Avic-D3
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Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Pacific Northwest
They are good for average installs requiring multimedia and navigation. It's a solid piece. For SQ installs I haven't found a reasonably priced double din nav/dvd unit I like. The RCA's put out less than 2V, they have very little processing abilities (Only 3 band PEQ, no active crossover other than subwoofers, time alignment, individual speaker gains, etc.) and a generic 1 bit DAC. It's always a toss up between high end processing SQ decks and large screen multimedia decks so you need to pick what's more important to you. As a Navigation and multimedia head unit it will serve just fine and the price is fair. just don't expect much in the way of sound tuning. 
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Joined: May 2003
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From: North Augusta, SC
Anywho, I like it
$400 is about average for how much he'd get on ebay right now. If I were you I'd offer him $300-350 and see what he says.
The Nav is DVD based, so it's a bit slower than hard drive based units, but it isn't that slow. You can enter a destination and it will have the route displayed within 30 seconds to a minute.
Updating the map requires a new DVD. The discs are kinda pricey, but they're also available as free downloads on the net if you know where to look, or you can purchase one for about $20 on ebay.
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Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Pacific Northwest
Have you ever seen one? I have a D3 installed in my car. Just going from memory, it has 4 or 5 different "stages" to select from, an EQ with 4-6 different presets along with 2 adjustable 'personal' selections that will save your adjustments. The EQ band is divided into lo/med/hi zones with each zone having 4 or 5 specific frequencies that can easily be adjusted individually or as a group. The sub output has on/off selection on the screen w/crossover setpoints at 50/80/125 hz IIRC. I believe the HPF has the same settings.
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Joined: Jan 2004
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From: HOUSTON
St. Jude Donor '06 thru '15, '19
I have one with a sub and amp, until recently was not happy with the sound,.I had a guy from work check it out , he played with the settings on the unit and the amp. I am now very happy with it , I was ready to pull it and go back to stock, but I love the nav and the Ipod touch screen.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Santa Rosa California
Have you ever seen one? I have a D3 installed in my car. Just going from memory, it has 4 or 5 different "stages" to select from, an EQ with 4-6 different presets along with 2 adjustable 'personal' selections that will save your adjustments. The EQ band is divided into lo/med/hi zones with each zone having 4 or 5 specific frequencies that can easily be adjusted individually or as a group. The sub output has on/off selection on the screen w/crossover setpoints at 50/80/125 hz IIRC. I believe the HPF has the same settings.
Anywho, I like it
$400 is about average for how much he'd get on ebay right now. If I were you I'd offer him $300-350 and see what he says.
The Nav is DVD based, so it's a bit slower than hard drive based units, but it isn't that slow. You can enter a destination and it will have the route displayed within 30 seconds to a minute.
Updating the map requires a new DVD. The discs are kinda pricey, but they're also available as free downloads on the net if you know where to look, or you can purchase one for about $20 on ebay.
Anywho, I like it
$400 is about average for how much he'd get on ebay right now. If I were you I'd offer him $300-350 and see what he says.
The Nav is DVD based, so it's a bit slower than hard drive based units, but it isn't that slow. You can enter a destination and it will have the route displayed within 30 seconds to a minute.
Updating the map requires a new DVD. The discs are kinda pricey, but they're also available as free downloads on the net if you know where to look, or you can purchase one for about $20 on ebay.
