I was looking at getting the pioneer avic-d1 for my 06 mustang, but then I heard about the new explorer coming with nav. So I wonder if it is easy enough to retrofit to the mustang. maybe one of the ford parts gurus could look into it.

Also if anyone has anything to say about aftermarket nav in the stang i am all ears. thanks.

 

If the explorer unit is double DIN it should work pretty good. It would probally costly to buy from Ford and I would recommend getting the Pioneer.

 

doesn't Pioneer make the Nav for the Explorer?

 

I believe your are correct. Ford uses the Denslow system for the Lincoln LS, Navigator & Aviator, but has switched to the Pioneer for the Explorer, Moutaineer & Zephyr.

 

I saw an article wish I could find it now. Because on the Zephyr it is THX certified and that would be an awesome sound system from the factory.

 

I searched eBay for "Ford Navigation" under car parts:
http://tinyurl.com/8llu5

I recently got a Garmin i5 from Circuit City, a great little unit! Around $500. A friend liked it so much he got a Garmin Street Pilot C330 around $700. It's bigger and is a touch screen. Both units are color and work very very well. Neither have to have downloads or CDs to load.
Garmin i3 (and i2 which is B&W) need to have maps downloaded, and only covers three or four states at a time. Also check out Tom Tom and Magellian.

Garmin/Magellian/Tom Tom work just as well as the installed ones, maybe better. They are portable, great for rentals or friends cars. They either suction cup to the windshield (not legal there in CA BTW) or have a semi-permanent mounting disk to attach to. There's not much dash space in a new Mustang, so I have it on an removeable coin/ashtray in the console. It's a bit awkward there, off the line of sight, but voice prompts are good too.

 

found the article. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/pres...4027123,00.html