5W0P3

I had the Alpine 9835 and went to an alpine IDA-x100 (the ipod one). I was disappointed with the lack of sound quality features it had compared to my 9835 (which i think is the god of radios pretty much). Is there anything semi close to that out now? Good clean cool looking display, time correction, built in EQ, things like that?

Kale

Alpine 9887 brought the sexy back. Check it out.

5W0P3

Really? Seems kinda plain.. i dunno, maybe they made old technology cheaper too.

Kale

It's very similar to the 9835.

lil vette

JVC KDNX5000
Just recently installed in my car
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5W0P3

^^^ I did alot of reading on that one yesterday! how do you like it? How's the nav?

In person, does it look like someone glued a PSP to the dash? (does it stick out alot?)

lil vette

I really like it. Yes, it does stick out a lil, but im ok with that. Screen is plenty big & it saves a lot of work & expense of a double.
I just had installed last week & im very satisfied.
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5W0P3

Yea, the double DIN expenses are what is keeping me from doing it. but they look killer!

TOOGECKO

Might want to look at the Eclipse CD7100. I have not heard anything negative about it and it seems to be a continuous improvement over previous products...

scott_fx

check out the clarion drz9255

5W0P3

Anyone have any experience with the NAV on this? Area Shot?! wth is that?!

5W0P3

I think thats a little bit more than what i'm looking for. lol.

scott_fx

check out some to see if you can find it used then :-)

5W0P3

For the "pre-owned price" i'd rather have double din nav.

I'm Batman

That thing is seriously cool. I'd love to have one in my Cherokee.

TOOGECKO

I have the CD5000 now. You have to purchase the GPS unit from Eclipse (seperate module) to interface with the HU. How it works is you go to their website (e-serv) and load your trip parameters. You then download the data to a CD-R or memory stick and download to HU. Probably not the best system if you plan on using the NAV everyday, but for me, the occasional trip is well-suited for this.

5W0P3

does the 7100 work the same way?

TOOGECKO

Yes- my understanding is that you have to get a HU with a hard drive (memory) if you want full-time NAV. Unless you use your Vette for sales calls, how often do you really use this feature?

5W0P3

right. it looks like a pretty cool deck, but to much $$$ for a non-full functioning nav.

TOOGECKO

I bet you would be hard-pressed to find a better deck at this $$$ with better audio though. That's what originally drove me to the Eclipse moniker in the first place (I am no expert FWIW)