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(More customer reviews)I recently pulled out my all Alpine setup consisting of the DVA-7996, XM Tuner, and iPod adapter to make the jump into the world of in-car navigation, and i'm (mostly) glad i did.
I went all out and purchased this unit with both the XM Radio/NavTraffic unit plus the Pioneer iPod adapter, here's what i think of each of the three pieces
1) The D1 head unit
- Great display, super easy to view in day, at night, with or without glare, touchscreen works flawlessly
- Handles mp3 coded cds great, you can view/select all the folders in a scrollable list, and also can view/select all the tracks in a nice scrollable list as well, sure beats the standard next, next, next, next of other radios
- Has video input (won't show on screen unless parked though) and rear monitor output (not locked down by parking brake) plus a rear camera input
- "Double DIN" mounting cage, which i have no idea what that cage will acutally fit, as i had to get pretty custom to secure the radio in what-i-thought-was-double-din acura that i own
2) XM Radio/Nav Traffic unit (GEXP10XMT)
- Provides the unit with "real time" information about construction, accidents, and slowdowns on the roads and overlays the information ontop of the navigation map
- Wish it proactively told you when you enter a destination of problems on the way there, but i am finding that i have to manually review my route to look for accidents beforehand
- Able to get real time stock quotes and sports scores
- The D1 provides the same great scrollable-list navigating through the XM channel selection, it even shows the various icons/logos for each channel, even thought that feature slows down the unit while trying to scroll through the listing (as it first has to download all the icons before you can scroll more)
3) iPod adapter (CD-IB100)
- Here's where my "mostly glad" comes in, as i am very happy with my purchase EXCEPT for the interface between the D1 and this iPod adapter, because its horrible. Your iPod shows up as an "external device" and its difficult to say the least to navigate around, the D1 is also limited to one type (artist, genre, album, playlist, title) and in that one type, shows only 8 characters (so VERY not good)
- Basically if your primary source of music is your iPod, then Pioneer is not the brand for you unless:
--- You purchase the 5700 DVD flip out face head unit
--- You enjoy frustrating and confusing and severely lacking controls... Alpine's iPod adapter/interface/controls run circles around Pioneer idea of how communication and control of an iPod should be
So as long as you are looking for an "all in one" navigation unit that is easy to control, and not fully depending on your iPod as a source of music, i'd hightly recommend the D1
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