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Did you end up trying this? Or anyone else?

Yes dude, you paid way too much for it. I got mine for US $580 shipped.

I believe to upgrade you'll have to extend your contract for 2 years again (which is total BS BTW). Differences between the two are GPS, 3G and size, 3G being thinner. I've seen arguments saying that chipset in 3G is faster but have not seen any proof of that. 3G costs more per month as well.

Also, to stop MENU button from making the sound replace PSG5.wav file with your own.

Well I'm not following then. I guess I never noticed what you are describing or it didn't bother me enough to notice it.

I wonder if there is a forum where people argue Starbucks vs. Seattle's Best

Not the greatest looking logo but on the small screen it won't be noticeable. And no, I will not put those loading icons on it either. Someone else can do that.

How about just making a blank transparent image and replacing the crosshairs with it.

On the side note, I was not arguing against ScottyP. It was just a comment to the OP and a general rant

Finally got around to do this and it's absolutely working just fine. Combined with blank .wav files for button sounds GUI is so fast now. There is no lag anywhere

That's where iPhone 3G and Pandora come in to play

I have a 4GB HC as well and the only reason I went with it is because Best Buy had them for super cheap. They were like $12 for SanDisk. A week later they were $30. I would not spend money on HC unless you are transferring a lot of stuff back and forth.

Nobody wants to make them because they are always like this "guyz make moar sick wallpapers but it needs to be sick!!! lol". If people would provide some example images of what they are looking for I believe there would be better response from the community. I've been doing graphics for years and could accommodate requests but why should I spend my time making custom wallpapers when requester won't spend two minuted describing what they are looking for. Then there are people that complain how no one made what they wanted OP, this is not directed at you but just a general rant/observa

Well in some places portable units on windshields are illegal because of safety issues. I don't think there is a "logical" place for them regardless where they are. If someone is not a careful driver and is messing with it while driving crap will happen regardless. Anyway, enough of that

Yes. They are running same software.

It will take it. Regardless of the speed of Avic why not get HC anyway? It will be faster when you are putting files on it on your PC. But if you are putting small files on then it would not matter.

That is absolutely not correct. In mine the OEM navigation sits in the same exact location where Avic is now. OEM Navigation unit - http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/03/A ... t-view.JPG Avic - http://www.lithyem.net/audi/avic_1.jpg Not my pics.

What?

and you my friend were paying attention to the wrong thing

On VAG vehicles it can be a little tricky to get the accessory wire hooked up to the factory harness so you might want to try to tap a fuse that controls something that only had power when key is on ACC (i.e. windshield wipers). What you are describing sounds like you have the Acc wire hooked up to a constant 12v.

Shouldn't the price of 700 be $400 anyway? That's $150 off what you can get 90 for. It's a good price but nothing to write home about.

From my experience XM had the worst customer service I have ever experienced. If you don't like mainstream music there is nothing for you in their programming either.

There was a thread recently with someone that had the same issue as you. Can't remember the name of the thread though. I don't think he found the solution either.

If D's are anything like F series (and I would imagine they would be) you can easily replace the LCD and touch screen. Take a look on http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com although their prices seem a little high on things that I've looked into. Also, you might be able to find a broken one on eBay to re-use the LCD. BTW, that sucks about your truck! WTF is wrong with people.

Guess where I found this? http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17490