Best in dash screen for the money?

TOLLAV · Nov 29, 2014

damn I'm in the market for one

Nightstr · Nov 29, 2014

TOLLAV said: ↑

damn I'm in the market for one
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I bought an AVIC D3 when they first came out. I loved that double din but upgraded to this one and man! It's awesome. I did a mod to it so that my passengers can watch Netflix, YouTube, etc... Wile driving.

BluePanda · Nov 29, 2014

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One point of caution with double din nav units, make sure that the manufacturer you choose releases periodic navigation updates. In my old Mustang, I had an Alpine double din unit installed in it. Alpine never released a single update for their nav unit in the two years that I owned it. When I purchased my current Mustang, I decided to invest in a higher end Clarion unit for the car. Guess what... to this day Clarion has never released a navigation update for this unit.

While I'm pretty sure that Pioneer and some of the other manufacturers do release periodic updates to their units, my experience with Alpine and Clarion burned me to the point where I find myself leery of installing another in-dash navigation unit. For this reason I simply keep a portable Garmin unit in the Mustang and in my Tacoma. At least with Garmin I know that there will be updates.
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This worries me a bit as well. I went with a Kenwood deck, and one of the reasons is that they have partnered with Garmin for the Nav portion. It hasn't been out long enough to need an update yet, but I'll be watching closely.

letsgoOs · Nov 29, 2014

Love the quote!

Nightstr · Nov 29, 2014

The good thing about the Appradio is that It mirrors your phone so you have access to the same gsp as your phone.

tasnowma · Nov 29, 2014

Yo they have refurbished App Radio 3s over at the Pioneer homepage site for $299. Holiday deal so it might not last.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Shop/Specials/Holiday+Specials/AppRadio+3+(SPH-DA210)+REFURBISHED

Newlife · Nov 29, 2014

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I second the Pioneers. I picked up the 3600BHT I think was the model. The dash kit and receiver came from Amazon and was less than 300 shipped. Easy to install too.

Drawbacks, I plan to put a switch in the dimmer circuit. Great for night use, but if I turn on my lights during the day (rain) the display goes way too dark.

The interface really could use some usage studies. You will need the manual to figure out some functions.

If you have an iphone, BT and music works well. The AppRadio stuff is just BAD. If you really want to control your phone beyond track and basic BT or USB playback, look for something else. Phone and voice controls work well.

HD Radio is awesome. If your area supports it, then splurge for it for sure.
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Put a DVD in and then adjust the dimmer brightness and viola done.

timothom · Nov 30, 2014

I got a Clarion VX-404 for 300 bucks. The nav unit one (the NX404) is only 400 bucks new

http://www.amazon.com/Clarion-Corpo...&qid=1417360884&sr=8-1&keywords=clarion+nx404

Works pretty decent, has rear view camera, and the $400 one has navigation.

The non-nav version only costs 250 bucks new. Hard to beat that money

http://www.amazon.com/Clarion-Corpo...&qid=1417361213&sr=8-1&keywords=clarion+vx404

It takes a while to get used to the touch screen, sometimes it is kind of weird. But it sounds great

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