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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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or get AVIC-D3 which looks freakin' nice...
u can change LEDs to match ur interior bulb color!
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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Hey do you have to re wire all the speakers because they use fiber optics or am i mistaken about that does the D3 work with the stock wiring?
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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Only the amplifier and CD changer are connected via fiber optics to the HU. If you don't have the Harmon Kardon/Bose system, you probably don't need to rewire the speakers. If you do, you'll probably just need to reroute the speakers wires from the headunit to the amplifier outputs, since the speakers are still connected to the amp with copper wires.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 10:41 PM
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I'm with mj though, the D3 is freakin nutso! I love the ability to match your interior lighting. I might be picking that up later this year.
Here are some pics of my D2 from today (sorry about the crappy lighting)




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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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another cool feature about D3... it let's u play video from iPod Video!
this will be my b-day/x-mas gift to myself... whichever comes first...
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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The only thing that kinda sucks is that it only has one cd slot so since it runs on DVD nav you have to have the nav DVD in to start a route then take it out and replace it with an audio CD i guess a CD changer is a way around this
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 12:34 AM
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The only thing that kinda sucks is that it only has one cd slot so since it runs on DVD nav you have to have the nav DVD in to start a route then take it out and replace it with an audio CD i guess a CD changer is a way around this
Thats what I like about the D-2. There is only one slot but you can insert both the Nav-DVD and an MP3 CD and use both at the same time. I'd be suprised if the D3 didn't allow you to do that and if it doesn't, ouch that sucks!

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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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sorry for the bump, but I'm assuming you guys lost steering wheel control functionality with these units? Or is there a way to keep it still?
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another cool feature about D3... it let's u play video from iPod Video!
this will be my b-day/x-mas gift to myself... whichever comes first...
I am waiting for the D3 too! I is supposed to come out in March... or so I've heard. The only drawback that I see between it and the AVIC-Z1 is that there is no voice commands for the navigation. But at almost $1000 less, I guess it isn't that worth it
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