i was looking at this head unit. I was wondering if anyone had one. i want to use this head unit to display dvd's on one screen and listen to music off the head unit screen. i was wondering if this is possable. im a noob at this.

 

i like it but still debating between that and avic z1/z2

 

does anyone know if it is possable to overide the safty mec. on this headunit so i can watch dvd's wile the car is in motion. i dont know if it matters but i have a 6 speed manual. on my last headunit all i had to do was hook a wire up to a 12v power sourse with a switch.

 

you can bypass any unit.

i'd personally rather get the Pioneer AVIC D3 for around the same price, if not cheaper.

 

really? i dont like the way the pioneer looks and the screen a 6.1 in. plus the Eclipse has separate CD and DVD slots.

 

5500 is old... Personally I have the 6600... I love it... You might want to consider the AVN 5510 or the AVN 6610...

 

AVN 5510 or the AVN 6610.. ftw

 

what is the bigg differences between the 5510 and 5500? and same w/ the 6610/6600?

 

I have the AVN5435 w/ the 2006 update with Sirius and ipod adapter that is the same as the 5500 for 800.00

 

00 VS 10:
00 have a 6.5 inch screen, 10 series have a 7.0 inch screen
00 no bluetooth or "nav traffic", 10 yes and yes in retrospec
00 you may encounter some problems with ipod integration (5500), 10 have no problem with this... You will have full function of the ipod via the touch screen... Also, you will only have access to audio, you can NOT play video

55XX VS 66XX
66XX have dual DVD slots (you can have a dvd and the nav disc at the same time...
55XX have single DVD slots (if you want to watch a DVD you need take the nav disc out

Well, I hope that helps...

Ritche

 

Yeah it does. Thank you...

 

aside whats been said, my two bits are: (though keep in mind that i am NOT a fan of eclipse, hasnt been for about 7 years, and prolly never will be)

the good:

decent sq, decent graphics, good picture quality...overall a good headunit

the bad:

*** backwards user interface, nothign is as common sense laid out as say a pioneer, the nav features and views arent as good as the pioneers, too many wires coming out the back making installation more difficult, and on some of them, including the 5500,t he subwoofer control is useless, you have to go through four pushes of buttons to get to it, and then it only goes from zero to FOUR! thats it, four steps...wtf?

overlal, for a nav unit, if nav is the focus, i would take pioneer, alpine and prolly kenwood before the eclipse units

 

my main focus is the multimedia functions. this head unit has 2 slots one for cd's and one for dvd's. but now im thinking i mite get the 6610 insted of the 5500 because it has two dvd slots. hey brick have you had any problems with the eclipse headunits? will they last for a long time?