Navigation Unit

[fourfourto]

I have a eclipse AVN30 installed 3 years ago,I havent had any problems with the on star or anything yet,
With the aftermarket unit you can have a rear camera and a DVD in the nav screen.
My installer did the right job the first time .

[HumbleAg]

Installed AVIC-D2 myself (with printout of F5fstop's thread as a guide). Not a lot to it, if you can pull the dash apart to install factory unit you can do aftermarket just as well.

Haven't looked closely at the new Pioneer units, but it appears for $800 bucks or so you can get a lot of capability (including bluetooth).

Good luck.

[rck0025]

I have the Alpine multimedia deck that you can integrate the portable navigation unit. It really looks nice and flush and not "aftermarkety" If you can find the old Alpine-IVA W-205 and Blackbird 2(portable nav. unit), you can have a superior product for about 1000 bucks or maybe even less. It cost me, I think 150.00 to have it installed...Not sure if finding a new OEM would be worth the trouble of doing it yourself. It wasn't for me. Also, the rear camera integrates real nicely with the deck and I think it was like 99.00 bucks. Hope this helps!

[SELWA]

I'd figure to post in 2 spots to get a few guys perspective on thhe install.


Just finished reading up on installs. I'm a Kenwood man nyself but the basics apply to any aftermarket radio. I have a DDX7019 I picked up used to replace our Monsoon set up in the 07 H3. I've also found eventhough the manual says to use the RCA inputs from the radio to the harness - this makes a loud speaker pop everytime you turn the unit off. By using the regular speaker outputs this is eliminated.

A few questions:

1. I bought a Pac-Audio wire harness to keep the "beep/tone" Is it really necessary? At $120 seems steep compared to the $5 harnesses i've bougth for many installs I've done. (http://www.pac-audio.com/instructions/c2r-gm24.pdf)

2. Is it me or does the Sub seem to sound lower? The OEM sounds like it had more punch from the sub. I know the front/rear wire which go to the amp are aldo supposed ot power the sub but just seems lower.
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[pablla4]

i have a eclipse avn6600 and havent had any trouble yet..if i were you id go with the newer eclipse model