best place/price to get a Pioneer Avic-F900BT double din headunit?

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

I found one for 599.99 shipped (brand new) on ebay

but I am wondering if any one of you know of a place that sells the same HU for cheaper?

More likely 599.99 is the cheapest I could find but just figured that it wont hurt to ask you all just to be sure.

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[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

a non-refurb with factory warranty at that price...pick it up man! Its a badass unit. I see them go for 799 at local shops.

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

yeah I figured that is a great price but like I said I wanted to check with you guys before proceeding to buy this unit

 

[JayRich 10+ year member]

want it today this may end up cheaper http://cgi.ebay.com/PIONEER-5-8-GPS-AVIC-F900BT-NEW-DVD-AVICF900BT_W0QQitemZ250376757063QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Video_Navigation?hash=item250376757063&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A15%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

 

[Maddogg7888 10+ year member]

i got mine on ebay

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

thanks guys.. I am going to purchase a brand new unit off ebay tonight since the best price is on ebay

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

I just scored myself a Avic F900BT for 570 shipped on ebay.. not bad.. saved 30 bucks..

prolly will spend it on my gf tho lol

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

why didnt u step up to the 90BT for the same price, has more pre out voltage

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

I could have yeah.. but too late i already won the auction and paid for it..

the only difference between those 2 is the higher pre outs?

On ebay, 90bt is cheaper than the 900bt.. hmm

p.s. I am used to having 2V preout headunits though lol

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

ok the seller i just got 900bt from got 90bt as well, I m thinking about asking him about giving me 90bt instead of 900bt if 90bt is just better than 900bt

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

**** you got me thinking and all that, I just did some more research and apparently I should have bought myself a 90bt instead of 900bt lol

right now I am working on contacting the seller to see if he dont mind giving me the 90bt instead of 900bt.. if not then I ll pay a bit more to get 90bt

thanks for the heads up

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

**** it.. they already shipped out the F900BT so I am wondering if I am going to really benefit a lot from 4 Volt Pre Outs? or 2 V will just be fine, just that my Amp gain will have to be turned up a bit more?

If I am going to benefit greatly from 90BT than 900BT then I might consider returning the 900BT and get 90BT instead..

let me know if I should do this or not..

There are only 2 differences between 900BT and 90BT.. 2-Volt Pre outs V.S. 4 Volt and no ipod cable included V.S. ipod cable included

let me know, thanks

 

[farmerehsan 10+ year member]

90 bt is better i should of done it it comes with ipod cable but everyhting else is the same expect output volts

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

yeah but I am wondering if the 4 V pre amp outputs are that important? or it wont make any difference at all? I always have been unclear of advantages do I get when having a 4 V preamp outputs..

If it is not going to make any difference in my system except for some tuning differences then heck with it I will just keep the 900BT and buy myself a ipod cable

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

it wont make that much of a difference.

1) get the ipod cable from apples website ($50), the one that comes with the 90bt's are junk (mine sometimes will only produce sound from the passenger side speakers because of a bad plug, which is common)

2) ground your RCA's when you install it. I gotta go back through mine and get the new ipod cable and ground the RCAS