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CD is going the way of the dinosaur. Look for a head unit that has MP3 capabilities and a USB port. I can load 5 CDs worth of music on a $13 thumb drive
I went with an Android unit, Joying brand in my case. Much cheaper than most double din navigation units, though it does have its share of hiccups, many of which can be resolved through XDA hacks. The biggest pro for me is the ability to run bluetooth tethering (I do have to have a rooted phone for this). Bluetooth tethering allows me to run Waze off of the head unit itself and not from my phone, saving my phone's battery and keeping it from getting hot. It sounds good enough to me, and actually better than the cheap single DIN Kenwood that it replaced.
CD is going the way of the dinosaur. Look for a head unit that has MP3 capabilities and a USB port. I can load 5 CDs worth of music on a $13 thumb drive
Actually, you can put on a lot more than that. I have about 700 albums loaded on a 256 GB thumb drive of mine along with some other smaller 64 gb drives that have more condensed collections. Most folks could put their entire music collection on thumb drive unless you are talking a massive collection, like 50,000 songs and you want them all in lossless format.
I second the Alpine thought. I have the INE-W960 which is CD/DVD and GPS Nav for around 500 clams and it sounds f'ing good.
CD is going the way of the dinosaur. Look for a head unit that has MP3 capabilities and a USB port. I can load 5 CDs worth of music on a $13 thumb drive
Not that it matters much in a noisy corvette, but MP3 sound quality sucks.
I just went with the JVC kw830bt in both my Vette aqnd my girlfriends Vette. They do not have navi on them but they do have apple car play and android auto which will use your phone for the navi. this unit also has a back up camera, usb, cd/dvd, a/v input and XM/cirrus support. Of course you can still listen to music and make calls through bluetooth. One really cool feature is that you can customize the display on it se we both have the c5 logo on it all in all a REALLY good unit for $500 bucks. one other cool feature is that it is strictly touchscreen so no ***** at all sticking out so it gives you a full 6.8" screen here is a link to the unit http://mobile.jvc.com/multimedia/kw_v830bt/
I actually do not like no physical buttons. Physical buttons means you can feel your way into pressing what you want without taking your eyes off the road. With only a touchscreen, you have to take your eyes off the road to know what you're pressing, especially in our cars with no steering wheel buttons.
I have the Kenwood DDX9903s. There is a newer model out, 9904 I believe. Although it doesn't have navigation, it does do Apple car play and Android auto. So you can get turn by turn Navigation. Also has inputs for front and rear cameras, sirius etc. I also changed out the speakers and installed an amp and sub. I got everything through DoubleD Mods, but from what I have heard, they aren't doing corvettes any more. You could try Crutchfield or Amazon.
CD is going the way of the dinosaur. Look for a head unit that has MP3 capabilities and a USB port. I can load 5 CDs worth of music on a $13 thumb drive
I have the Kenwood DDX9903s. There is a newer model out, 9904 I believe. Although it doesn't have navigation, it does do Apple car play and Android auto. So you can get turn by turn Navigation. Also has inputs for front and rear cameras, sirius etc. I also changed out the speakers and installed an amp and sub. I got everything through DoubleD Mods, but from what I have heard, they aren't doing corvettes any more. You could try Crutchfield or Amazon.G]
I have the same one, also thru DD. Regardless, the unit is great.
Isn't navigation pretty much over as well? I'd rather be able to mirror the phone, where the navigation is fast and always up to date. My one year old Subaru has factory nav, and it's a royal pain in the butt to bother with.
Isn't navigation pretty much over as well? I'd rather be able to mirror the phone, where the navigation is fast and always up to date. My one year old Subaru has factory nav, and it's a royal pain in the butt to bother with.
That's exactly why I like the Android units if you can tether. I have mine set up to automatically tether when it connects by bluetooth, and I will always have the latest Waze information without having to run my phone for GPS.
That's exactly why I like the Android units if you can tether. I have mine set up to automatically tether when it connects by bluetooth, and I will always have the latest Waze information without having to run my phone for GPS.
That’s why any model with Apple CarPlay is a great product.
Isn't navigation pretty much over as well? I'd rather be able to mirror the phone, where the navigation is fast and always up to date. My one year old Subaru has factory nav, and it's a royal pain in the butt to bother with.
My Alpine unit has live traffic and is usually within 3 minutes of Waze and Google
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all in all a REALLY good unit for $500 bucks. one other cool feature is that it is strictly touchscreen so no ***** at all sticking out so it gives you a full 6.8" screen here is a link to the unit http://mobile.jvc.com/multimedia/kw_v830bt/
Don't forget Bluetooth!
