I recently had the opportunity seeing the Pioneer AVIC-Z2 in action.



This was a brief (40 minute) ride while observing the device’s navigation function. I was impressed.

With 20 GB’s on the device’s HDD dedicated to navigation application software and Tele Atlas’s latest navigation data base, the display is sensational (“Rand McNally-like” map display that has a sensational graphic display). The Pioneer AVIC-Z2’s navigation is HDD-based, so it is really fast (much more so than DVD-based navigation devices). It won’t quite match the speed/performance you get from solid state “flash ROM” devices (e.g., Garmin/Kenwood), but it’s huge space (20 GB) provides better map-graphics/display and a greater data base of built-in/standard POI’s (i.e., I think every McDonalds on the entire planet is included in the AVIC-Z2’s data base).

If you do install this device in your car, I would suggest purchasing an extended warranty. My thought is this device has a lot of mechanical components (a motorized flip-screen, HDD, and DVD) that are prone to failure and expensive to repair, especially considering the fact that repairs require removal and re-installation.

--Spike

 

i have one and love it just cant figure out how to get my own backgrounds on it

 

^^ Send an e-mail message to Pioneer's support site requesting step-by-step instructions on how to do this. I think this is an easily solved problem.

--Spike

 

I got Z1, can I add background to ?

 

Jeez… a terrific device, and the only comments are asking about installing backgrounds?

Guess I’m getting old.

--Spike

 

well ialready have one lol and i love everything about it im sending them an email as we speak

 

whice one would u choose spike? eclipse 6610 or pioneer z2?

 

The Eclipse 6610 has DVD-based navigation which requires loading a DVD, and it’s slower. The Pioneer AVIC-Z2 has HDD-based navigation which does not require loading a disk, and that configuration is inherently faster.

Also, the Pioneer AVIC-Z2’s HDD dedicates 20 GB’s of space to navigation application software and digital maps. 20 GB’s is a huge compartment, and that’s why the Pioneer AVIC-Z2 has an incredibly detailed “Rand McNally-like” display along with a very large set of pre-installed POI’s. On the software application side, the AVIC-Z2’s HDD-based navigation allows the programmers more space to provide a feature-rich application with great performance.

You can get even faster performance from a solid state “flash memory-based” navigation device (better performance than HDD-based), but that’s another discussion

--Spike

 

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