I currently have an MSP with a pretty sweet stereo. It's a Pioneer AVIC D3...
It's my 1st navigation system. So far, I'm quite impressed. Some of my friends have those tom tom types and those are pitiful in comparison. In addition to nav, this unit supports bluetooth handsfree dialing and also has a pretty sweet ipod interface. (just plug the ipod in and you can control everything from the touchscreen.) you can even watch videos... whether it's a dvd or on the ipod. while driving no less! and of course it supports both xm and sirius.
needless to say... it rocks.
so why am I going on and on about my current setup? all things being relative, if I was still driving around in my 'stock' system, "upgrading" to an MS6 (with nav) would kick ass. because I'm used to my current system, however, I may very well be dissapointed. in fact... I'd be shocked if I wasn't.
that said... I can live without the bluetooth hands free deal... and watching movies in the car, while it sounds cool, just isn't all that practical. so I can live without that as well. that basically leaves the ipod and sirius. both of which I use all the time. I'm pretty sure there's an ipod adapter feature so I'd be all set there... and I know the bose headunit supports some type of satelite radio (it has a 'sat' button on it) so I guess I'd be all set there as well.
that leaves the navigation system. i've never used the MS6 version so I'm looking for feedback. it's obviously not a touchscreen (you'd need to have a wingspan like a small forward to reach it if it was) so I'm wondering how that works. I saw a little remote looking thing near the shifter of the one I was looking at. I'm guessing that's how you control it... looks cumbersome to me. but maybe I'm wrong.
assuming this unit doesn't suck... I might pick this car up. I'd just hate to take a step up in some respects... and a step down in others. Thanks for the help.
It's my 1st navigation system. So far, I'm quite impressed. Some of my friends have those tom tom types and those are pitiful in comparison. In addition to nav, this unit supports bluetooth handsfree dialing and also has a pretty sweet ipod interface. (just plug the ipod in and you can control everything from the touchscreen.) you can even watch videos... whether it's a dvd or on the ipod. while driving no less! and of course it supports both xm and sirius.
needless to say... it rocks.
so why am I going on and on about my current setup? all things being relative, if I was still driving around in my 'stock' system, "upgrading" to an MS6 (with nav) would kick ass. because I'm used to my current system, however, I may very well be dissapointed. in fact... I'd be shocked if I wasn't.
that said... I can live without the bluetooth hands free deal... and watching movies in the car, while it sounds cool, just isn't all that practical. so I can live without that as well. that basically leaves the ipod and sirius. both of which I use all the time. I'm pretty sure there's an ipod adapter feature so I'd be all set there... and I know the bose headunit supports some type of satelite radio (it has a 'sat' button on it) so I guess I'd be all set there as well.
that leaves the navigation system. i've never used the MS6 version so I'm looking for feedback. it's obviously not a touchscreen (you'd need to have a wingspan like a small forward to reach it if it was) so I'm wondering how that works. I saw a little remote looking thing near the shifter of the one I was looking at. I'm guessing that's how you control it... looks cumbersome to me. but maybe I'm wrong.
assuming this unit doesn't suck... I might pick this car up. I'd just hate to take a step up in some respects... and a step down in others. Thanks for the help.
