In Vehicle Navigation GPS

Neil and Pat

I am interested in buying the AVNC 3000 for a 200 series toyota.

What did you put it in and what was the job like???

Bit worried by the electronics of the 200 series but like the tailored wiring harness.

Alan

Hi Alan,

We had the AVNC 3000 installed in our 2003 LC100TD.
Very professional job, looks like it grew there.
It enabled me to remove the following: Vesa 5" screen on a bracket for the van rear vision camera, bracket for Pats Garmin GPS, & the Hands-free phone kit. Looks a lot more tidy now & safer too!
I bought the AVNC mainly for the offroad mapping feature, & the only thing I find that I miss for around town is no warnings for 40kph school zones, no red light cameras, & only a warning beep for speed cameras. I does have spoken warning for exceeding the speed limit, which adjusts as the speed limit zones change -- a good feature on some roads.
We bought ours through GPSOZ in Sydney & had it installed by their recommended installer. This gives you an extra 12 months warranty.
The system seems widely recommended on forums, & doesn't seem to attract negative responses.
We head off in a few weeks time towards WA for 3 months, so we will see if it was money well spent.

Neil

Thanks Neil

I want one also to be part of the dash and not tacked on. I find PDAs etc have screens too small for my eyes when on maps. The small screen is ok for just street navigation but I want to follow topo maps.

I have rear vision camera for the van but I will leave my VESA screen alone as I want to use rear vision at all times on the van not just when in reverse.

I am sure it will work fine for you.

Enjoy your trip away.

Alan