Installed: Pioneer AVIC-Z3
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Installed: Pioneer AVIC-Z3
So far, so good! This is the 30gb hard drive based navigation. 10 gb is dedicated to be a music jukebox (load cds and it rips them automatically). Good stuff! I'll post better pics later.
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I was thinking about getting a nav. system like this but I didn’t want to loose the steering wheel controls and ipod hook up and control since all my music is on it already.
Can you still use the ipod connect?
Can you still use the ipod connect?
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Chels: It actually has decent animations and decent graphics. It doesn't compare to my home setup though =D
40" Sony Bravia LCD 1080p, 60gb PS3, DirecTV HD DVR, Denon 7.1 Receiver and Harman Kardon Speakers. It gets the job done though =P
pickledchang: We've been selling the Kenwood DNX710EX (same as DNX7100) and I've personally seen over 50% of the sold units come back for warranty. Usually when you see something like that, it's a consistant failure (ie always the screen, or amp, or something). In these cases, they were all random events- one screen motor going bad, a few internal amps going bad, a few pre-amp outputs going bad, software freezing, etc... so we're getting rid of the units. They may have 'corrected' these int he new version, but I'm still very weary of Kenwood now. I am an Eclipse guy (all my Solara equipment is Eclipse except for the speakers), and they have also moved into the "was good" category.
The Pioneer unit actually surprised me. I just got to play with it last night and the voice commands and guidance are top notch. Plus the music juke box is awesome (rips your cds once you put it in). Since the unit is HDD based, the route calculations and other "searchables/processor intensive tasks" like that are VERY fast.
For the steering wheel controls, the PAC SW adapter is used. It maintains the controls w/ an easy installation. I bought it from myself =P We're an authorized Eclipse, Kenwood, Alpine, and Pioneer dealer.
kris68: The steering wheel control issue is solved with a ~$60 adapter. The iPod issue needs a new iPod cable that's compatible with the unit (about $50 I think). The factory cable is completely different in terms of how it links to the head unit. The Pioneer one is a USB cable (I think? haven't installed ours yet) one the headunit end and a long cable coming out for the iPod connection. Unfortunately the hole in the dash won't work anymore though. We took out the factory iPod harness and donated it to our team tech. He put a Premium Scion unit in his Sequoia and needed that cable. He was too cheap to pay the $80 for it... so he ripped it out from our car, lol. Same thing with the "AUX" jack. You need the AUX adapter from Pioneer to use it.
40" Sony Bravia LCD 1080p, 60gb PS3, DirecTV HD DVR, Denon 7.1 Receiver and Harman Kardon Speakers. It gets the job done though =P
pickledchang: We've been selling the Kenwood DNX710EX (same as DNX7100) and I've personally seen over 50% of the sold units come back for warranty. Usually when you see something like that, it's a consistant failure (ie always the screen, or amp, or something). In these cases, they were all random events- one screen motor going bad, a few internal amps going bad, a few pre-amp outputs going bad, software freezing, etc... so we're getting rid of the units. They may have 'corrected' these int he new version, but I'm still very weary of Kenwood now. I am an Eclipse guy (all my Solara equipment is Eclipse except for the speakers), and they have also moved into the "was good" category.
The Pioneer unit actually surprised me. I just got to play with it last night and the voice commands and guidance are top notch. Plus the music juke box is awesome (rips your cds once you put it in). Since the unit is HDD based, the route calculations and other "searchables/processor intensive tasks" like that are VERY fast.
For the steering wheel controls, the PAC SW adapter is used. It maintains the controls w/ an easy installation. I bought it from myself =P We're an authorized Eclipse, Kenwood, Alpine, and Pioneer dealer.
kris68: The steering wheel control issue is solved with a ~$60 adapter. The iPod issue needs a new iPod cable that's compatible with the unit (about $50 I think). The factory cable is completely different in terms of how it links to the head unit. The Pioneer one is a USB cable (I think? haven't installed ours yet) one the headunit end and a long cable coming out for the iPod connection. Unfortunately the hole in the dash won't work anymore though. We took out the factory iPod harness and donated it to our team tech. He put a Premium Scion unit in his Sequoia and needed that cable. He was too cheap to pay the $80 for it... so he ripped it out from our car, lol. Same thing with the "AUX" jack. You need the AUX adapter from Pioneer to use it.
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Originally Posted by pickledchang
sweet... it looks awesome man. i heard one complaint though was when you zoom in real far, the street names disappear or something. is there anything you dont like about it?
So far, I'm quite happy. The onyl thing I didn't like is that the "vehicle information" didn't feature everything found in the AVIC-D3. It has a speed meter and things like that, but doesnt' have the g-meter =P I know... completely useless, but it's still fun to have. Besides that, I wish the hard drive was more easily upgradeable. It looks like I'd have to get one of the Toshiba drives that are "shock proof"/automotive grade. I doubt SSD will work though.
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so the minor street names only disappear in 3D mode, and ALL street names are shown in 2D overhead except at the closest zoom? i wish there were a virtual setup of this thing, like a flash progam or something that simulates it, lol. i guess ill have to find one on display at a store or something.
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hahaha we'll be installing a display unit soon. We just cleared out our last Kenwood unit, so I can finally redo our Kenwood display to a AVIC-F900BT and AVIC-Z3.
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It does have g meter, slope, side acceleration and a lot of other stuff. the ipod kit is more than just a usb cable it's an entire box that has to be wired up. And if you want a different hard drive there is a guy named geret on avic411.com that has them. It's the z3 software but the hard drive is larger and it gices you more room for music. the only major problem i have with it is the fact that the ipod interface is so freaking slow. it only displays 5 lines at a time (song, or artis or whatever) and when you push the down arrow it takes a second for it to load. I have like 800 artist on my ipod so that takes a while. If it had abc shortcuts or a search feature that would be baller. The blue tooth is great and the voice controls are nice once you've learned them.
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Yea, I don't have an iPod so I'm good =P
Just realized where the g-meter was stored. wrote a small review for fun
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237560
Just realized where the g-meter was stored. wrote a small review for fun
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237560
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