Pioneer AVIC-D3

Best low cost NAV unit with double din

I've had this unit for about a year now. Sound quality is excellent, installation is simple. There's even a simple fix or hack to get the unit to allow input and view video while driving. This can be found searching the internet. At first I thought the idea of having one DVD slot for music and GPS functions would be a problem however with the addition of an IPOD unit one never needs to use the DVD slot for anything but GPS. For short drives the units internal memory will store the route and allow you to eject the NAV disk and play DVD's or CDS. This unit seems to play just about any media you throw at it. Cosmetics are not the high point for me since I don't like the high gloss black front trim, mat black would be better and not show finger prints. Most dash boards don't have high gloss. Compared to my Nuvi 650 Garmin GPS the Pioneer is second rate, driving directions are excellent however POI's and search functions for POI's is a major disappointment. This unit will only find POI's in the vicinity of about 5 miles which is useless. My Garmin unit starts with the closest POI's (Points of Interest) and shows the distance and lists them from closest to farther away. You can find POI's in an city before you arrive or along the route, this unit does not do this. Buck for buck you can't beat it, it does have it's short comings.

touch screen volume

Hi my name is Bee and ive had this radio for a few months and has yet to figure out how to turn down or off the touch screen volume. Mine is extremely loud even with the volume on mute or down. When i touch the screen its loud and very annoying!

Best Nav & DVD player for the price

I self installed this unit. There is plenty of internet support and documentation on Pioneer products including the AVIC-D3 including installation, "hacks", set-up, etc. The NAV directions are good not great (comparing to OEM Lexus and GM Nav units; the Ipod interface ROCKS!; blue tooth set up was easy enough and works well; Audio quality and DVD play back are excellent; Overall a great value.

Great deal, but has some bugs

For the price, this is a decent unit. However, as a new product, it still has some bugs that need to be addressed (i.e. vertical or horizontal white streaks across the background display, which is annoying, but the unit is still functional). Even if by-passed, the video will not play consistently unless parked or stopped. There is no true "off" button. Other than those, the unit is quite useful and functional.

nice value

this came stock in my 2007 chevy topkick cinch edition. nice little set up but the screen is a little small but other than that pretty well over all

Beautiful Nav Unit

I bought this nav unit upon other people having it and using it with great success in there 2007 rav4's.Upon installing this nav unit I was amazed at the great look and usability of it.It looks much better then the factory one and at a fraction of the cost.I would buy this again and again!

Amazing headunit

I do noo own this myself but I am going to shortly. A good friend of mine that works at an audio shop has this HU installed in his truck. It is an awesome HU. He has never had any problems out of it. The voltage may seem a little low but I pushes his two subs amazingly. You can hook your ipod,bluetooth,and a iphone up to this. Awesome, many presets, but can be hard to set up.

Not so hot, but still a good product for the money

Great for the money, but DVD navigation will always mess up, and sure enough mine does. It can't follow where I am going epecially when I am in the city. It can be off by 3 or more streets.

Amazing Product

The Avic is amazing in what it can do. I have the iPod hooked up and it works flawlessly with great sound quality. Compared to the factory Chevy unit that was in the car, it blows it out of the water. Picture quality is awesome on DVD's and the navagation works perfect with great voice guidance. Well worth the money!

the best .dont look at it . buy it

have the d3 for a day. and it the best product i have ever bought .so eazy to use. if i had another car i would buy one more.