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Well, I just sold my Pioneer AVH-7480DVD 7" screen and now I'm looking to buy a new one. The main reason for selling my Pioneer is because it didn't have MP3 play back, which really kills me when I make CD's. Anyways, I'm looking to get a new screen however I have somethings I'd like to get this time, that I didn't get from my Pioneer screen.
MP3 Playback: very important to me, and is the main reason why I sold my old screen.
Touchscreen: doesn't need to be, but I really like this feature, makes things a lot easier to navigate.
Entertainment: this is another very big reason why I sold my Pioneer screen. There was no "eyecandy" to this deck. When I'd play a CD with VCD's of course it'd play the videos and that was fine, when I would listen to the radio, it had a very nice entertainment center that had things twisting and changing colors and I liked that. However, when you put in a regular CD in, it just goes to a regular plain blue screen, and up top, all it says in white text is Track 1 and then had the track time and that was it. Nothing going on in the background, just a plain blue screen and it was mostly pointless to have the screen open when listening to CD's that wern't VCD's. So my next deck, I want it to have a way to have some entertainment so when I do listen to CD's or MP3's, it'll have something to look at, not just a plain blue screen.
Sound Quality: I know this is hard to describe, but I'd like something to give a nice sound to my system and have some kind of EQ just like my Pioneer had. I'm sure the majority of the screens will have an EQ to them, so I don't think there is much to worry about here.
Everything is quite standard. 3 sets of 4V or more pre-outs for my components/sub amps. Fully motorized face, radio presets, etc etc. Also, my last deck had a "hideaway" or a "brain" which was a pain in the butt to find to mount, so if this deck you suggest doesn't need a hideaway, then thats another plus. I've heard that the newer screens don't need hideaways anymore.
Not looking to spend over $900-$950 on this, so go ahead and list some screens out there that'd fill these needs.
Current System:
Deck: Empty space
Speakers: Kicker Resolution RS6
Comp Amp: US Acoustic USX-2080
Subwoofer: JL Audio 12W7
Sub Amp: Better Audio 1600M1
MP3 Playback: very important to me, and is the main reason why I sold my old screen.
Touchscreen: doesn't need to be, but I really like this feature, makes things a lot easier to navigate.
Entertainment: this is another very big reason why I sold my Pioneer screen. There was no "eyecandy" to this deck. When I'd play a CD with VCD's of course it'd play the videos and that was fine, when I would listen to the radio, it had a very nice entertainment center that had things twisting and changing colors and I liked that. However, when you put in a regular CD in, it just goes to a regular plain blue screen, and up top, all it says in white text is Track 1 and then had the track time and that was it. Nothing going on in the background, just a plain blue screen and it was mostly pointless to have the screen open when listening to CD's that wern't VCD's. So my next deck, I want it to have a way to have some entertainment so when I do listen to CD's or MP3's, it'll have something to look at, not just a plain blue screen.
Sound Quality: I know this is hard to describe, but I'd like something to give a nice sound to my system and have some kind of EQ just like my Pioneer had. I'm sure the majority of the screens will have an EQ to them, so I don't think there is much to worry about here.
Everything is quite standard. 3 sets of 4V or more pre-outs for my components/sub amps. Fully motorized face, radio presets, etc etc. Also, my last deck had a "hideaway" or a "brain" which was a pain in the butt to find to mount, so if this deck you suggest doesn't need a hideaway, then thats another plus. I've heard that the newer screens don't need hideaways anymore.
Not looking to spend over $900-$950 on this, so go ahead and list some screens out there that'd fill these needs.
Current System:
Deck: Empty space
Speakers: Kicker Resolution RS6
Comp Amp: US Acoustic USX-2080
Subwoofer: JL Audio 12W7
Sub Amp: Better Audio 1600M1
