CDDIG and OnyxXterra -

I did some more research yesterday and found a some pretty cool information. I called Eclipse and they pointed me to the ONLY dealer in my area. So I went over and he had some literature on the new AVN5495 that is just now out. Far as I'm concerned it's the perfect device. It's basically the same as the AVN5435 with some upgrades. It has Circle Surround II so you get multichannel surround sound over the unit's 4-channel speaker system from any audio program source. It also has a preamp with output level of 5V with low 55 impedance. They upped the power output from the 5435 and added DSP. However here is the biggest bonus. They have put in a 40 GB harddrive. 10 GB of this space is taken up by the NAV system leaving 30 GB for up to 3000 songs to be stored on it. Meaining you can download 3000 songs from you're Ipod right into the HU so you never need to take you're Ipod if you don't want to. You don't need to find an adapter or direct hookup, you can still hook it to the aux port if you want and play songs but once you copy them to the HHD you really never need to do that. The device will also Rip an entire CD as it's being played and will save those songs on the HHD, even if you stop it mide way it will not messs up the song. It will even allow you to record songs off the radio and it will keep them for you as well. Of course you can see the track info.
I'm sure there are other things I have forgotten to mention but I think those are the major points. Only downside is the price. He was saying around $2700 for the HU. When you compare it to other HU's it's not all that bad but $2700 is still $2700 so you have to be sure you really want this unit. After my talk and reading some about it I'm pretty sure it's what I want, now just need to get some extra money together.
I hope this helps you're search!!