Bad azz Cruiser said:
Oh yeah, what'd it cost (uninstalled)?
Aftermarket indash DVD?
- Thread starter uzj100
- Start date
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
Oh yeah, what'd it cost (uninstalled)?
I have the avic-n1 in my car. The install is ok, except I had to put in a couple of spacers because it flips up. Above the stereo is that little lip, and in order for me to have a somewhat decent angle on the flip up, I needed to push the stereo out forward a little more. I think the eclipse one definitely looks cleaner though. Some neat features that the avic n1 has though, is it can tell you how many Gs you're pulling left and right. While, not really useful for the LC, it's something that would be cool for a drift car I think. The Avic N1 does also have RCA Jacks and backup cam option. I think all the decks pretty much have them nowadays. What I also like about the AVIC N1 is that you can hook up through the IP-BUS, an IPOD and control the IPOD through the deck.
hey wanta cruiser for the ipod connection is it easy hook up an ipod? i have seen some in which the cables go thru the back and out the glove box etc but most of these are older models i think.
The ipod connection isn't terribly difficult to install, but if you have to make some choices. With 20/20 hindsight, I think a different brand may be the way to go. The AVIC-N1, I got instead of the AVIC-N2 because I had heard that the AVIC-N2 didn't allow you to watch DVDs if the car was in motion. It used the gyroscope to determine motion. The AVIC-N1 did allow you, if you grounded the handbrake. There is an update you're supposed to get for the AVIC-N1, and I heard the update disables the handbrake grounding and uses the gyro, so I got the AVIC-N1 and didn't update it. The drawback now though, is it uses the IPOD connection as an external device. The AVIC-N2, I am assuming that since it is listed as compatible with the IPOD through that IP-BUS connector, would work much better. You get better dynamic information from the IPOD displayed on the AVIC-N2. The information display and the general navigation of the IPOD through the deck....STINKS. It's not easy to use, and I think the best workaround will be to build your own playlists and play those instead of trying to browse the songs.
For all of you guys with screens in this spot how is your daylight visibility of the display? Is it easy to see the info on the screen while going down the road at high noon?
On my Kenwood "noon" visibility is good if you look infos from radio or rear camera, but poor if you look DVD movie (specialy something with subtitle). Anyway Kenwood have also possibility of 5 or 6 tilt positions to improve visibility. Generaly during daytime you can easily see all infos, but not so detailed like at night.
i paid 2,300.00 installed worth every penny! seen the same unit recently for 1899.00 price has since gone down since the introduction of the newest version which has a 20gb memory not sure what that one is going for.dnp said:
screen looks good in day light that goes for radio and navi screen never really tried the dvd in mid day!
heres a link to some reviews and the link to ECLIPSE web site.
http://
carsound.com/articles/publish/printer_282.shtml
http://
carsound.com/articles/publish/printer_282.shtml
Newer pioneer and kenwood units with both the dvd and nav are very difficult to override the e-brake shutoff. They use the gps to determine the speed and automatically shutoff your dvd up front and most gps functions. I have an older model kenwood excelon flip-up monitor(kvt911dvd) with a seperate nav unit and have been very happy and can do whatever while driving. Graphics can be cheesy in some of the menus, and sirius interface really sucks, but otherwise the unit is awesome. Does everything, the remote is really well designed. Also I've seen overrides for factory dvd/nav units on ebay.
I hope you can see blueish HID light from this pic. I bought this set from ebay few months ago and I'm more then satisfied with them. Instalation was piece of cake and bulbs fits like OEMs.
Much MUCH brighter then yellow stock output. You can see a difference between yellow position light (normal bulb) and bright (almost blue) HID headlight. Strongly recomended..
Just curious how much was shipping off of ebay to Croatia? 
Ebay Germany. If I remember corectly around 7 and something euros (kinda 9$). Once I was asked about shipping of 4 LX rims from US ebay, and thru UPS, seller want insane 600$!!!
