is $770 a good price for the f900bt?

 

so i called the pioneer guy who i was going to get my f90bt from and he said pioneer is recalling the first run of these units because of voice software glitch

 

it's not a recall from what i've heard.. it's gonna be an update to be applied to the unit

 

what are these major problems????? so far mine is working great...and once I get a manual on sit in the car with it I will dial it all in.

I just got back from a long weekend trip and loved the thing....worked great..Nav is a little slow, but this is my first in car, so may be normal....also sometimes routes are off with some unnecessary turns, but nothing major I found.

I still need to figure out the voice command and see if I can get it to work right

 

http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15692

and go back to here
http://avic411.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=31

and read around the other topics.. tons of problems.. but pioneer is addressing these

 

My b/f just had the AVIC-F90BT installed in my car on Friday. While it is kind of glitchy, I love it! There should be a firmware update coming soon....

 

I've never really liked the navigation that Pioneer uses. After hearing they are already having issues with this unit, I'm very glad I went with the Kenwood instead.

 

so far most of the things I have seen are not that big of a deal to me, except one...

it is slow- I can live with that
not responsive enough to touch - annoying, but livable
routes aren't super accurate - I just watch for stupid stuff, pretty obvious

the one thing so far that may make me return this is the voice command. it is the worst I have ever seen and pretty much completely useless.

I will play with it a little more, but may be returning it

 

Have you decided on whether to return it or not?

 

yep. just called crutchfield today and it is going back.... I was going between the cheaper eclipse 2210p and the kendwood.... I ordered the kenwood.. added bluetooth and ipod as well...so same features as the f900 for about the same price.....we will see how I like it

again, the voice command is absolutely useless for making calls and the way the avic does the contacts is horrible..

those were the biggest reasons I ditched it,, I could have lived with how slow and other glitches, but all combined I don't think it was worth the grand

 

did the kenwood come in as yet? if, so how is it compared to the AVIC?

 

it is in, but sitting on my table right now....went to install it when I took the avic out and looked at the extra module for bluetooth and the steering wheel controls and didn't feel like doing it then.... hopefully I will be motivated later this week.