BRZ Ltd Nav stereo, What do you think? - Page 2

Burrcold · 11-16-2012, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Calamity Jesus

You see where it says 'Pioneer' at the bottom? That's the upgraded radio in Europe (IIRC). It's basically an OEM version of an AVIC... not crappy at all.

Oh I know what it is, but if you read any reviews of the unit, it is crappy. The menus are terrible, the navi is worse than my 5 year old Garmin Nuvi (aside from more updated maps), and all the buttons (physical and on screen) are way too small. No voice command, HD radio is not active, etc.

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2point0 · 11-16-2012, 06:09 PM

For a car that's supposed to be minimalist, I'd have been happier with a HU that didn't try so hard to look better than it is. The on-screen buttons are a joke and the NAV is pretty useless. So much stuff around the screen that you can't see cross streets ahead of you. Sure, you can zoom out by pushing THREE BUTTONS but then you can't see the small streets. My 2010 STi had a much better system and I wasn't really that pleased with it either, but it was more user-friendly.

So far I like the BT audio (never used this before), but I wish it'd pull the tag info. Do any HUs do this or is that just a limitation of BT?

I'm going to have to look into that Pioneer 8400. I really liked the 4100 I had in my WRX.

avg · 11-16-2012, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 2point0

For a car that's supposed to be minimalist, I'd have been happier with a HU that didn't try so hard to look better than it is. The on-screen buttons are a joke and the NAV is pretty useless. So much stuff around the screen that you can't see cross streets ahead of you. Sure, you can zoom out by pushing THREE BUTTONS but then you can't see the small streets. My 2010 STi had a much better system and I wasn't really that pleased with it either, but it was more user-friendly.

So far I like the BT audio (never used this before), but I wish it'd pull the tag info. Do any HUs do this or is that just a limitation of BT?

I'm going to have to look into that Pioneer 8400. I really liked the 4100 I had in my WRX.

I'm guessing you are uaing android, if so it's up to the app to provide the song being played .Try the stock app, i know grooveshark doesnt do it.

2point0 · 11-16-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by avg

I'm guessing you are uaing android, if so it's up to the app to provide the song being played .Try the stock app, i know grooveshark doesnt do it.

Yeah it's an HTC andriod. I'm using the stock music app, but I think it comes with a couple. I'll see what happens, thanks for the info.

OrbitalEllipses · 12-03-2012, 04:18 PM

Hm. Perhaps time to find a crashed Canadian BRZ.

spaceywilly · 12-03-2012, 04:32 PM

The song tags over bluetooth work fine on my iPhone. It now even reads text messages out loud to me, but can't reply.

Masterauto · 12-07-2012, 02:15 PM

Why not just put a amplifier and have connection for an Ipad mini in dash?

Masterauto · 02-01-2013, 11:41 AM

Can anyone tell me how to change the menus as they are software determined. I would just like mine to constantly display radio direct access channels. Annoying having to press a menu to select a station

Calamity Jesus · 02-01-2013, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Oh I know what it is, but if you read any reviews of the unit, it is crappy. The menus are terrible, the navi is worse than my 5 year old Garmin Nuvi (aside from more updated maps), and all the buttons (physical and on screen) are way too small. No voice command, HD radio is not active, etc.

Hey, I know this is late.. but thanks for setting me straight on this. I thought I had thanked you at the time, but obviously not.

Burrcold · 02-01-2013, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calamity Jesus

Hey, I know this is late.. but thanks for setting me straight on this. I thought I had thanked you at the time, but obviously not.

Oh not to worry at all

Chad W · 02-02-2013, 10:38 AM

It works fairly well an can produce a decent amount of volume. The system itself suffers from an overly boosted amount of midbass to compensate for the complete lack of sub bass. The imaging is overall nice and upfront, but a lacks focus, common for a system than it playing most of it's mids and high into the windshield. My biggest gripe is that tonal quality is poor, intstruments don't really sound like what they are supposed to be. I'm not sure if it has more to do with the processing of the unit, pre-set in car equalization, speaker quality or speaker placement. If I felt like the head unit could produce a clean enough un-equalized signal would consider building a system off of it. The NAV is acceptable, I think it's biggest lack is is its inability to re-route well. Some system will you to take a u-turn RIGHT NOW when you miss a turn, this system will just causally route you ten miles out of the way. A good system finds the middle ground.

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11-16-2012, 06:09 PM	#27
2point0 Scooby Specialist Member#: 150248 Join Date: May 2007 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: San Diego-ish Vehicle: '13 BRZ Ltd WRB '67 Mustang	For a car that's supposed to be minimalist, I'd have been happier with a HU that didn't try so hard to look better than it is. The on-screen buttons are a joke and the NAV is pretty useless. So much stuff around the screen that you can't see cross streets ahead of you. Sure, you can zoom out by pushing THREE BUTTONS but then you can't see the small streets. My 2010 STi had a much better system and I wasn't really that pleased with it either, but it was more user-friendly. So far I like the BT audio (never used this before), but I wish it'd pull the tag info. Do any HUs do this or is that just a limitation of BT? I'm going to have to look into that Pioneer 8400. I really liked the 4100 I had in my WRX.

12-03-2012, 04:18 PM	#30
OrbitalEllipses Scooby Specialist Member#: 178811 Join Date: Apr 2008 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: MoCo Vehicle: 2013 WRB BRZ :banana:	Hm. Perhaps time to find a crashed Canadian BRZ.

12-03-2012, 04:32 PM	#31
spaceywilly Scooby Specialist Member#: 174268 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Providence Vehicle: 2002 WRX, 2013 BRZ	The song tags over bluetooth work fine on my iPhone. It now even reads text messages out loud to me, but can't reply.

12-07-2012, 02:15 PM	#32
Masterauto Scooby Specialist Member#: 198376 Join Date: Dec 2008	Why not just put a amplifier and have connection for an Ipad mini in dash?

02-01-2013, 11:41 AM	#33
Masterauto Scooby Specialist Member#: 198376 Join Date: Dec 2008	Can anyone tell me how to change the menus as they are software determined. I would just like mine to constantly display radio direct access channels. Annoying having to press a menu to select a station

02-02-2013, 10:38 AM	#36
Chad W Scooby Specialist Member#: 77975 Join Date: Dec 2004 Vehicle: 2013 BRZ DGM	It works fairly well an can produce a decent amount of volume. The system itself suffers from an overly boosted amount of midbass to compensate for the complete lack of sub bass. The imaging is overall nice and upfront, but a lacks focus, common for a system than it playing most of it's mids and high into the windshield. My biggest gripe is that tonal quality is poor, intstruments don't really sound like what they are supposed to be. I'm not sure if it has more to do with the processing of the unit, pre-set in car equalization, speaker quality or speaker placement. If I felt like the head unit could produce a clean enough un-equalized signal would consider building a system off of it. The NAV is acceptable, I think it's biggest lack is is its inability to re-route well. Some system will you to take a u-turn RIGHT NOW when you miss a turn, this system will just causally route you ten miles out of the way. A good system finds the middle ground.