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jaxman 
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Posted: April 07, 2004 at 5:22 AM / IP Logged  
Well , I haven't decided yet what to buy as AV headunit.
In the mean time I would like to ask you guys what navigation unit you would recommend ?
Pioneer , Kenwood ? or ?
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Ishinc 
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Posted: April 08, 2004 at 3:15 AM / IP Logged  
Alpines prolly make one of the best units out there. You got to factor in how much you want to invest in it and if you are going indash? or just a monitor? Good luck!
jaxman 
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Posted: April 08, 2004 at 6:51 AM / IP Logged  
They maybe do good units but the presentation on their website is poor, could not find any good information about the systems.
Any good link ?
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bhays 
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Posted: April 08, 2004 at 8:12 AM / IP Logged  

I would highly advise you to make the decision as a whole, in other words, same brand head unit and nav system.  Otherwise you will miss out on a lot of the little features you probably want, like the music muting when the nav system announces, etc.

I know Pioneer now makes an all in one headunit/nav system that looks pretty cool.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_3151_64850099,00.html

I would think downside to that is you couldn't watch a dvd while using navigation.

kcmedic 
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Posted: April 08, 2004 at 4:19 PM / IP Logged  

bhays wrote:
I would think downside to that is you couldn't watch a dvd while using navigation.

I have this unit now and it's awsome!  It has "memory navigation mode" so once the route is set you can eject the map disc and watch a DVD.  The downside is not all functions are avialable when in "memory mode" like setting new destination (it will still reroute you if you miss a turn), or looking up POI's.  For that you have to put the map disc back in. It will however, remember where you left off in the movie and resume there when you go back to DVD.  You can also set a "home area" like a 10 or 20 mile radius and it will store that in memory all the time.

It's kind of a pain if you need to access map disc a lot (frequently add destinations or looking up POI's).  It doesn't bother me too much, but I have a 3 y/o daughter who is not very patient with me when I have to stop Winnie the Poo, so I'm installing a DVD changer to solve that problem.

customsuburb 
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Posted: April 08, 2004 at 6:17 PM / IP Logged  
you must look at the alpine IVA-D300.
jaxman 
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Posted: April 09, 2004 at 6:57 AM / IP Logged  
Thank you all for the suggestions.
I did took a look at the IVA-D300 but it seems that is not available in Europe for now.
I was looking at Alpine and I can also get it at good price but the US version it is Region 1 coded and in Europe all the DVD's are region 2 :(
Also the AVIC N1 (European version called X1) it seems a good system.
I will wait and see what prices I will get for both systems. Too bad ALPINE does not have a more detailed description of their navigartion system.
Thank you all again.
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