I always bought my pioneer electronics from etronics.com Usually near wholesale prices. Just to compare, usually what ABC warehouse and them buy it for.

I'd guess....you'll seet i on sale for close to 1900,2000...but you gotta look for a deal or on ebay to get it to 1200 ish. We'll see though

 

If the sale price is 1900-2000, I'm sure someone will be getting one for closer to 1200, but that's going to be a total fluke and probably missing a wiring harness or something. I just want someone to build one that has NAV, double DIN, and Bluetooth in a nice package without so many extras so I can friggen afford it!

 

yes, i saw this the other day in mobile audio magazine. that thing has everything.

 

I'm definately leaning this direction now..... NICE setup.

 

Yeah... it sure is nice... mmm... I'm just going to have to lie and tell the GF it cost $500. She'll probably still yell at me for it.

 

10gb? thats small. i was hoping for at least 40gb

 

I don't think so really. I think its 10gb + dvd nav storage. Eitherway, its a lot of space to rip, record, etc.

I wouldn't want my entire library stored on my car stereo anyway.

 

Somewhere in there it said 30 gigs. I think 10 is for music, which will hold a ton in reality. Remember that they're also loading the entire US (maybe world?) nav maps and POI in there. Which still shouldn't take 20 gigs. I bet there is a way to change the partition size or something, but it's really the least of my worries.

 

Does anyone know the release date? I'm thinking of getting one myself... Yeah most of the hard drive is for navigation... Problem is not as many songs are held.. unless they can be compressed some how...

 

Compressed somehow? It's called mp3s. 10 gigs will hold something like 7500 minutes of music, or if you estimate each song at 3.5 minutes, something like 2150 songs. I think that's enough dood.

 

I'm sure it is... Yes I know its called Mp3s.... Still I was expecting it to hold more...

 

I have been doing lots of research on this unit and hopefully i'll be one of the first to have one once it comes out, of course after a good demoing that hopefully goes well.

But one question I have is how fast will it be able to rip the songs from CD's.

Hopefully its not like the Eclipse HDD unit where it rips while playing.

 

If it rips the songs from CDs, it's not going to have track info, etc. I'd want to load it with my own music. Speed of ripping is a totally moot point to me. I do that on my own. Having an MSRP of $2,600 is HUGE though - there is no way I'm spending that kind of money on a head unit. Someday you'll meet a girl who will kick your ___ for doing that kind of stuff (assuming you aren't one yourself).

 

Msrp is $2200. Theres a site I'll follow up later thats selling it for $1600

 

someone fetch me a towel...

 

Btw I heard it was supposed to be released this month.... I'm looking forward into getting one as soon as it comes out.

 

What site would that be? Does it include all the mounting hardware and stuff that you'll need? Even at 1600, you have to be able to do a decently complicated install on your own. What I want to know is where can you get the cheaper models for much cheaper? I'd love to own a really solid NAV system, but i know the minute I spend a grand on something like that, it will be out of date or something. GPS has been really making some improvements lately. I guess I'm just waiting for now.

 

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...oogle&ct=title

Dont know how trustworthy those are but I could be ordering from one of them.

 

uhh... i need one. lol.