best nav/dvd in dash player?

[Mike (by the beach)]

OK ? I took a couple of photos this morning ? Here is a close-up of the dash ?

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WikidPete provided an Eclipse boot screen image ? I copied it and re-sized it for the Pioneer Z1. The Pioneer likes the ratio of 500 x 240 pixels.

I did put in a metra double din radio kit ? but I think I am going to change it the Best Kits 422. Also installed PAC modules for steering wheel controls, on-star ? even though I do not use it and chime module. As you will read in other places here, Brian and Jason from JP Customs were a big help. Good Luck.

[kodiakz]

Best Kits GM422 is the best one availble for the gm double din applications.

[HummBob]

Originally Posted by Mike (by the beach)

OK – I took a couple of photos this morning – Here is a close-up of the dash …

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=28820&stc=1&d=11566135 89

Link no worky

[Mike (by the beach)]

damn -- ok I will try again ...

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It works in the preview ???

[HummBob]

COOL!!

[H2bill]

Just had a Z1 installed in my '06 H2 on Friday at Car Toys. The unit fits without modification to dash. The top and bottom fit flush, and the sides have about a 1/4" gap that they put a spacer in. Looks good. Mine does not have the plastic frame around it that Mike has around his, (If someone will give me the intel on posting a photo on this forum, I'll post a picture of it).

The original install quote was $2700 (which included a back-up camera). By the time they added the additional harnesses for the steering wheel control, OnStar, and chimes at was closer to $2900. Afer seeing all the wires pulled out of the dash, in addition to all the modules that they added to make it all work, I went ahead and purchased their 4 yr extended warranty contract. With that, Car Toys guarantees to fix anything with the unit or install free. I could just see some system malfunction happening and GM and Car Toys pointing the finger at each other.

Other add-ons you may want to consider (that I didn't get) is the iPod interface (they were back ordered) and the XM interface (not interested).

I ended up mounting the rear view camera on the bumper directly above the receiver hitch, and it works great there.

So far, I am very pleased with the unit.

[Mstgvic]

If you don't mind....what made you choose this more expensive model over the Pioneer AVIC-D2? I am trying to choose between the D2 and the Eclipse AVN-5495 but now I see a lot of folks on the site praising your model and just don't know if the cost difference is worth it for my needs. Thx

[H2bill]

Originally Posted by Mstgvic

If you don't mind....what made you choose this more expensive model over the Pioneer AVIC-D2? I am trying to choose between the D2 and the Eclipse AVN-5495 but now I see a lot of folks on the site praising your model and just don't know if the cost difference is worth it for my needs. Thx

The D2 was the unit that the dealer was going to install, and that they would have charged $2900 to do so. I compared the units side by side in the Pioneer catalog and the Z1 had many more features that made it worth the cost for me. I had absolutely no brand bias when I started researching nav units. One of the selling points for me with the Z1 is the CD ripping feature. Everytime you put a new CD into the unit, it rips it to the hard drive (unless you turn the feature off...easy to do). That's the last time you have to insert that CD. If memory serves me, it will store up to 200 CDs. You can then just give verbal commands to play songs or albums. The same is true with the nav system. You can navigate using voice commands. A necessity? Not for some. But I sure like it.