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Pioneer AVIC-N2 - Navigation system with DVD player, LCD monitor and radio | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
Buy Used: $1,500.00
Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Electronics
Display Size: 6.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13
MPN: AVIC-N2
Model: AVIC-N2
UPC: 012562735191
EAN: 0012562735191
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Screen Size/Aspect Ratio 6.5 inch / 16:9 | | • | Pixels 336,960 (1,440 x 234) | | • | Touch Panel | | • | Anti-Glare Screen Coating AG | | • | Background Picture 12 Navi, 15 A/V |
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Product Description
Pioneer's AVIC-N2 further improves your driving experience with a multitude of advanced features. The unit keeps drivers better informed - and entertained - with detailed map information for wider area, intuitive touch panel operation, GUI with improved visibility, and CD and/or DVD playback. Additionally, the system is ready to deliver detailed traffic information for major cities in conjunction with the XM NavTraffic service and an optional XM Radio tuner.Pioneer Navigation Systems come with two DVD-ROMs containing a massive "Tele Atlas" database, which enables the units to provide the largest network of turn-by-turn routable roads. Within seconds, the system's extremely fast processor calculates multiple routes and provides directions to any destination via electronic map and voice prompts. The discs provide nearly 11 million points of interest (POI) throughout the United States and Canada, including Alaska and Hawaii. The system sorts 258 categories to make finding the nearest gas station, ATM or restaurant easy. As you're guided along your route, points of interest are overlaid onto the map as colorful, easy-to-recognize logos and icons.The Pioneer AVIC-N2 does three jobs well at the same time - it gives the driver the guidance along the route, it lets the passengers up front AM/FM or satellite radio, and it keeps the rear-seat passengers entertained with DVD movies, all simultaneously. Pioneer's Memory Navigation is an industry-first mapping technology that lets the driver access the features of both the navigation and A/V system at the same time. It's a snap to use Memory Navi. Load the map disc and set the destination to calculate the route. Then the route information is automatically stored in memory. Now you can remove the map disc to insert a CD, or load a movie DVD for rear-seat entertainment.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Very good unit March 23, 2008
Damien D. Grandberry
I love this unit. Its awesome in every way possible. the navigation is super the quality of the dvd player is good and is sounds good for cd play. I still have to figure out the sounds curves but it a real good unit. i need to find a second unit for my Tahoe
 Giant Waste Of Money! February 16, 2007
Jason Giordano (Boston)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Save your money. I invested over 2K to purchase and have this unit installed. After about a year the screen would go blank, but the lights on the face plate would flash. It would come back on after a minute or 2, but I would usually have to take the disc out or do something else. I figured Id call Pioneer and see what theyd say. They told me Id have to ship the unit to Ohio, problem is its an in dash system that cost me $500 to install! Not to mention they said it will cost $200 to fix unless they find its their fault. I would stay away from their stereo products. Way overpriced, and unreliable.
 XM Radio INterface is unusable January 6, 2007
Steve A. Meadows (Atlanta)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The AVIC-N2 is an excellent radio and GPS tracking system, but the price that they charge for the XM interface you would at least expect to get the functionality of a standalone $49 XM radio. There is no channel guide, no channel description, no channel groupings. If you do not already know he channel numbers the unit is unusable. They have since come out with the N3 which fixes the issue but they have no plans to help the thoudands of people that paid lots of money for the N2.
 97% of the way there! February 8, 2006
DJK (Double Oak, TX United States)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is my first built in GPS unit. I have used Delorme and Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 on a laptop for years. I took the plunge and purchased the AVIC-N2 for my new 2006 Pathfinder.
First let me say that having a built in GPS is so much better than getting the laptop out. However there are a few things that I was REALLY surprised that the AVIC-N2 does not do.
First off, I was surprised that I had to keep the MAP DVD in the unit to get detailed updates. While the unit does have the ability to read your route into memory, if you change the route or want to search, you have to re-insert the MAP DVD. With the cost of hard drives, I'm not sure why the DVD is not read into the unit and stored.
Next the selection of the route or the addition of waypoints by touching the screen is not as easy as it looks, and there are errors in the data that I would love to see Pioneer open a way to allow users to update the maps and post that information back to the website for future releases (ie roads that you can actually turn on and yet require you to go in the opposite direction for a half a mile only to make a U turn).
Outside of the GPS I was REALLY disappointed that the Radio function does not scroll the station name, artist and song title that most new radio's do. I see that in the XM function that you can repeatedly press the PGM button to get this information on XM but would love to see it scroll automatically and that same function available in FM. I also don't understand why in the N2 that XM radio stations are not LISTED and that when you save one to your preferences that the button does not change to the channel number and remains P1, P2 P3... where as the AM/FM radio buttons change to display the station name.
Last as far as playing a DVD in the unit while driving. While I do not like NOT having this ability, I do understand it's distraction and yet would like to see in the future that all FUNCTIONS be enabled as you can have a passenger perform these functions while driving.
Is it worth the cost, well not when you consider that a laptop program only costs 100.00 but at the same time it sure is nice having this built into the vehicle.
Good Unit if you know the limitations January 23, 2006
Sai Ko Man (Northridge, CA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For all those that complain about not being able to watch dvds or put in an address while driving, you can with a trick. Type "solder avic n2" in google and you'll figure it out. Keep in mind they did this because it is illegal in the U.S. to watch dvds while driving.
Pioneer does not update this map that often, so if you are a realtor and need house addresses updated a lot STAY AWAY! When you registor the product pioneer will send you the updated software free.
Yes, you do need the DVD software in the unit to route to a destination. If you want to listen to music other than the radio it is best to either get XM, Sirius or hook up an MP3 player (if you have an ipod you can control it through the touch screen). If you do not like this part about it, either buy the Pioneer Avic D1 or the type with a hard drive (cost a lot more, ~$4000+ for the Avic Z1 coming out summer '06).
Pioneer will release the Avic N3 early summer '06 the only difference is the GUI for XM and IPOD functions and placement of the physical buttons. If you can live with that difference you can save at least $300 bucks by buying the N2.
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