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i use it for the same reason. it's just a map to give me some extra info of the area around me while driving. i have 2 vehicles and 2 sat nav's a kenwood dnx5220 and this pioneer f900 so i really know what i'm talking about. and i had 3 other becker / kenwoods sat navs before in previous vehicles.

DTMF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTMF i have asked pioneer about this but still no answer from them...

thanks for sharing this valuable info! have my f900bt since today so i will follow to open this box too. love hacking hardware.

yeah, that's a bit the same as with my kenwood dnx5220. it has 2 separate system, a kenwood part for the audio / video and a garmin part for the navigation. the kenwood starts playing sounds after about 3 to 4 seconds and the navi starts a bit later. but the box is fully controllable when you hear the music ie volume, radio stations etc. that will be longer with a big usb stick full of music. but since the f series runs full win ce, it makes it for me very acctractive for hacking. hence why i bought the kenwood for my wifes car and the pioneer for my own car... bt

thx for that info! will have a look at this.

yeah, a sort of turn off delay. i know that the vdo pc 5200 sat nav computer has a option to set a turn off delay. this for example if you are at a filling station. you can set the unit to 15 min. so when you turn the ignition off the sat nav computer will stay on for 10 min. when back in the car and start the engine the route is still there, no startup time.

are they not all computers just running a sort of os on it? i personally don't see any difference between them then a couple more options like bluetooth / sd card etc. they both have a radio / dvd / navi system. and a laptop coming out a hibernation mode is booted up very fast.

may be using the search option of this forum

As you can see, the mic is located a good distance away from the unit, leaving less leftover on the wire to coil up in the dash. Coiling up wire will lead to problems with interference and the more you have bundled up, the more susceptible to it it is. smart place to put your mic. what happened when you put the sunvisor down?

it sounds good to me too got a dnx5220 / kca-bt200 in wifes car

@HiFiSi, thanks finally some one talking some sense here.

not to hijack this treat (we need a dnx411.com!) i updated the tmc firmware and some voices when i connected my laptop (with g3 wrieless internet) to the dnx5220. i used the garmin webupdater.

the sony ps3 isn't a grand and has an blu-ray player on board...

which parrot chip set does the f-series uses found this http://www.parrotoem.com/en/oemsolutions/ck5xxxmodules on the parrot web site...

interesting info, but the dnx5220 also has a mini usb connector on the back. i had my laptop connected to it and i could see the internal memory with the maps etc of the unit or run the WebUpdater when choosing Garmin...

http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=291

you can get some kenwood info here http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=291

just bought the kenwood dnx5220. i already have a kca-bt200 in the car. i'm not a fan of having bill gates in my car. will report how this unit works.

another point is that it's running an windows based os made by mickey mouse. so i will sit back, relax and wait for the next release with all the bugs solved.

according the dutch installation manual it's 2meters.

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a question about the bluetooth phone function. does it send tones when you call a company with an autovoice switchboard? like press 1 to talk with sales, press 2 to talk with customer service, press 0 to talk with the reception?

that`s a radar detector mounted on the dashboard. not sure why it was on during the demo thou.

thx madsonp