 04:40 PM
No advice on a new deck, but what're you doing w/ the broken one?

XIEmperorIX
03-07-2010, 05:09 PM
Check out the Eclipse AVN series and the Pioneer AVIC series

and most units you need to buy an additional unit to get the steering controls working with it.

RammsteinNicCage
03-07-2010, 06:24 PM
I was probably going to put the old one up on craigslist or ebay for a few hundred bucks... I'm sure there's someone out there that can fix it no problem, I just don't want to bother with it. :p

I think I might want to stay away from Eclipse since they seem to be getting out of the business (although that avn726e looked pretty nice). I am eyeing the avic z110bt, anyone here have it?

XIEmperorIX
03-07-2010, 11:04 PM
I've heard nothing but good things about the AVN series from eclipse (the user Carbonxe had one in his tC at one point and really liked it)

The z110bt has gotten great reviews on cnet.com and would probably be the unit I would get if I wanted a navi. But I have my iPhone if I ever need nav which is very rare.

I personally am gonna be going with an Pioneer AVH4200..but if I were getting a nav I'd probably be going with the Z