jods

I haven't treated myself to a present for a while (Excluding Xmas)

Was pottering around town today and popped into Halfords to warm up a bit and thought I'd take a look at the ICE section.

Spotted this:
AVIC-F900BT Multi-sensor GPS, Entertainment & Communication System (DVD, CD, SD Card, USB & iPod playback) - Pioneer Sat Nav - GPS

Anyone got one? or an Opinion? Anyone got advise on a better product for the same ballpark (£600)

dpb

I was looking at that for mine a year ago , at £700 but double din , wont fit

jods

Hmmm - I'm running an MY04 WRX - S'pose I'll have the same problem then. Rats

dpb

Mines a mondeo jods - specially designed so you cant change the original equipment

you may well be fine in a wrx

steve nic

you should get a double din in a wrx,it should have one in as standard!what year mondeo is it you have?

ScoobyDoo555

I'm just in the process of getting one for my GTI

Fantastic bit of kit. It DEMANDS that you update to Vers 3.0 OS otherwise, it's a bit on the slow side. My guess is you'll be on Vers 2.x

Have a look over on AVIC411.com
American and can be a bit ignorant and lacking in replies (due to taking no interest!), but there's a lot of useful information. Some fabbo mods, as it's based on WinCE.

As a Double-Din, it will fit in the Scoob - you might need to get some trim for it though.
I've found it as cheap as £540, but the Golf requires additional CANBUS stuff that the Scoob doesn't.


If you want it without SatNav, look at the AVH-P4100DVD, but you'll need to buy a Bluetooth module as well, making the F900 pretty good value.
Dan

G00ner

I have a similar Pioneer in my pickup, it's been faultless, although as with most Satnavs it's route planning is a bit odd sometimes.

AVIC-D3BTi In-dash GPS, Entertainment System - Pioneer Sat Nav - GPS

The bluetooth works well with 90% of the phones I've used except anything HTC.

The iPod integration is superb, I've also added the reversing camera, very handy.

ScoobyDoo555

There's a Kenwood thing too, but it's a bit more expensive - in fact they all are about £800, the F900 is now end-of-line, therefore a cheaper price.....

dpb

That unit is 400 quid fitted at Halfrauds from today Jods

ben wrx

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Its not on the Halfruads Website?

LG John

Mondeo Double Din Fascia's If you search the net you'll see a few examples of it having been done before and looking good. The only way you are screwed is if you have the sat nav like I do as the climate controls are integrated with it. However, since I have sat-nav I have little need for an aftermarket solution.

SteveScooby

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I've got one of these and it's awesome

Kenwood DNX-5220BT 6.1 inch Wide Double-Din Size Navigation System With Bluetooth - DNX-5220BT from Kenwood

I managed to find one for £480 though

dpb

Yep infact they have a removable facia for the car - its just the mondeo forum seemed to think it was a tricky prospect


One thing stopping me from going ahead is that it does seem the wrong place for a sat nav really - i mean really you should have it at screen height so you can see down the road at the same time , more or less