I was looking for a forum like this for the AVICs and didnt see one when I bought mine. Anyway I have had mine for a while now and I have basically the same complaints as a lot of people I have read:

My BIGGEST complaint is that the Sirius interface is a BLATANT waste of 7" of LCD and I hear the XM is just fine (good job switching to Sirius when I got the AVIC idiot haha).

The echo in the Blue Tooth although I was unaware you could put it to one speaker until reading this board so I am going to attempt to remedy this.

The only other thing I dont like is the lack of a simple arrow. I would like an arrow at the top of my screen that alerts me WHICH WAY I am going to be turning soon...

Other then those I really like the unit. Its installed in my 98 Grand Cherokee after a lot of custom work:

I currently live in Columbus, Ohio but I am from Orlando, Florida and my parents now live in Birmingham, Alabama and I am moving to Lubbock, TX in July.

um yeah, try changing your view mode. there are arrows that show your next turns

O RLY? LoL I guess I was just partial to the screen I had it on. I will experiement.

O RLY? LoL I guess I was just partial to the screen I had it on. I will experiement.

I believe that you have to have it in "Dual-view", and then there is another setting somewhere that puts the "next two turns" arrows.

To correct myself:

You don't have to be in dual-view (I tried it today), but any view will do.

And I think the setting you're looking for is on page 46 of the owner's manual ("Display maneuver arrow)."

awesome I will have to check that out. I havent driven my car in a week so when I do I will fiddle with it.

Idiot!Dynamite> j/k, Brokenlimits and I both looked over the settings and didn't see how easy it was to set it up that way, LoL.

having the direction arrows is so much better. I cant believe I didnt know that. I am such an idiot.

Now if the Sirius didnt suck so much ASS I would feel much better about the total unit.