Randy I just bought a clean 96' RT/10, and am considering either getting an Alpine CD m-bus changer to keep it stock, or going non-stock and getting the Pioneer AVIC-N1.
What are you thoughts on the AVIC-N1? Did you install it yourself or ? Did you get all the features going (GPS nav, digital dashboard, etc?)?
Cal,
Yes, I did the install myself - took about 8 hours, plus an hour of prep work ahead of time making a DIN-to-RCA converter for the amp inputs, so I didn't have to cut/splice any of the factory wiring (other than the power/ground/dash lights) - now, even if you get an M-bus Alpine unit, I think you still have to make a converter for the DIN/RCA. I located the remote unit under the driver's seat. Only thing I didn't connect was the back-up light lead, which is part of the GPS nav, but I didn't think it was worth the trouble (to find the lead going to the rear of the car), and after almost a year of use I've not seen any problem from not connecting it. Everything works fine.
However, I don't know if they still sell the AVIC-N1, as they've come out with a successor unit, the AVIC-N2. I don't know anything about the N2, other than some discussion about not being able to override the DVD/car-in-motion-disable. Probably not a concern to most, but the N1 used a lead going to the parking-brake switch to decide whether you could watch DVD's on the screen; so, unless the parking brake lead was grounded (which is what happens when you have the parking brake engaged), no DVD viewing. The N2 reportedly uses the GPS to determine DVD viewing - if it senses motion, no DVD viewing, and there is no way to override this.
Of course the driver has no business watching DVDs while driving, and its against the law in most/all places to have something like that running in sight of the driver, but for those that have the self control to not be distracted by something like that, with the N1 they could decide whether or not to let the passenger watch DVDs. Like I said, probably not a concern to most.