I have AVIC-D3 installed too

Looks great. Wonder if this is better than the DNX-7100 that I was looking at. Time to do research

Originally posted by jeffsu350 one more question ... are you still using the stock monsoon amp? I just want to make sure I know what I am getting myself into if I buy one of these.

Yes, I' still use the stock OEM speakers & it sounds a lot better after I put the Avic-D3 on.

I just pieced the system together including the steering wheel controls, the backup camera, bluetooth, and ipod cable

the avic-d3x includes the avic-d3 the bluetooth, ipod cable and remote for cheaper. I also bought a "bypass" basically the nicer looking wiring harness to be able to play with the gps and watch movies while driving.

With some good deals I got everything for under 1k.

everything is in the mail and I am excited to get it.

I also needed an ipod, so I got a 5G 80gig refurbished from apple.com for $190 with a 1 year warranty.

I plan on installing it myself as well.

I installed my current bluetooth and that had no wiring harnesses initially so I had to figure a lot out on my own. Eventually I had an electrical problem (not related to my install but the dealer wanted it to be) and when I went to reinstall I opted to get a wiring harness.

the backup camera is the only thing that scares me, I am not sure how I will run the wire exactly and I am not sure how to mount/get the wire through the trunk.

I guess the steering wheel controls I am not 100% on, I am hoping there will be some installation instructions with the package, otherwise I will be looking online.

Did you install this by yourself?

I will try to take pics of the install and then I will be selling my current bluetooth and phatbox, so get excited for that if anyone wants them.

The camera wire into the car is going to be the difficult part, I don't want to be able to see the wire, that looks shoddy.

I did not get xm/sirius, I don't use them, and I think the ipod will be enough and the movies of course