Eclipse AVN7000 Navigation/DVD/CD Receiver
Eclipse AVN7000 Navigation/DVD/CD Receiver review - All-in-one car stereo with everything but the kitchen sink—however, it’ll help you find one
June 2007 By Doug NewcombI got the chance to check out all of the AVN7000 nav capabilities on a two-day trip to Los Angeles. I had to drive from LAX airport to Santa Monica, from Santa Monica to inland Orange County, and from OC back to Santa Monica. Never once during this 48-hour blitz did the AVN7000 fail to help me find my way, and its screen guidance and voice prompts were nearly flawless. At one point while running an errand in West LA, I was sure I knew a better way to go, but I was surprised to find that the system knew a shortcut that I didn’t know.
Given LA’s gridlock traffic, I did have ample opportunity to listen to lots of music, with quite a few audio sources at my disposal. I brought along a few of my own favorite CDs, but I was disappointed that the system didn’t have Eclipse’s optional iPC-106 iPod interface so I could have the thousands of songs on my iPod at my disposal.
While you can buy a bunch of mobile electronics components for $2,700 that can do as much, if not more, than the Eclipse AVN7000, I doubt you can buy a single-DIN in-dash radio that can do all that this head unit can—and do it so well. yy
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