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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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Those of you without ML, just curious if anyone has went from a SL2Vi to Nav tool? I'm thinking about switching... wondering if it's even worth it. Don't get me wrong, I love the SL2Vi kit, great sound and video quality but I have a ton of DVD's and it kinda takes a while to convert them to MP4 format
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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I pm'd navtool if they would work in conjuction. They said it would..but i cant get it to work.
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 11:39 AM
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I pm'd navtool if they would work in conjuction. They said it would..but i cant get it to work.
You're trying to run both units... wow... I thought about that but thats kind of a tight fit for me because i'm running the SL2Vi kit+Nav hack kit from prestigious society and if I run another... thats just way too much to stuff back there. How is the sound and video quality of the Nav tool opposed to the SL2Vi... care to share?
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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The sounds of the navtool is exactly the same as aux in, the picture is amazing plus you don't have to cut anything to do video in motion! Always the warranty saving choice
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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I wanted to switch, but i was lazy to pull everything out again. It's a plus when you get video in motion for the Navtool
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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i wanted to run both because i got a lot of divx movies. its just a pain to convert it over ipod format. i dont kno wat im doing wrong. i cant get them to work in conjuction.
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 2slow
I wanted to switch, but i was lazy to pull everything out again. It's a plus when you get video in motion for the Navtool

Yeah I feel ya. I'm too lazy and plus I keep trying to come up with excuses not to switch. I think the only reason I can think of is ipods don't take up as much room as a dvd changer would.
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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I know with the NavTool you have to control your videos directly from the iPod. Is the same true with the SL2Vi or can you control them from the touchscreen?
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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With the SL2VI you can control it from the ipod (Simple mode) or from the steering wheel/nav.
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Awesome, thanks for the quick response. So the NavTool is only accessable from the iPod, huh? That sucks. That alone makes me want to get the SL2Vi, even if I have to pay for the nav hack. Are there any all-in-one units that allow you to control your videos from the touchscreen/nav AND override the parking break?
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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Note: SL2Vi still requires you to control the videos on the ipod. Music can be done on either or.

But as far as you question above...no clue. I would like to know too.
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