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Old 04-12-2012, 07:20 PM
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Double din deck opinion?

Hey everyone...

Just looking for some opinions on a new double din deck for my car...im not sure if anyone has either of these installed at all but im tossed up between the new kenwood dnx6990 and the pioneer avic x940bt ive seen both lit and each is sweet in different ways in my opinion. whats ur take on it or which would u choose?

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Pioneer imo
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6990 all the way. pioneer requires a traffic tuner for traffic monitoring on the gps, requires a tuner for HD radio (which is built in to the 6990), the kenwood has garmin gps which is > navteq gps imo, however the kenwood utilizes the navteq traffic updates...and this is where the pioneer gets **** on...the kenwood has 5 volt preouts with a built in cross over system while the pioneer has antiquated 2 volt preouts. most everything else is a apples to oranges comparison, but to me this is a nobrainer for the kenwood, especially since they finally updated their CPU and the GUI is smooth like it's supposed to be, as opposed to the previous 6980 generation which sucked because it was so laggy. Our shop carries both pioneer and kenwood so I get to play around with them quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by c4w18
6990 all the way. pioneer requires a traffic tuner for traffic monitoring on the gps, requires a tuner for HD radio (which is built in to the 6990), the kenwood has garmin gps which is > navteq gps imo, however the kenwood utilizes the navteq traffic updates...and this is where the pioneer gets **** on...the kenwood has 5 volt preouts with a built in cross over system while the pioneer has antiquated 2 volt preouts. most everything else is a apples to oranges comparison, but to me this is a nobrainer for the kenwood, especially since they finally updated their CPU and the GUI is smooth like it's supposed to be, as opposed to the previous 6980 generation which sucked because it was so laggy. Our shop carries both pioneer and kenwood so I get to play around with them quite a bit.
Dang i didnt know that about the tuners. Its hard to get honest opinions from the guys in the shop selling the product. One place says pioneer the other kenwood
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I have the Kenwood and couldn't be happier. I just didnt get the $250+ navigation sensor.

Amazon.com: Kenwood DDX318 6.1 Double Din DVD Receiver: Car Electronics

Got mine from Crutchfield but same reciever
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Originally Posted by CobaltItaliano
I have the Kenwood and couldn't be happier. I just didnt get the $250+ navigation sensor.

Amazon.com: Kenwood DDX318 6.1 Double Din DVD Receiver: Car Electronics

Got mine from Crutchfield but same reciever
Ya im looking into the unit without the navi as well now. I still have my little portable garmin anyways. May as well keep options open and costs down lol u have a pic of ur deck installed?
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I bought a pioneer Avic 700bt for $130 and I LOVE it, really nice unit.
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Kenwood all the way imho the best brand for double din head units out there
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Originally Posted by andrew1095
Ya im looking into the unit without the navi as well now. I still have my little portable garmin anyways. May as well keep options open and costs down lol u have a pic of ur deck installed?
Give me a day or 2 and ill post it up for ya. I like it a lot. It even lets you change the background image to anything you want. Just plug in ur usb and click on the image file you want as ur background and boom. Ill post soon for ya.
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Originally Posted by StevoElSupremo
I bought a pioneer Avic 700bt for $130 and I LOVE it, really nice unit.
Thats a good price for that unit. Ive seen it in stores retailing over 500. I dont think it plays dvds tho or does it

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Give me a day or 2 and ill post it up for ya. I like it a lot. It even lets you change the background image to anything you want. Just plug in ur usb and click on the image file you want as ur background and boom. Ill post soon for ya.
Sweet...thanks man

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