A Mirage CNET did a good review for first impressions. Once you have the unit for a while you realize its not all its cracked up to be.Had mine for about 6 months now. Gripes#1every time you start the car and push the nav button it says its not linked and takes 2 minutes to link to the GPS satelliteI just sit there#2I burned an MP3 cd and put it in. It played fine but for some reason rendered the buttons a heavy 30 second lag.
AVN726E 12/7/2009 I have recently installed the AVN726E in my car. I am pleased with the unit with one exception. Eclipse claims the unit supports hands free operations for using Bluetooth cell phone capabilities however it does not support voice commands. This means you must take your eyes off the road to type in a telephone number or if you are able to download your phone book from your cell phone you must once again take your eyes off the road to find the person/number in the phone book and select that individual then make your call. Prior to purchasing this unit I had a simple $69 hands free unit on my sun visor which allowed me to simply press the call button on my phone then give a voice command to call a person listed in my phone book and talk without taking my eyes off the road. I think Eclipse missed the mark on their hands free operation claims for such a simple technology and for the expense of the unit.
DO NOT BUY Where do I start this radio doesn't come with a remote when switching from TV to radio there is no volume differences the navigation system is always off it doesn't show building unless your downtown in a mayor city and even then it doesn't show all of them it is NOT A TRUE TOUCH SCREEN you have to start the navigation system over every time you turn the car on. Just about everything on this system SUCKS there is no pause button. I can go on and on but take my advise JUST DON'T BUY IT.
ECLIPSE IS EXITING MARKET GOOD LUCK ON FUTURE MAP UPDATES !! What I like most about this unit is that it had the largest screen to fill up my dash however that came at a price because the screen also covers the disc slot which means the screen has to articulate out of the way and in my installation I have a gear shift lever that has to be in drive otherwise the screen smashes into it. As far as features it is like most the other high end units IE they all have bells and whistles and I agree with the other post that the memory resident MAps are the way to go to reduce latency. However what is really scary about this unit is that Eclipse has just announced that they are exiting the aftermarket. So where that leaves you with a unit with already rediculously expensive $300+ Map DVDs ?How long is eclipse committed to supporting this ? Im selling mine on ebay while they are still in demand & going for the tried and true Kenwood that uses the cheapo Garmin map disks .. The other reason Im bailing on this unit is because of the gearshift collision possibility ..
Great improvement over the previous AVN units After extensive research into the best GPS doubleDIN unit for my F150 I narrowed the search to the Kenwood DNX9140 and the Eclipse AVN726E. I had the AVN5500 in my old car so I was aware of the numerous strengths and weaknesses of the Eclipse product. Truth be told I'm not a huge fan of the 5500. The video integration is great but it leaves a LOT to be desired with regards to the GPS and iPod playback.
AVN726E YOU WIN SOME YOU LOOSE SOME
Perfect This product works perfectly! I have a 08 Tundra Crew Max and the eclipse nav works awesome instal was a breeze and all the functions work better than I could of asked for. It has some issues with roads on military posts but other than that it is very good.
Great GPS TERRIBLE IPOD INTEGRATION I purchased this unit from a different reseller than Amazon but purchased the backup camera and steering wheel control devices from Amazon.This in dash unit has fabulous GPS features. The GPS works great it's fast and even has 3D buildings that rise up when driving in cities like Chicago etc.The iPod integration is terrible even with the optional connector cable. Let me explain. We have a 32GB iPod completely filled with over 5000 songs. The touch screen of this AVN has no search option to type in an artist name or a song name. You must scroll through either the complete list of artists the complete list of songs or the complete list of songs contained within playlists. You might think you could just hold down the up or down buttons right? WRONG! If you start at A which you do by default and you want a song on your 5000 song iPod with hundreds of artists you must push the down button hundreds of times!! It's completely crazy. If they would simply write a software update allowing you to quickly scroll through artists or song titles it would change everything but until they do so steer clear of this one if you want good iPod integration.The Bluetooth audio feature appears to be spotty as well with our iPhone and iPod touches. Occasional music drop outs.
Some things excellent some things bad Price might be the first thing you may notice about this AVN Audio Video Navigation unit. At $1299 from most stores I bought mine at about half that price which varied on an almost daily basis. So as I say first things first carry out a price watch on this item IF you decide it's the one for you.As a device I have to say that the audio is very good. I might have stated that better but I am not an audiophile but a few friends of mine have also commented of the quality of the audio.
Good value for what I paid I got this for about $680. I have had it installed for about 2 weeks so these are just initial impressions.PRO1 Looks great2 Interface responsive and easy to navigate can't say same for owner's guide downloaded3 Sounds really good compared to my prior stereo.4 iPhone Bluetooth pairing works great.5 Navigation maps look cool but haven't used it yet to find a destination.6 Plays iPhone movies with accessory cable purchased separately.7 Easy install not much harder than a typical car stereo install.CONS1 Says GPS signal lost on every startup2 GPS sometimes takes 23 minutes to lock onto satellite at startup during which time the clock displays the wrong time.3 Screen is a bit dimmer than I like.4 Orphan product#4 is potentially a big one. Eclipse is pulling out of the aftermarket car audio business so I wonder how difficult it will be to get service and support down the road should problems arise. I suspect however that this is why I was able to snag such a good price compared to comparable Pioneer and Kenwood units that cost about double what I paid.
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