Teddy, Price on Kenwood 725 and navi unit? [Archive]

churchwa

03-01-2005, 06:02 PM

Hi Teddy,

I was wondering if you could get a decent price for the Kenwood KVT 725 indash dvd 7inch screen and the Navi unit KNA DV3200.

I think the best deals around come in at about £1350 for the both.

Cheers,

Ed

BigFas

03-01-2005, 07:13 PM

You can get them for £1350? Jump on it. Best I can find after trawling the web for a few minutes was close to £1900

churchwa

03-01-2005, 09:30 PM

Well i am £50 off the mark, but here is the best price so far:

Click me (http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product.asp?product=20699)

BigFas

03-01-2005, 09:56 PM

Saw this in the classifieds. Thought you may be interested

31/Dec/2004 - *KENWOOD DVD* - Kenwood KVT 725 DVD. Its the 2nd one from the top in the link below; http://www.caraudiodiscount.com/acatalog/kenwood_audio_visual.html Its Brand New and Boxed. Looking for £675 delivered Thanks
easternperformance@hotmail.com - -
Ref Number: 11570 - London - (Private seller)

churchwa

03-01-2005, 10:22 PM

Thanks for that Fas, the guy was selling this on Scoobynet as well and unfortunatly it has gone.

I turns out not to be that great a deal anyway.

If i buy the nav unit seperatly it costs at least £700, so £675 + £700 = £1375. So i would save £24.99 and have no dealer backup.

mysticm3

03-01-2005, 11:28 PM

forwarding your enquiry to the ICE chap to get a fitted price mate will post up info once I have got a reply from him.

Afif

05-01-2005, 01:02 AM

other thing to do is phone up some car audi shops. They often willing to negotiate prices. Ive often found them go lower than online prices at cac, cas and cad.

churchwa

05-01-2005, 09:23 AM

I have done that already. the best i can find it installed for is £1850

That includes
Headunit Kenwood KVT 725
Navi Unit 3200
TMC unit and arieal
Installation

It is not a bad deal, it is almost double the cost of and AC Exhaust though ;)

Afif

05-01-2005, 03:40 PM

hmmm installation is often a bitch of a price. Although if you get it online for that £1400.... not sure how much the aerial thing is. Im pretty sure someone will install it for you for £150 quidish. Dont quote me on that though.

mysticm3

05-01-2005, 04:23 PM

the kenwood unit is going to be discontunued in about 3 weeks time hence the discounted price.

My supplier can do a Pioneer Avic-X1 for 1550 fitted or 1350 supply only.

churchwa

05-01-2005, 04:50 PM

Wow, thanks for that Teddy.

I am so glad that i did not buy it then, i hate having out of date stuff.

I hear the Pioneer Avic X2 is coming out in a few months anyway.

So i guess i will have to wait

churchwa

06-01-2005, 10:53 AM

Just spoken to a couple of people and they both say that the Pio's are better than the kenwoods. So i have now changed my attention to the Pio. AVIC-905HVT-Navigation package. I can get that for just under £1800 installed. Still a lot more than the exhaust though :)

BigFas

06-01-2005, 11:01 AM

Don't know why you're fretting. You know as well as I do, you're going to get both :D It's just a matter of which one first

scorcher

14-01-2005, 09:50 AM

I've got the AVIC-X1 and it's an awesome bit of kit - thoroughly recommend it as it has a fast processor, high resolution touchscreen which automatically adjusts the brightness according to ambient conditions, vastly superior quality radio and CD (compared to my Business head unit), DVD player which downmixes 5.1 to crystal clear stereo, TV, 3D TMC equipped Europe wide satnav with loads of toys and my fave - vehicle dynamics - that's lateral G, acceleration, voltage etc - you can select from 6 different Skylinesque info displays.

Only bummer is that the DVD can't be multi-regioned (yet) :(

http://www.evilbeemer.com/images/avicx1-nav.jpg

http://www.evilbeemer.com/images/avicx1-dvd.jpg

I've got the optional TV tuner installed, and yet to install the Pioneer reversing camera for full James Bond fun [cool

churchwa

14-01-2005, 11:09 AM

I am tempted by this unit, although the new X2 has just been shown off by Pioneer at CES in the USA.

The other thing is that if you add together the cost of Pio's standard headunit and the DVD navi it only costs £1350 which is about the same as the X1. And as i understand it, this provides a better interface, but you dont get the cool dynamics.

Two_Stripes

15-01-2005, 10:08 AM

Any idea on what the x2 will have over the x1?

mysticm3

15-01-2005, 11:09 AM

lol Dan having fun watching kung-fu movie while on the go? :D

churchwa

15-01-2005, 12:37 PM

As far as i can see the X2 is more of an evolution.

it has a skinable display and 7 meg of memory to remember your route so you can then put a cd in once the route has been read from the navi dvd.

I am sure there are few other things (I got this info from the N2, which is the US version.) Expect the X2 out in March.

scorcher

15-01-2005, 01:23 PM

lol Dan having fun watching kung-fu movie while on the go? :D

Ooh yeah - that's Hero with Jet Li - ideal for watching while the wife's in Tesco :D

whizzkid11

16-01-2005, 07:28 PM

The Pioneer AVIC-X1 is by far the best all in one unit on the market... in fact at the moment it is theonly one.... no doubt others will join suit soon...

BMW Flex

18-01-2005, 09:38 AM

Churchwa....go for that £1400 or so price.....i'll get my mate to fit it for ya , he was at da meet...and he kno's his sh1t......pm/email for his details , he be here later on....and might be able to come up with a price for ya...this dude fits between 10-15 of these a week..

churchwa

18-01-2005, 10:06 AM

BMW Flex,

Thanks very much for that bit of info, i might have to wait a month or so inorder to buy the navi, but when i do i will defo give your guy a call.

BigFas

18-01-2005, 10:12 AM

I've met this guy and his work is in a word, AMAZING. I'm not exaggerating. Unfortunately you weren't at the meet, but this guy turns up in a smart car with the sickest install I've seen! All done by him

churchwa

18-01-2005, 10:29 AM

Can he get stuff as well, i feel like we might have Evotechniks first audio connection. ;)

No but really, if he can make money from selling stuff to us at a good price it would benefit everyone.

Chaos

18-01-2005, 03:34 PM

I'm very very close to jumping on an Avic X1 myself, so would be interested if anything does emerge from this. Maybe we'll end up with a group buy on audio. :p :D

..I hear the Pioneer Avic X2 is coming out in a few months anyway.

So i guess i will have to wait

Is that a definite? I have a habit of buying stuff just as it gets discontinued, so I'm trying not to do so this time if I can help it. I didn't see anything on Pioneer's site about it, but I'm all ears if you've heard something solid..

churchwa

18-01-2005, 04:42 PM

Click Here (http://gizmag.com/go/3451)

Well the Avic N1 is the same as the X1 so i assume the X2 will be out soon.

I was also told in a shop that it was due for an update.

Afif

18-01-2005, 07:17 PM

i hope the price for avic 1 drops :D. Maybe i can afford it then!

As for the audio guy. Definately has some skills. Im not sure if he can get the best prices though. I remember him saying the internet is usually the best place for that. His install skills are definately top notch though! Someone MUSt have taken a pic of it?!

BMW Flex

18-01-2005, 07:57 PM

Whassup ppl, I'm glad about the comments about this guys work....it really is top notch , and i aint sayin that cos his my mate!

I'll try and get pics up here of his installs....I've been helpin him work on a 540i Supercharged , and 'BWOYY' has he got some mad thoughts......he fitted a drinks cabinet , which he made himself outta fibre glass , spent 2 days doin it.....it fits were the passenger front airbag goes....SICKKKKKK

Chaos

19-01-2005, 08:59 AM

the kenwood unit is going to be discontunued in about 3 weeks time hence the discounted price.

My supplier can do a Pioneer Avic-X1 for 1550 fitted or 1350 supply only.
Just to show you how good that price is, I got this back today from the guy I used to use when I mentioned putting one in on top of his previous install:

"The Avic X1 has a retail of £2200 plus installation, but recently we have been doing them for £2000 installed plus any parts, I.E. Wiring harness and Facia adaptors."

The Tedster strikes again! [bow

churchwa

19-01-2005, 09:20 AM

Chaos,

Man you must be going to Sextons or Auto Audio to be charged that price. All the other shops have been doing it for £1300-£1400 for quite some time now.

I will never know how they get away with charging thoe sorts of prices.

Chaos

19-01-2005, 10:00 AM

Was Unique Car Sounds in Lightwater (just off the M3 near Bracknell). They always used to be ok, maybe they decided to try and make some profit off me this time. :(

Kay323

15-02-2006, 09:30 PM

mysticm3

15-02-2006, 11:47 PM

that trim should be availale from all Halfords stores, otherwise Andy from ICECOLD can sort you out one or custom build you one.

scorcher

16-02-2006, 08:09 AM

hiya
whats up mate
where did you get your centre trim from? is it custom made?

Blimey - thread from the dead - that was three cars ago!

Bought off eBay then refinished to match the BMW trim mate

Kay323

16-02-2006, 09:02 AM

Blimey - thread from the dead - that was three cars ago!

Bought off eBay then refinished to match the BMW trim mate

gotcha!
sorry ..my bad, my screen is soo messed up, i thought it was a e46.!

anyways, i pobably be interested in a custom centre trim for the e46