Pioneer avic d3, Kenwood 6019????

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

Yea rebate already applied. I only wanted to buy authorized, so I compaired this price to the Best Buy/Crutchfield price. Al-Eds had great shipping also and if I ever have a problem I dont have to worry about dealing with some ebay sellers policies. Worth a little extra if you ask me!

But then it will be 589 at the final total price..

While at other places I can get it at 400 dollars or lower after the rebate so..??

Unless you re saying you r willing to pay extra 190 to be part of their service?

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

The d3 is nice but the kenwood is right up there.It has a bigger screen and better navigation.I have an n-1 and a 6019.The only things stopping me from using the DD is 1.no detachable face.2.can't fit a DD without some modification.

IMO go with the 6019

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

But then it will be 589 at the final total price..
While at other places I can get it at 400 dollars or lower after the rebate so..??

Unless you re saying you r willing to pay extra 190 to be part of their service?

Buy it for 600 wait for the rebate you might get (if authorized). So then it takes a crap a month later and Pioneer wont fix it under warranty because you didn buy it authorized.

Doesnt sound like a deal to me.

Pay 400 and hope, or pay 600 and know your ok. Its your money. But let me tell you, I buy authorized now for a reason, Ive been burnt buying from fleabay, they will NOT FIX UNAUTHORIZED UNDER WARRANTY!

 

[lashlee 10+ year member]

I just installed a d3 today, and have a 6019 and the kenwood seems easier to use for me. The nav stuff is frustrating, the customer was disappointed that he could play a cd and use the nav at the same time!! It was a CPE install so I'm not too worried about it!!!

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

Buy it for 600 wait for the rebate you might get (if authorized). So then it takes a crap a month later and Pioneer wont fix it under warranty because you didn buy it authorized.
Doesnt sound like a deal to me.

Pay 400 and hope, or pay 600 and know your ok. Its your money. But let me tell you, I buy authorized now for a reason, Ive been burnt buying from fleabay, they will NOT FIX UNAUTHORIZED UNDER WARRANTY!

i understand but what if I get a 400$ D3 which is from authorized seller? then that d be good.. to me at least?

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

d3 use dvd nav or memory nav?

kenwood has garmin navigation and everything is stored on the unit

 

[lashlee 10+ year member]

Dvd nav, and with only one slot, it makes it difficult to decided. The kenwood/garmin combo works great! Once you remove the disc, you can still see the map, but you can't zoom or input a new destination. It seems foolish to me!!

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

I have an N1.The fact that the nav has to have a disk to read does ****!If your watching a movie or listening to a cd you must remove it and put in the nav disk.Once you have selected a route you can then remove the cd and it will store it in the memory.

I can still zoom in and out but I can't find any PIO's.

The 6019 has the nav in a sepearte brain and doesn't require removing anything to use the nav.

The pioneer does have the most POI's of all the nav's I have seen though.

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

i understand but what if I get a 400$ D3 which is from authorized seller? then that d be good.. to me at least?

Yes that would be a good deal! Notice we have our own little convo. goin on here. LOL

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Features should be just as important as price.If it doesn't do what you want then who cares if its only $100.

I am just telling you from experiance how these units work.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

now are we talking the 6019 with add on g510 nav or one of the DNX Kenwoods with everything built in? they make a 5120, and 7100 now with built in stuff but the new 7120 and 8120 comes out next month i believe, im trying to see what i can get the 8120 for at work

 

[SubNoize05 10+ year member]

kenwood all the way... Pioneer also has gyro built in I believe to where its basically impossible to watch while moving

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

I have an N1.The fact that the nav has to have a disk to read does ****!If your watching a movie or listening to a cd you must remove it and put in the nav disk.Once you have selected a route you can then remove the cd and it will store it in the memory.I can still zoom in and out but I can't find any PIO's.

The 6019 has the nav in a sepearte brain and doesn't require removing anything to use the nav.

The pioneer does have the most POI's of all the nav's I have seen though.

Avic-D3 is like that either? I hope it is different than your N1? If not, then I guess Kenwood is a better unit because I want the navigation to be built in so that way I dont have to do "changing discs" shiit..

Yes that would be a good deal! Notice we have our own little convo. goin on here. LOL

lol yeah

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

kenwood all the way... Pioneer also has gyro built in I believe to where its basically impossible to watch while moving

Yes the N1,2,3 all have the gyro for the slope,angle,g-force,etc. and they did rig it to sence motion and shut down the nav/dvd features.However they all have a bypass and each is different.But pretty easy to do.The kenwood only requires grounding the brake wire to make all functions work.

Avic-D3 is like that either? I hope it is different than your N1? If not, then I guess Kenwood is a better unit because I want the navigation to be built in so that way I dont have to do "changing discs" shiit..

lol yeah

Yes, the d3 does have the nav disks.All the pioneers nav's have them.D2 is the only one I know of that runs dual cd slots so the nav disk can be in one while cd's are in the other.

D3 also only has a 6.1 in monitor.

Kenwood has a 6.95 in monitor and doesn't need any cd's to use the nav function.

IMO I would take the kenwood over the D3.

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

that really sucks..

I guess kenwood is the way to go.. Which kenwood should I look into? *I havent read most of the threads above, so if there is an answer above, I ll check it out later*