Double Din DVD Player w/ Monitor, Which one?!? Options

[tomazws]

Kenwood DDX7017


Kenwood Excelon DDX8017


Eclipse AVN5435


Eclipse AVX2404/2494



So far, the AVX2404 from Fujitsu Ten is the cheapest one, AVX2494 has a built-in 20GB hard drive, AVN5435 is with navigation built-in (which i don't need, but would be nice), and the 2 kenwoods are... umm.. has a nice brand name...

Which one would you get?

This post has been edited by tomazws: Sep 1, 2005 - 1:13 PM

[LewFX]

screw kenwood. get the AVN5435.

[Drocay]

Both Kenwoods suck, i've used both and there horrible. ( pretty in store but in car its sucks.)

I'd go with either of the Eclipse's. You might also consider Pioneers D1 it aint bad.

[Clipsetuner]

Ive heard really good things about the kenwoods and from what little I have seen of them they look pretty cool. The built in harddrive sounds sick but movies take up quite a bit but MP3's would be awsome, and Navi is always fun.

I am picking up the Kenwood 717 for about 600$ and it seems a real good unit for that price, I plan on adding a TV tuner and Navi so total about 1200$ ish but its something ive always wanted so just splurgin.

DTE

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

ive heard good thigns about the kenwoods too . that pioneer is sweet tho..

[afroman]

i have a AVX2404 and its amazing for the money. if you dont want nav then its the way to go if you want nav then go AVN5435. I didnt really need the harddrive so i saved some money and am happy with the piece.
-Aaron-

[mark_426]

If you don't want to control an ipod, get the eclipse... or at least thats what I'm doing

[snadman]

I think the Kenwood screen clarity is excellent in this year's line. The touch screen is also flawless with the Kenwood, yet I seem to still lean toward an Eclipse one if you're doing the double-din deal. Just my 2 pennies.

[prpnum1]

I say Xenarc. Screw a dvd player get a carputer.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

AVN5435 or AVX2404/2494

[d-roCk]

im planning to get one of these but i've heard that on some of them when the car is in motion the dvd player can't be used is there a way to bypass that? or are there some good models that don't do this?

[Cutrara]

im planning to get one of these but i've heard that on some of them when the car is in motion the dvd player can't be used is there a way to bypass that? or are there some good models that don't do this?
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I know that if you get installed somewhere, BY LAW, they have to make it so you can't watch it while driving. On a manual transmission, they hook it to the e-brake, so it only works when the e-brake is engaged, you have to give that wire coming out of the DVD player constant + or ground (don't take my word, test your wires with a multimeter) so the DVD Player will think the E-brake is always engaged. Not sure how to do it on an auto.

[d-roCk]

oooh okay i was wondering how it would work with a manual car. so when i install it connect the wire that is supposed to connect to the e-brake to a constant power source? or a ground? am i right? sorry im juss not soo clear... thanks in advance!

[Cutrara]

I'm not sure which one you connect it to, either a 12+ Switched such as the remote turn on output, or a ground. Again, don't take my word for it, I'm not sure if it's + or -

[d-roCk]

okay well thanks anyways i had emailed someone on this before from ebay and he had said that it was a ground. so thanks for the information!

[quicknstyle]

you also have to be careful because you cant just ground out the e brake wire on most navigation units anymore since they have their motion sensor gyro in there where not only will it sense if ur in park, but also if you are moving. the pioneer is friggin awesome, and has great capabilities, but it wont play dvd's if you want a screen with navagation and also wanna connect like ur ps2 or xbox, go with the pioneer if you only care about the dvd and somewhat the navigation, the eclips is fine, but the kenwoods have really fallen off