Thanks, those pictures are worth a thousand words.
I like where you mounted the camera, I was considering earlier mounting a bullet camera in about the same place, but inside a custom made bracket. I guess the horizontal angle is not enough to show the trailer hitch, which is good. Maybe I'll just go ahead with the Pioneer camera, which I can order from the same location.
Love the Hummer screen, I saw on avid411, how you can install one on the D2, and it appears from reading Pioneers site, it is a feature of the Z1.
Don't have an iPod and don't intend to get one. I use XM all the time, and if I decide to listen to my songs, I have about fifty MP3 CDs that will give me enough music to last for quite a long time.
I would be more worried about the XM display. But anything would be better than the weak display that is currently on the factory MP3 head unit I have now. (Still trying to figure out who thought amber was a good color
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I have looked (onsite) at the Z1 versus the D2, and I guess my problem is the extra $500+ bucks for a hard drive I will never use. I have to assume the D2 has some type of buffer in it for the NAV screens or else there would be some jumpiness to the change in screen when the NAV is on (or it has one hell of a fast DVD reader). I can't say never, but I can almost say I would never load a ton of music onto the hard drive, so I would be satisfied with the D2.
The 7" screen versus the 6.5 might be a decent feature, but the money comes into play again. The D2, with the rear camera, all the adapters, and possibly the remote is hitting $1400.00 bucks, and I promised myself I would not go over 2K in toys this month, and there is a brand new SIG Sauer sitting at the local gun store that keeps calling my name.
However, I'll hold off on the final decision till Saturday, when I go take a look at the pioneer systems at a Pioneer sponsored showing at at local store. This will give me the chance to see them installed, in sunlight and from what I have read, in a Hummer (H2 that is).
Now, the remote. Did you get the wireless remote? If so, is it worth it, does it blend in ok in the steering wheel?
Thanks again.