[mundy]

any-1 installed one? or gotten a handheld? placement??

anything?

 

[derfballs]

I installed a Pioneer Avic-D1 in my Fusion SE... Love it, never been a fan of any factory audio system.  Nav works very well as long as you install a speed reference adaptor.  Without the speed reference my Nav unit would sometimes show my position off by about two blocks for a couple of minutes before correcting itself.  Not a desirable quirk in a device you depend on to get you somewhere.  I've attached a pic in case you're interested in seeing the finished product...

 

[MadTxn]

I can't see the picture... can you post it again? Thanks.

 

[derfballs]

Go to the link below...

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/400d7bc2_1666a/bc/My+Documents/avic-d1+001.jpg?bfzzpREBdGRkqYqg

hope this helps...

 

[derfballs]

The silver oval device above the nav unit is my Motorola Bluetooth handsfree cellphone kit... in case anyone was wondering

 

[MadTxn]

[me=MadTxn]pops a chubby[/me]

Very nice... So... did you lose the steering wheel controls with that? Although if you did, I bet PAC makes an adapter that works...

 

[derfballs]

Nope... I installed the PAC unit when I installed the Nav unit. Works like a charm.

 

[MParrott]

What is a PAC unit and where do you get one?

 

[sfusion]

>...I have the Garmin IQ pda unit with car kit that sits very nicely on my SEL dash. It has a charger/speaker unit the fits in the power outlet. The nice thing about is that you don't have to take your eyes off the road at all as it is in line of sight. Also gives you turn by turn voice instructions as well. Great lil unit and can be transfered to any car. You also don't have the restrictions of programing it while moving that many of the head unit models have. The passenger is free to program it to search for whatever you want.

 

[Oreo]

how much was it ?

 

[sfusion]

They are about $500 plus a memory card and the car kit for dash mounting...they do sell a combo kit with the car kit included though just can't remember how much.