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Move Over D3, The AVIC-F Series is here!.............In June

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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:47 AM
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It looks nice and looks like the options for the Navi look better.......does it stilluse a disk or does it load into a HD..........

Buttons are cluttered looking though........and slightly smaller screen........I love my D3..........it has a few things I do not like but can live with.......and it is very clean looking......
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:55 AM
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I think premier has better audio features...not sure though
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
It looks nice and looks like the options for the Navi look better.......does it stilluse a disk or does it load into a HD..........

Buttons are cluttered looking though........and slightly smaller screen........I love my D3..........it has a few things I do not like but can live with.......and it is very clean looking......
flash memory, faster than disk reading
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by bBlover
What's the difference between the Pioneer and the Premier one??

Here's from the Pioneer website. They have a nice table comparing the three avic-f units.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...+AVIC-F+Series
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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This looks like and all around good HU. Hopefully its uses a HDD.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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I love the Z-series because you can literally upgrade the memory...some folks still have the Z-1 headunit, but have the Z-3 HDD...it's risky, but it works!

I think this f-series is nice b/c of the built in bluetooth (Z-series has seperate module)...I just don't like the little screen...can get annoying if you're into watching movies, music videos, etc.

seems like the f-series is geared more towards folks wanting advance bluetooth and Navi options...they may not care about Movie picture quality, surround sound, etc. like with the Z-series...
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by hawgs74
Originally Posted by STNC
Originally Posted by JNasty
yes z2 way better than the d3 bigger screen and more options inlcuding better navi
they only have a bigger screen, thats it...nav is better on these units
And a 30Gb hard drive -- How much can you really fit on an SD card?
You can get an 8GB SD card for about 25 bucks, plus flash memory reads much faster than HDDs and no delay time for when the HDD is on standby.

Might look into the F900BT this winter if the price drops 1-200.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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sweet this should make the d3's price drop or if anyone sells theres to get this hit me up....
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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Personally I think it looks like a toy.....
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFloTC
sweet this should make the d3's price drop or if anyone sells theres to get this hit me up....
Expect to see the PPC full of them this summer . I wouldn't doubt it if they go for $400-500 with everything included.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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The Pioneer AVIC-F700BT, AVIC-F900BT and Premier AVIC-F90BT will be available in June 2008 for a suggested price of $850, $1,100 and $1,200 respectively.

Lol, F that.
Im gettin my D3 new for $600 so im good w/ that.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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ya ill just wait till the d3 drops to nothing in price lol.
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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Wonderful, another price drop on the Avic D3, hopefully...
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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looks nice.. i'll see if i can wait for this one or just go with d3 if the price drops
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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I have a D1 and it got broke when my car got broke into. I only paid $423 for it. Insurance said I could either have a d3 or pay $80 more dollars and get a F900BT. So I will soon be the owner of a new Fseries
Old Jun 19, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFloTC
ya ill just wait till the d3 drops to nothing in price lol.
it already has. haha
Old Jul 18, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...145&tab=review

I am kind of looking forward to the f500bt actually
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