I installed the Avic-F90BT yesterday and here are some pics of it. I also added some pics of my 9500ix since I forgot to snap shots of that setup when I installed it...So far the deck is awesome. No complaints thus far.

 

nice, i have the f700bt and i love it

 

That is sweet. Are you better off doing that, instead of just buying a Garmin and sticking it to your dash?

How much does that Nav / Radio cost w/ install (if you are having someone else do it?

 

nice!! i have the same one.. took me a good 5 hours to install it.. hah!! quick question.. where did u mount the nav receiver?? and what did u use to stick it??? my receiver wont stick anywhere!! =(

 

i guess its more of a personal preference. I just don't want a nav system stuck to my dash or window. Kinda bulky. If your willing to risk some of the places that sell this thing I have seen it for as low as like 500. I have known people who have gotten burned several times on these low prices sites. but I installed it myself. if you took it somewhere its going to be a 3 hour install at least so they probably charge by the hour. Not sure what it would cost.

 

ya man the install was no joke. It took me a few hours as well. It was a fairly easy install just tedious. I mounted the nav antenna behind the 3 gauges on the dash. The deck came with some magnetic tape that I cut in the shape of the antenna and stuck to it. Here is a pic of it. Works good in that spot. I didn't want to run it and have it sitting on the outside of the car.

 

same thing i did ^^^^

 

How do you like the route guidance with the F90? My D3 can be tricky sometimes but I usually use it as a backup to my own knowledge.

Iphone functionality - all features enabled?

BTW, the OEM navigation antenna is actually under the navigation door/center console, so I cut a hole in the navigation door and ran both my Ipod and navigation wires through it.

 

ya so far so good. GPS seems to work just fine. I haven't used it to go to an unfamiliar location yet but it seems pretty accurate thus far. The iPhone functionality works great. The indexing is a little slow when you plug it in but it plays while its indexing so it's no big deal. You can look up your playlists ie. purchases, favorites and play them just like on the phone. Video works as well so if you have any movies or videos on your iPhone they will play. Bluetooth works great. Voice dialing works 90% of the time. Some names you try to call out confuse the system but for the most part it works good. Call waiting doesn't seem to work once you are in a call. You have to use the phone to switch over. You are still talking hands free but you just can't make the switch from the deck(if you guys know any different let me know)

 

Would it be possible to put in an AVIC and maintain Steering wheel controls over the head unit?

 

Yes you can. I havent done it yet because i completely forgot about it until I had everything taken apart. There is a converter you can get that will enable you to wire that all up.

 

Do you know where I can get this? It is something I want to do very soon. I am very interested on any information regarding this. Thanks for your help

 

here is one from amazon. As for the install its fairly easy. It is more tedious than anything. let me know if you need anything else

http://www.amazon.com/PAC-Pioneer-St...22W43GY4ZTTV0N

 

Awesome! Thanks for the help man. Only other thing I am looking to do is replace the center console piece with the factory nav cubby. I want to put an F series or some type of pioneer nav in there make it look as OEM as possible.

 

hrmmm well I obviously just chose to do the double din. I think I have seen a few other people on this forum convert the empty cubby with the electronic nav cubby. I guess that would be what you want to do if you don't want a double din setup. Good Luck! Keep me posted on the progress.

 

Looks really good.
I just had the Alpine W505 installed,
and added the NVE-P1 nav unit.

 

sweet bro. post up some pics!

 

Awesome setup - exactly what I want do to upgrade the horrible factory headunit.

 

Anyone know where I can get the nav cubby? Link?

 

check out this thread. Option 2 is probably what you want.

https://my350z.com/forum/audio-and-v...7-and-08s.html