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Originally Posted by czechm8
I'd be interested to hear your take on this new unit.
I upgraded a while back from the AVN30d to the AVN6620. Most of the connections were exactly the same and it was a really easy upgrade.
The 726e seems to be a step in the right direction. I just wish they would cater a little more to us SQ guys and add real time-alignment functions and 2-3 way active capabilities.
If they did this, I'd be all over it in a heartbeat!
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The part in red, you lost me. I don't know what you mean here.
I'm just a dumb country boy...
As for the install and the unit itself. WOW!!!
The install was pretty simple. I already had the 5495 so I just put the new wires where the old ones were. That was easy.
I ran the bluetooth to the visor. I pulled the visor out and removed the A-pillar and ran the wire behind the guage cluster came out nice and clean for it being a seperate unit. The Bluetooth works AWESOME, made a couple calls from the cab and no background noise was heard and the volume control for the speakers adjusts the volume for the person on the other end. It is really clear.
The navigation is SIC! It is very similar to the garmin, but it shows the addresses as you drive down the road on both sides. It also shows where no left turns are and even has a photo radar notification. It will warn you when you are speeding as well. I don't know the 1/2 of it and I am already very impressed over the 5495.
The iPod functionality is almost as good as the iPod itself. It doesn't display the same as the iPod does, but you can pic genres, albums, artists, movies, videos etc. The picture quality on videos and movies is outstanding.
The older Sirius brain works with the new unit, but it doesn't sound as good as the new brain and interface do. So the new one isn't necessary but for sound it most certainly is. A MARKED difference between the two.
The remote for the 5495 works with the 726e even though it is not listed as an accessory on the Eclipse website. All functions of the remote work with the 726e. It's sweet!
Sound quality is better, no question. It doesn't have as much of an Eq that the 5495 has, infact the 726e just has bass, mid and treble. You can also adjust the subwoofer separately and there is a SVC which adjusts the volume. The overall sound is better with the new unit vs the old unit.
Full steering wheel functionality is achieved by:
1: connecting the brown wire from the hu to the light green wire of the K5 connector.
2: connecting the brown and black wire from the hu to the brown wire of the k5 connector.
3: connecting the gray wire to a ground
With this you have full functionallity of the volume, changing stations, changing modes answering the phone, hanging up the phone and muting the stereo. This is all functions on the steeringwheel switch. AWESOME!!! This is a biggie that's not available on the 5495.
All in all bang for the buck, no question, this is a SIC unit, I am very impressed.
Here's some pics
The AVN726e is on the left AVN5495 on the right. Notice how much smaller the connectors are.
This is the iPod movie functionallity. SWEET!
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