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anyone know how hard it is to install a all in one dvd/lcd with a touch screen unit similar to an avic.....not sure waht company i am going to go with but it will be pioneer, clarion, or panisonic if i go with one, but i have seen some pics of the wires and it looks to be a lot.......am i going to open the box and be like damn i shouldnt have bought this?

i have done all the stereo installs on my car thus far from wireing tow amps to installing the deck.....just wondereing with all those wires is it going to be hard......

 
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can't be THAT hard if you have some good knowledge of electrical and whatever... hardest part will be installing and wiring hte brain, but how hard can it possibly be???

Just buy it and do it, that way there is no turning back

I'm not sure if there are any units out there with LCD/DVD that don't have an external brain but if you want simplicity maybe thats something you want to look into

 
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i think panosonic makes all in one....but thats a new feature and very expensive....but i did come across something like that....ohh well....maybe i will just dive on in.....only other thing i am worried about is blocking the all importnat ac vents.....we need them here in florida

 
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just put the windows down

 
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Get one of those double din kits and put it at the bottom.

 
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Eclipse makes and All-in-one unit with no external brain. It's model number is AVN2454. I believe it is comparable to the AVIC-N1, in that is comes with included navigation. The difference in it and the AVIC-N1 are various, the major difference being that it is a double-din unit as opposed to being a motorized TV. A downside of the Eclipse unit -vs- the AVIC is that it doesn't have the capability to multi task as well. It can play AM/FM and CD's while navigation is operating, but, it can not play DVD's while the nav is running. In order to operate DVD's while running nav, you'd need a secondary system. One good thing about Eclipse's unit is that it is double din, so it wouldn't interfere with the ac vents.

 
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The Clarion VRX745VD is an all in one unit. Pretty cheap too, $1400 at Crutchfield so I'm sure you could find it for less. No Nav., but you didnt say anything about Navigation.

Its pretty easy to install one with a seperate unit though, you just have to wire the harness like normal and run it to the trunk (along with a din cable) and then mount the brain somewhere. Just like running RCAs and mounting an amp!

 
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The Eclipse unit is freakin sick, however the costs reflect the uber sickness

 
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He was asking about an all-in-one unit with the brain included in the unit (in other words that didn't have a seperate brain that had to be mounted elsewhere). This is why I said the Eclipse unit, because it doesn't have a seperate brain. That's the only one that came to mind without a seperate brain unit.

 
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Yes, I know, the Clarion has no external brain - its all self contained. I was simply saying that even one with a seperate brain is easy to install.

 
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thank you all and i was asking about all in one units.....as well as brained units.....b/c i expected $ to be higher than ususal for a brina included unit....when i said all in one i meant dvd/lcd/cdplayer in one

but thanks all i am going to look, i found someone selling a clarion unit for around 690 new, but i dunno if i need another driving distraction....as bad as i want one!!!