ok so i just wanna see what headunit all of you guys have, im looking into getting somthing but every time i find one i like there are cons about it so just post them up and help me out here

 

i will post my pics and review later this afternoon. installing the Alpine iva-w205

 

alpine 9887 in the beetle. Clean, amazing time alignment. matchesd the dash of the beetle perfectly. I have an audiocontrol DQT in that car so no need to use the onboard EQ.

in the Fit I now have a Clarion 145 I beleive. The low end double DIN with rear USB. It's a great clean radio with pretty much no features. but lighting scheme matches the guages but not the dash cause Honda is dumb.

in my accord, I have a Clarion 955MC which is fancy bells and whistles touchscreen single din head unit with alot of latent noise. Can store 10CD's on it's built in memory card, and has alot of features that are not too useful but My wife loved it when we bought it 3 years ago so I put it in my accord (winter beater) untill it dies.

 

what is everyone's thoughts on the AVIC-f900BT ? this is mainly the one i was looking at till i was watching some things on youtube and there seems to be some lag issues. anyone heard of this?

 

Pioneer F90

Pros- awesome
Cons- Boot time (50+ seconds) especially bad with an SD card. 30ish with Ipod or CD until music plays, but control is very lagged until the whole system loads.

 

Pioneer DEH-1900
Pros: Cheap, Sounds good for price
Cons: Last years model, cheap (feeling)

 

PANASONIC STRADA

pros- really nice ipod/ipod video interface, dvd playback is good quality picture and wasnt hard to modify to play when i am driving, navigation is fast and accurate, sd card compatible, quick load time (about 5-10 seconds)

cons- most of the functions have to be bought as add ons and add alot of weight to the car (ipod cable, sirius radio, bluetooth etc.) the sirius add on was almost 10lbs!!!, graphical user interface for navi is a little rough, cant play videos off of sd card, setup of all the options takes forever, requires an update via sd card straight out of the box

all in all, it is a great head unit and i would highly recommend it. definitely worth the 800+ dollars i paid for it.

 

I install alot of F900/F90's, boot time is average 70-80 seconds. it's very good sound wise, and feture wise. but the lag is annoying. Once it turns on if you had Sat radio, regular radio or a Cd/DD playing you will hear sound after about 15 seconds but still can't do anything untill the 1 minute+ boot up.

 

Pioneer AVH400DVD-
Pros-
Sound quality inprovment
Smooth and quik to operate
Fully changable color of the screen, and buttons.
Awesome iPod interface, very easy to use
Awesome price

Cons-
Interfaces look some what out dated.
Difficult to seek Radio stations.
No Nav add on option

Overall i love the thing. For the price there is no way you can go wrong.
Highly recommend it.

 

ok things i want must have navi, dvd, and bluetooth built in lol now what are my options ... :P

EDIT: lol and i want indash not the kind that pop out last one of those i had i broke it >.<

 

Pioneer F900/F90. Kenwood 8120. Alpine EVERYTHING is an Add on.

 

so stick with the f900 like i was going to in the first place

 

yeah it is a really good unit. It's just the boot time sucks.

 

which would you say is the best out of the ones that have all of that intergrated in to it?

 

kenwood8120 but you have to read the manual for it for sho.

 

yea i see how much it is to i dont know if im willing to put that much out for a unit i can get the 900bt for like 720shipped from ebay brand new the Kenwood 8120 is very nice tho

 

Either way the reality of it is, you buy good equipment there's some trade offs in certain features or aspects between brand A and brand B but you won't be dissapointed since both are good options

 

yea i might have a chat with my audio guy he owns a shop and see if he cant hook me up with a good deal on that Kenwood 8120 i just watched a youtube thing on it and i really really like it alot, my guy mainly deals with clarion so im not sure if he can get the kenwood at a good deal but ill have to ask him monday.

 

I am planning on getting a deck, I just can't decide on one. Lately I have been looking at the Kenwoods, mainly the KDC-X492 and the KDC-X592. There is only a 30 dollar difference and I like both, but I would like to hear which you guys think would be the better deal.

 

well i finally got the iva-w205 installed. it is a verrry nice and easy to use dd dvd player. the picture quality is great and the sound with stock speakers is surprisingly nice. the only draw back i can find so far, in the 24 hours i have had it installed, is the ipod does not turn off or stop when the stereo is powered down. so i woke up to a dead battery htis morning