Pioneer AVIC-N2 In-Dash DVD/CD Receiver w/ LCD Monitor and Navigation

I spent $2000.00 for this unit and another $500 to have it professionally installed in my 2000 corvette.

Installation was problematic. The navagation system has a speed input from the car to fine tune the car's loaction. The installer I used who works mainly on high end vehicles had trouble finding and connecting this speed cable and finally gave up. I tried calling the tech help line but they werent much help. It still works without it connected but it is off a bit with the location.

When the screen is not extended and is still inside the unit there is a display but it will only display "XM radio" nothing else. It reminds me of the original LED watches from the 80's. More thought and work should have gone into that.

The song titles and artists are truncated and not fully displayed. Dont think it will scroll the names either. If it does I cant figure it out.

Occasionally the unit wont turn on and I will have to remove the face plate and replace it to get it to start. When this happends the electric antenna will go up and down continuously until I remove and replace the face plate.

And finally, forget about seeing the screen if you have the convertable top down!

If I had to do it all over again I probably would keep looking and try another brand.

This product is a waste of money. It broke 2 times in 1 year. The 1st time, it was fixed by the factory becasue it was still under warranty; 2nd time the warranty already expired. My 2 cents: Don't buy this faulty machine, save your money and time.

P.S. Only used this product 10 times total before it borke the 1st time and then another 5 times before it broke again. You would think that a product inthis price range would be able to handle the wear and tear of 15 total uses!

Like others paid $2000 for this system and another $500 for professional installation on a Kia Sorrento.

After one year of service, the face controls are so flimsy (specifically the round knobs) that you oftentimes have jiggle them a bit to get it to do what you want.

We also bought the Sirius module and what a waste. You have this beautiful 7" screen and all it displays is 8 non-scrolling characters. Not sure if I can blame Pioneer for this or not.

That said, I just bought a new car with its own navigation and I have to admit that I like the Pioneer's better.

All-in-all, if it wasn't for the flimsy face it would be a pretty good product, but not sure that I would ever pay this much again for such a system.

Oh, and no recent model DVD in-dash system will play DVDs or muck with the navigation while driving so can't fault the manufacturer for that.