AVC-9000 Being Fitted Today!

[3Putt]

Having the GPS/DVD/Bluetooth/Rev Camera/4x45W Beast fitted today.

Will post my first impresisons tonight...

[OilBurna]

very nice 3 putt look fwd to impressions and pics

[3Putt]

Here she is...



The thing really works pretty well. Only had it in for a couple of hours, and I've already got everything up and running - bluetooth handsfree, satnav, dvd playback, cd playback all pretty intuitive to use.

Will say more after dinner..

[ope126]

Looks spot on mate!

[3Putt]

The beep at every button push is really annoying.



Also, it takes too long to recognise a CD.



Overall though, I cannot complain since the price was so good!

It even looks OEM. Fits in perfectly.

First impressions of the Route 66 software are very good. The moving map has quite a few street names and POI's come up, which really helps with orientation at a glance. I have noticed other software (TomTom and CoPilot) does not give so much on display info.

Will post more after some decent usage.

[Lance B]

I take it this is not a factory fit?

Does it interface with the steering wheel buttons and dash readout?

[Mischa]

what id like to know is if the annoying beep happens when you push the buttons on the steering wheel? also does the beep come out of the unit itself or is it played through the speakers? if it comes out of a little speaker on the unit then you could just disconnect the wire.

[3Putt]

The beep is from every conceivable button push / dial movement. Even the steering wheel!

Annoying, but can live with it.

The steering wheel buttons work, but a little weirdly. The 'phone' button actually changes sources! Will ask installer and Rob about this one. May be incorrect install, or weird integration problem.

BTW, sound quality is greatly improved, mainly from the fact I went from crappy 20W per channel head unit to a half decent 40W. Much cleaner sound from speakers, with more punch and oomph in the bass. Good little bonus point to the whole deal, I thought.

Can't seem to find the bass/treble control for CD playback yet. I hope there is one. The radio has bass/treble, or a pre-set 'equalizer' setting, with the standard rock, classical, pop etc choices.

Touch screen works really well. Menu's fairly intuitive. As I mentioned, got virtually everything working and haven't opened the manual yet (looking forward to some laughs at the usual chinese - english grammatical gems in that!).

Reversing camera was a dud, unfortunately. Doesn't work. Installer tried one of his own, and it worked fine. Hopefully Rob can sort me out with a replacement.


Standby for more. Anyone else got one lately?

[guthrie]

Sorry if I missed this somewhere else... but where did you buy this?

Any pro's/con's with this HU compared to the RNS510?

cheers

[3Putt]

Guy in Melbourne distributes these Chinese made units...

http://members.optusnet.com.au/auspacks/productPage10.html

Pros - Awesome feature list
- LOOK AT THE PRICE!!
- Looks OEM.
- Steering Wheel integration
- Greatly improves sound quality over factory (base) head unit
- Route 66 software good, looks to be a keeper.

Cons - Chinese (stigma only at this stage - can't fault it)
- CD's take a long time to start playing
- Beeps (thru speakers) at every button push

Will be posting more of a critique after some decent usage.

[RWK]

How much you paid for the unit and how much was the installation?

I guess this unit doesnt give you any NAV info on the MFD where as the RNS510 does actually show everything on the MFD (eg. songs name, Nav Info etc) Correct me if I am wrong.

[GTom]

Got the Route 66 software on my 6110, just a quick question and if you live out kinda west way..... Travel down Victoria Road from Parra way towards Silverwater road and see what directions it tells you to enter onto silverwater rd....

Does it tell you to do the following:

"U-Turn at the traffic lights then first left" Instead of telling you to veer to the left and use the on ramp onto Silverwater Rd...... That's the only thing that annoys the crap out of me with the Route 66 software!

The other one was when traveling down south directed me to get off the main highway and use a private road..... The 'road' was made out of grass......

Route 66 has an excellent UI etc but could do with some upgrades to the directions....

[3Putt]

I think these little anomalies will pop up with all nav software - the 'shortest path' problem is a commonly known 'unsolvable problem' in IT / Mathematics circles. All these programs use damm good approximation algorithms that get you from A to B, but they will never be infallible.

On a different note, I am sad to report some negative feedback wrt Auspack-electronics' after sales service. I notified Rob of a faulty reversing camera (installer tried one of his, which worked fine). He will be sending me a replacement, but refused to cover the additional cost of re-installation, $65. Not good PR mate..

[3Putt]

RWK,

Unit was $919, delivered to Sydney.

Instal was $300, Strathfield Kingsford.

The unit doesn't talk to the MFD, but does integrate with the steering wheel buttons.

The 'phone' button, in my car at the moment, switches sources, which i find a bit weird. Haven't had an incoming call yet, so don't know if it answers calls (as one would expect). Will be following this one up to see exactly what the correct functionality is.

[gtimk5]

Just hooked mine up this arvo. No beeps and my volume isnt working on the wheel yet. Minor thing I think, I will look at it on friday and fit the camera as well. The features are fantastic tho!!
Andrew