I have the original Bespoke stereo in the car..
I use my Galaxy Nexus android phone with it. I can play music
and my nav plays thru the bespoke. i can receive calls while its
navigating and still hear turn directions. It stops the music automatically
for calls with music coming off Pandora and such. I cant see the nav
on the screen.. but can look down at my phone if necessary..
i get HD radio just fine.. there are already video inputs and a DIY
thread on adding a backup camera to it for $20 !!
So why is it such a POS? I dont need to spend $1200 for not much
improvement.
I dont use the radio much anyway.. but it seems to work just fine for me..
besides.. this car is too much fun to drive.. i dont want to waste time playing with
the radio when i can be driving..
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Originally Posted by Mandy
Correct me if I'm wrong:
PT546-00140 is the Scion base head unit.
PT296-00140 is the addon module for nav/BeSpoke
PT296-47121 module enables navigation only
PT296-47130 module enables navigation and Entune (as opposed to BeSpoke)
So I would need to get PT546-00140 regardless of which PT296-XXXXX module I choose, the nice thing is that we actually get to choose which module we prefer.
Furthermore we would need the:
GPS Antenna - $17.99
Harness - $37.95
Just wanted to make this as concise as possible.
$1400 for the stereo just seems like much more of a ripoff than the $895 I paid for the original BeSpoke by Zephyr (read: crap) stereo. From everything I was hearing I was under the impression that the unit with navigation was going to be approximately $550, which I thought was more than reasonable for what it was. Even at $1100 (another number I heard being thrown around) it didn't sound all that bad, but I feel like it's a real price gouging just to have things that I find commonplace on a number of other cars in this price range for an upgraded system with navigation.
Sorry it took me so long to get my thoughts sorted out in this post. |