Oh yeah, hot new nav/head unit

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Oh yeah, hot new nav/head unit

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http://www.youtube.com/v/h_w3UZIEo8k

Avic-D3 from Pioneer priced around $1000.
Im all over it once it is available.
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Damn nice unit for 1k!
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oo.. i thnk that's going on my list too.
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from Crutchfield:
Get a free Pioneer rear-view camera, a $250 value, when you purchase the Pioneer AVIC-D3 in-dash DVD receiver/navigation system.

Offer ends 4/30/07. We retain the right to cancel and/or modify this offer at any time without prior notice. Return of qualifying purchase will void the offer and will require either return of the free back-up camera or the return credit being adjusted to reflect the camera's value.
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Unit obtained and installed, pictures to folllow

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Grabbed the AVIC-D3 from powersellernyc ( good reviews/ratings ) for $850 shipped. Got the $30 IPod cable from best buy, and the XM control unit for $100 as well. Got the XM unit in the trunk, need a better way to mount it though as it is currently double side taped under the carpet. Any suggestions? ( 05 STI ).

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fab up some brackets and mount it under the rear shelf. shouldn't matter which way you mount it, unlike an amp. my room mate's is hidden inside the dash in his tC. then we just ran the cable to the GPS and XM antenna to the passenger corner of the dash inside the car. works great and you can't see it from outside.

how do you like the D3 so far?
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Lovin it so far! Can't seem to uhm.... get the stupid parking brake bypass to work though :(
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Phibs wrote:Lovin it so far! Can't seem to uhm.... get the stupid parking brake bypass to work though :(
is it not the same as the D2? you have to pull an unused pin and re-pin it in the harness. I can't remember the specifics but it's out there on the interw3bs, and it works for the D2.
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Looks cool! The screen's a bit smaller than the D2 but then again I don't intent to do a whole lot of video playing in the :censor: car. Plus, it's already on ebay for $800! Hrmm... decisions.
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I did the unused pin thing and it didn't work :( Maybe I did not use a good
enough ground, but I thought the dang head unit itself would be good.
Oh well, not like it's hard to take apart the dash anyway ;0
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I'm hearing rumors now-a-days that these head units are combining techniques to determine if the car's in park - not just checking the parking brake.

For example - they may check the GPS data to determine if your car is in motion. If so, then it blocks the video from playing on the screen. One way to get around this is to use the video out feed (that would normally feed additional monitors in the car) and route it to the rear camera IN jacks. Assuming you don't also have a rear camera installed.

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Phibs wrote:I did the unused pin thing and it didn't work :( Maybe I did not use a good
enough ground, but I thought the dang head unit itself would be good.
Oh well, not like it's hard to take apart the dash anyway ;0
no, the head unit itself is not a good ground. reground it to a chassis ground point and give it another try.
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Phibs wrote:I did the unused pin thing and it didn't work :( Maybe I did not use a good
enough ground, but I thought the dang head unit itself would be good.
Oh well, not like it's hard to take apart the dash anyway ;0
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Ya I searched google and did what it said... maybe I scrwed it up somehow ;0 Guess the dash comes apart again ;)
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Used better ground, bypass is rockin.
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w00t :) I'd REALLY like to do one of these at some point... but first come more suspension goodies!
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I will try to make a meet soon so you can check it out.
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Post by l3ggomycraigo »

i got this unit too and my bypass works great, mine actually came configured right for bypass, when i first installed it was only muting stuff so i changed the pins and it worked fine.
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