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Originally Posted by ecrawford
I think that if a navi is your biggest concern that a little portable unit that you stick on your window is the answer - I have a little Garmin Nuvi and love it. Personally I didn’t care too much for the navi in the alpine or the pioneer. I definitely think that they both look better than the Kenwood but they are not near as accurate. It seemed that my Pioneer was always off about 15 to 20 yards. Things like the estimated arrival times seem to be more accurate on the Garmin devices also – and to eat my words ( I know that James is going to get a kick out of this) but the iPod connection with the Pioneer is slooooooow. At first it was manageable but I now have over 4000 songs on my iPod and it just got ridicules. (Pioneer was suppose to fix this with the new AVIC-Z3’s though)
In addition I like the Point of interest search in the Garmin devices because they keep refreshing as you travel and also tell you what direction your location is in. With the other units it would tell me that I’m 5 miles away but I didn’t know if I would be back tracking after I got off of an exit.
I have a couple of other comparison that I can share if you like. I have own three double din navi’s – Eclipse, Pioneer and the 8120 which I am in the middle of installing today. Just give me a PM if you want to know some of the other minor differences I’ve seen.
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I have owned 3 garmins the c550 and 2 of the nuvi 660. They had some features I like, but the Alpine is more convienent for me with the set up I have. As for the Kenwood I use to be a hugh fan, but I've been buying Alpine for the last 10 years with no issues. The Alpine use to be an easy unit to operate, not anymore. I really don't like all that HP, LP, frequency, decible and what ever else is in my Alpine. I just like the trebile, bass, fader and balance which I don't have. These new Radios are all too fancy for me... I was just curious about the differences. Also I've seen the pioneer and messed with the navi., I didn't care for it. I think Garmin is the easiest to use so far.... Just my .02..... Thank you James for the info. and here's a BUMP for the new Kenwood unit...