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Originally Posted by magikrider You mean the Sensors in newer Ventos have been changed and do not show on the display? coz it would not make much sense of having the sensors if you cannot see on the display which corner is getting too close and will have to look behind for parking anyways. The reverse camera would be more important in that case |
Like you said, it is weird that you have multiple parking sensors but cannot find out which one is getting closer (other than just knowing whether its the front or rear ones) as you get only audible signals. If your parking module and CECM does not support OPS display, then just get a back up cam. The best combo in this case would be to have the back up cam with the audible parking sensors.
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Originally Posted by magikrider Thats a very diplomatic answer If I may. |
Could I be more diplomatic... Glad you got that!
It's an open forum and some one's
good could be some one else's
bad. Like I said, it depends upon one's priorities and how/if one weighs each finer detail of the product. That is why we have many products and takers for all.
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Originally Posted by magikrider Don't know about the OE HUs and where to source them from and also what about the warranty and support so I think its safer to get either the Blau or the Dynavin. Now Music is very important to me and also the NAV. But since you said its difficult to source MMI maps, It makes the case for the Blau little stronger as I would prefer MMI Maps. But won't it be possible to just buy a MMI Maps micro SD from them directly and use it on this system like on Blau 835? Does it not use the maps through the SD card directly like 835 and do you have to load/install on the system first? |
All these HUs run navigation on Win CE. So be it 835 or Dynavin, you can run iGo or MMI or Navteq or any Win CE compatible maps on it. Some one mentioned the process of getting MMI maps above. Blau comes with MMI maps, so if you go for 835, that's one job less for you.
Any Win CE compatible map card (unless licensed to some other unit) should work on these HUs. It's as simple as inserting the card and setting the path for navigation from within the HU settings. Nothing complicated in that.
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Originally Posted by magikrider Also when strictly comparing the music playing capability, how would you rate this against the OE system which you had and the Blau 835? And how would the support be as I am from mumbai and there are no authorized dealers in my city if I am not mistaken as I checked the Vagtune website and they are located in south. Also would have preferred to buy it from a local dealer and get it installed rather than buying it online and getting it installed from someone. So MMI maps and finding a local dealer and support is important for me. If you know about where I can find them in mumbai then please do tell me. Thanks. |
Regarding sound quality, Blau has got more settings as compared to the stock RCD 510 system and you could tune it for better sound. Dynavin has better sound as compared to the above 2. And the best I've heard is RNS 510 among all of these. All these HUs installed and played in the same car with the same speakers. So except the HU, everything else being same, that's how I rate the SQ (as mentioned above). If you upgrade the speakers, you could get better sound. But again, that improvement would be applicable to all right. So there you go. But sound quality depends a lot on your listening preference. Some love to have more bass, some love brighter sound, some love to enjoy a balanced sound. 10 years back, I did not like the mids as much as I love it today. If you want just loudness, mids are irritating but if you want to enjoy rich and complete sound, those mids are precious and to produce the right amount of it without losing out on the depth, you need a good system. So when I say good sound quality, I mean this type of sound reproduction. Not the ear cracking highs and nauseating lows type of
"good" SQ.
OE HUs could be sourced from many online stores, ebay from EU or Alibay, etc. or if you want to source it via an Indian store, Vagtune. Warranty and support depends on where you source it from and I wouldn't count on it. However it would not be like Blau or Dynavin. Blau would have the best support because of their dealer network. Dynavin also comes with warranty and support but that's through Vagtune. I'm not sure where all they have appointed authorized dealers but you could find out from them which is your nearest dealer.
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Originally Posted by magikrider Don't you get a full version of MMI maps with the Blau 835? |
I did get it.