Hi I was wondering if the Pioneer AVIC-D2 will be able to play movies while the car is in motion? I know that other units you have to ground the e-brake wire but is it just the same thign with the D2? I think I read somewhere where it said pioneer units are different. Also don't worry, this is mostly for passengers to view not me.

Thanks

 

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theres no DVD player so off the bat, no. and all you have to do is stick a wire into th upper left hole int he harness which has no pin in it (it'll be blatant that its missing) and ground that out, as well as the E-brake, and ta-da, it opens up and works. I love my D1.

But I had DVD in the car, it got boring, cool to say I had it but never really watched.

---That and driver watching is dangerous o.o;

 

I have the d2 & added a dvd player in my armrest. Works great while driving!

 

I didn't realize that the D2 doesn't play dvds : / that sucks

 

Still the best navigation you'll get, the eclipse models suck (owned them)

 

Yup, the Navi on the D2 is sweet!

 

So if i want DVD and Nav I should go with teh Z1? It's so pricey tho : / and I don't need the hdd

 

Just buy a inexpensive $100 single din DVD player and mount it under the seat.

 

I bet the wife and I have watched over 50 movies in the last year on ours.

 

I have the eclipse and the nav has worked flawlessly for me :D

 

I have used both, and they both worked well. Pioneer seems to have a better interface tho.

 

if you're not looking for nav an alternative to the pioneer z1 is the pioneer p6800dvd

 

What about the AVIC N1?

 

It depends what you are looking for. I hooked up a DVD player (PS2 Slim) to mine and havent used it much. The reason I did put it in is for when i take long trips (which i have a few coming up).
To me the most important spec was the POI that each has. The Pioneer has way more POI (Over 11 million I think now) and phone number search is just awesome for it.

 

i thought d2 plays dvds or at least thats what the people from cruthfield told me.

 

Yeah I know : /

 

no dvds... only pioneer double din that plays dvds is the Z1... they prolly told you it has a dvd drive... which it does... but its for the navi

 

nope thats not what they told me, i have the chat session on myemail somewhere i will copy the exact words sometime soon

 

The D1 and D2 do NOT play dvds. The DVD drive is only for the navigation DVD.