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Offline Baz300

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eBay sat nav head units
« on: April 23, 2012, 07:13:57 pm »
Does anyone here have a sat nav unit from eBay?
There is a few different types so not sure what one to go for, any reccomendations?

I have a highline dash so would like one that still displays info there and iPhone compatibility is a must

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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 10:20:26 pm »
I have a erisin one its pretty good but if I was you get a pioneer one or the rns510
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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2012, 10:35:22 am »
I would really like to go oem and get a vw unit.
But the coding and changing of a can bus module is a bitt too much for me.
I found one last night that claim to be as good as original and works with display etc.
I'll post up a link when I'm home


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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 08:09:34 pm »
the erisin one is cheaper and does the same and you can haggle the price with em heres a link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Erisin-ES898GBP-HD-3D-Car-DVD-Nav-DVB-T-mpeg4-PiP-Dual-Zone-BT-/160785878298?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item256f95cd1a

this is the person i brought my erising es968v from which is discontinued now they do the es898 model
it takes around 2 weeks to come so you have to be patient
they have a fairly good customer service thou there english is very bad
i brought mine over a year ago and nothing has failed yet  :wink:
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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2012, 07:22:41 pm »
what the naviagation like on them erisin ones. has it got postcode search

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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2012, 07:30:03 pm »
If it uses IGo then it'll have full postcode search.
I have it on my Zenec and has worked great, made my TomTom redundant.
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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2012, 07:33:05 pm »
i wouldn't... i can't comment on the specifics of this particular unit, but someone over on Audi-Sport bought a crappy chinese RNS-E copy which was not only less pleasant than rampant syphillis, he had to cut it out because the key lock remover thingies jammed
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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 08:17:51 pm »
satnav is great on mine and is igo8 so has the postcode search function
here is a video of mine i made


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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2012, 06:56:03 pm »
the erisin one is cheaper and does the same and you can haggle the price with em heres a link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Erisin-ES898GBP-HD-3D-Car-DVD-Nav-DVB-T-mpeg4-PiP-Dual-Zone-BT-/160785878298?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item256f95cd1a

this is the person i brought my erising es968v from which is discontinued now they do the es898 model
it takes around 2 weeks to come so you have to be patient
they have a fairly good customer service thou there english is very bad
i brought mine over a year ago and nothing has failed yet  :wink:

Im pretty much the same as baz when it comes to the can bus issue, i `ve been looking on ebay and erisintech are selling the ES968V`s again but look like they`ve changed design slightly -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Erisin-2-Din-8-Inch-ES968V-3D-Car-DVD-Player-Sat-Nav-RDS-BT-DVB-T-PiP-VW-/180874426364?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item2a1cf4b7fc

just wondered how easy yours was to set up JAMEELNO1?..not sure if i`d need a can bus if i ordered one or not..have asked but not heard back as yet.

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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2012, 07:22:10 pm »
this is the updated version to mine couldnt say if its better apart from the bigger screen and better display
setup is plug and play really easy i put the gps  and the tv antenna in the glove box

the freeview will only work when stationary btw, but there are ways around that
everything is straight forward


you will need the canbus kit for it i dont have one hence the light stays on not that it matters to me only ever had a flat battery once

other things you will need is the twin fakra antenna so you get radio reception cost about a tenner off ebay

remember you can haggle on the price with them :happy2:
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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2012, 07:47:19 pm »
Ok cheers, will see what they could do deal wise!..i`m tempted though but still not decided just looking at some aftermarket ones at the moment.

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Re: eBay sat nav head units
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2012, 12:31:07 am »
Good luck mate there's so many to choose from
If u want to stay oem get the rns510
Aftermarket choose from either alpine pioneer or kenwood there the best but are expensive  :happy2:
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