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Has anyone hooked up the 5.1 on the Avic Z1?

By mhenders00 · Oct 09, 2010in General💬 2 posts👁️ 1,484 views
Posted Oct 09, 2010 · 08:52 UTC#1

Hello,

I had the Z1 installed in my H2 back in 2006 and I've always been unhappy when watching a DVD. I have to turn all the highs way up so I can hear what people are saying. I know there's a 5.1 option in the menu but what do I need to do to enable that feature? I've seen there's a multi channel processor by Pioneer but is that all I need? Well that and a center channel.

Has anyone done a 5.1 install with this unit? If so what is needed? If anyone has a good setup for my truck I'd greatly appreciate the suggestions.

Thanks,

Mike

Posted Nov 23, 2011 · 15:09 UTC#2

You have to get the AVP-8000. I had it installed in my audi, then you will need a center channel speaker, plus a external nav/telephone speaker, but the sound was great and being able to hear the dialog helped out so much. The only issue I had was that there wasn't very good integration with the avic unit. I had to use a separate remote and display to control the unit. That was my only complaint.