NOVA/DC/MD - Z's & Coffee, Saturdays at 10AM in [WHERE?!], VA & Columbia, MD

m4a1mustang · 04-30-2013, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Steve that deck has good reviews..

It's a great unit.

eastwest2300 · 04-30-2013, 09:41 AM

Its a good price too.. Im a little hesitant with motorized faceplates though, I had nice Pioneer AVIC-N2 and I got several years out of it, luckily I had a best buy warranty on it, but they had to fix it a few times. So ideally I'd like to stay away from motorized stuff.. Im definitely in the market for a nice headunit.

m4a1mustang · 04-30-2013, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Its a good price too.. Im a little hesitant with motorized faceplates though, I had nice Pioneer AVIC-N2 and I got several years out of it, luckily I had a best buy warranty on it, but they had to fix it a few times. So ideally I'd like to stay away from motorized stuff.. Im definitely in the market for a nice headunit.

I don't listen to CDs so I never use the tilt operation.

dmhenderson · 04-30-2013, 09:44 AM

I have the AVIC-Z140BH and I like it ok. It has some "issues" but nothing major.
The nav system doesn't play nice with docked iphones - Spotify in particular but the nav system itself is the best I have ever used. Only thing it's missing is an internal hard drive but I'm not sure I'd really want to bother with that anyway.

eastwest2300 · 04-30-2013, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I don't listen to CDs so I never use the tilt operation.

Ahh, thats smart, and in essence, you should never have a problem.

dmhenderson · 04-30-2013, 09:54 AM

I can count the number of times I have opened the faceplate on my HU on one hand. Once or twice tops, one was set the splash screen and ecodrive settings and again to hack into the bios to retreive my password that I thought I forgot (but apparently just typo'd 3x).

Oh and for the record, those things are easy as hell to break into if you know what to look for. I retreived my "encrypted" password in about 5 minutes

ZMan8 · 04-30-2013, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Herp derp

good song you're listening to

When I had xm radio, BPM was on all the time.

eastwest2300 · 04-30-2013, 09:59 AM

BPM?

ZMan8 · 04-30-2013, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

BPM?

It's the name of the XM radio station. Plays mostly electronic music of various genres.

eastwest2300 · 04-30-2013, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8

It's the name of the XM radio station. Plays mostly electronic music of various genres.

Ahhhh, I dont have XM, damn... it sounds like an excellent station.

b1adesofcha0s · 04-30-2013, 10:06 AM

Nice and clean setup Steve. I thought about getting a HU for my Z, but the Bose system was good enough for me. Just got a phone mount for nav purposes instead.

ZMan8 · 04-30-2013, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Ahhhh, I dont have XM, damn... it sounds like an excellent station.

I had 1 year of it but I drove the Z so little (weekends) it just did not make too much sense.

ZMan8 · 04-30-2013, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Nice and clean setup Steve. I thought about getting a HU for my Z, but the Bose system was good enough for me. Just got a phone mount for nav purposes instead.

aren't there issues when replacing the bose system? As in its doable but more difficult.

dmhenderson · 04-30-2013, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8

aren't there issues when replacing the bose system? As in its doable but more difficult.

I have heard that the Bose system is very difficult to work on but I wouldn't know. I've only ever worked on a base and a nismo - ostensibly the same thing.

b1adesofcha0s · 04-30-2013, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8

aren't there issues when replacing the bose system? As in its doable but more difficult.

There was that issue too. All I really needed was a mount for my phone when I use google maps on it.

04-30-2013, 09:41 AM	#5252 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,824 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	Its a good price too.. Im a little hesitant with motorized faceplates though, I had nice Pioneer AVIC-N2 and I got several years out of it, luckily I had a best buy warranty on it, but they had to fix it a few times. So ideally I'd like to stay away from motorized stuff.. Im definitely in the market for a nice headunit. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

04-30-2013, 09:44 AM	#5254 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	I have the AVIC-Z140BH and I like it ok. It has some "issues" but nothing major. The nav system doesn't play nice with docked iphones - Spotify in particular but the nav system itself is the best I have ever used. Only thing it's missing is an internal hard drive but I'm not sure I'd really want to bother with that anyway. __________________

04-30-2013, 09:54 AM	#5256 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	I can count the number of times I have opened the faceplate on my HU on one hand. Once or twice tops, one was set the splash screen and ecodrive settings and again to hack into the bios to retreive my password that I thought I forgot (but apparently just typo'd 3x). Oh and for the record, those things are easy as hell to break into if you know what to look for. I retreived my "encrypted" password in about 5 minutes __________________

04-30-2013, 09:59 AM	#5258 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,824 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	BPM? __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

04-30-2013, 10:06 AM	#5261 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Nice and clean setup Steve. I thought about getting a HU for my Z, but the Bose system was good enough for me. Just got a phone mount for nav purposes instead. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

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