Installed AVIC-D3!
04-06-2008, 01:36 PM
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Thanks Rob. There are better units out there, but for this price, I don't think there is any one that has these features w/o paying a few hundred more. Kenwood makes a good unit, and Panasonic has a decent one.
Everyone bitches about having to R&R the disc when using the nav in the D3, but for as often as I'd need it (nav assistance)...if I'm going somewhere that I don't know...I'm not changing my mind in the middle...so the route is set and will stay there. What's nice, too (if I already didn't mention it) is that it will update the directions in the best way if you decide to take an alternate route...and it will do that w/o the disc, as it stores the main route and surrounding areas in memory so you can pop in a DVD (if P-brake bypass is done) or an MP3 cd and enjoy the ride.
I think the coolest feature is the iPod control on the screen...and I don't even have a damn iPod. (gonna have to steal my little bro's next time I'm there)
Everyone bitches about having to R&R the disc when using the nav in the D3, but for as often as I'd need it (nav assistance)...if I'm going somewhere that I don't know...I'm not changing my mind in the middle...so the route is set and will stay there. What's nice, too (if I already didn't mention it) is that it will update the directions in the best way if you decide to take an alternate route...and it will do that w/o the disc, as it stores the main route and surrounding areas in memory so you can pop in a DVD (if P-brake bypass is done) or an MP3 cd and enjoy the ride.
I think the coolest feature is the iPod control on the screen...and I don't even have a damn iPod. (gonna have to steal my little bro's next time I'm there)
04-07-2008, 12:36 PM
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If Im not mistaken doesent OnStar have the calling feature??? If you have verizon you can add a line to your plan and the minutes you use from your on star comes out of your regular cell phone mins.
04-07-2008, 02:17 PM
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Yea. However, you're still paying for the extra line(albeit only $9.99 probably, but still) and it's still a seperate phone number you'd have to use. I used to use the OnStar phone until I put the D3 in mine with the Bluetooth. It's so much nicer. Automatically connects to your phone when you get in, don't have to give people a different number. Works great. The OnStar phone works well if you're on the stock HU, but if you upgrade, the bluetooth is a must add-on. Also nice having your entire phonebook saved in there too.
04-07-2008, 02:53 PM
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...and I don't have Verizon, or else I'd be using that feature, too. However, my wife's phone is a POS and won't connect via BT, AND she regularly forgets it at home, so it's nice to have OnStar as a backup.
And since this thread was bumped, I'll add that the Metra/Axxess GMOS interface for the Onstar and chimes does NOT connect the VSS signal for you, which is contradictory to what Metra says. You need to run a line to the VSS signal wire itself, which is located on the 10-pin harness bolted to the driver's side strut tower. I couldn't find a grommet to get through the fire wall, so I went from the tower to the headlight, up the fender, through the rubber boot at the door frame, then under the dash to the head unit. Not at all pretty, but it get's the job done and makes the GPS more accurate.
Really? I did not know that! Wonder if it's the same with the D3?
And since this thread was bumped, I'll add that the Metra/Axxess GMOS interface for the Onstar and chimes does NOT connect the VSS signal for you, which is contradictory to what Metra says. You need to run a line to the VSS signal wire itself, which is located on the 10-pin harness bolted to the driver's side strut tower. I couldn't find a grommet to get through the fire wall, so I went from the tower to the headlight, up the fender, through the rubber boot at the door frame, then under the dash to the head unit. Not at all pretty, but it get's the job done and makes the GPS more accurate.
Really? I did not know that! Wonder if it's the same with the D3?
04-09-2008, 12:54 PM
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Automatically connects to your phone when you get in, don't have to give people a different number. Works great. The OnStar phone works well if you're on the stock HU, but if you upgrade, the bluetooth is a must add-on. Also nice having your entire phonebook saved in there too.
04-09-2008, 07:02 PM
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Interesting, still easier and less hassle with the Bluetooth. I didn't want to pay for an extra line just for that. Don't get me wrong it's a great tool if you're still running the stock headunit, I made plenty of use out of it. But after the D3 it just seemed silly not to add on the Bluetooth.
