I recently installed the VX7020 into my 2000 F250. I had to send it back because it had a calibration issue, but the replacement (at $0 cost to me) has been great. Bluetooth Pandora and the backup camera are my favorite features. The GPS navigation is pretty good too, especially for the price.

 

Good to see folks liking the unit. I don't really have a need for a backup cam at this point. One in the wife's Chrysler 300 and I never look at it.
But for the Florida vacation coming up, I won't have the Nuvi cluttering up the dash and the cord for it dangling all over with this new Jensen. Although I have SYNC now, I'll still be happy using the iPhone, iPod and Onyx satellite radio with a bigger & better display. And will still have steering wheel controls with the iDatalink module & harness.

 

I am in the process of getting rid of my POS 3 year old Kenwood stero in my E99 F250. I am going to use a google nexus 7 as my head unit. So far with all the hardware and software I have to buy it will only be $350.00. That includes the used Nexus 7 I bought and the compact amp. I am going to to document everything with video and pic. I will create a thread with everything as soon as I get it all done. -Jason

 

Few years back installed an Alpine unit, while it works well everything about it is proprietary. When I do it again I am going to a locally owned store that has been around more than six months. Let them install a unit and make sure you can get map upgrades at a reasonable cost. I would never buy Alpine again.

 

Did the install of the Jensen VX 7020 in my 2014 F250 yesterday. A little more time than I figured, but took my time so that I didn't do anything 3 times.
The dash comes apart fairly easy on these trucks, that was a plus. Only had a couple of issues that were easily resolved. I bought a Maestro module & harness so that I could use the steering wheel volume & up/down buttons. The Maestro harness came with one pair of wires called the radio control cable. One of these wires has 3.5 mm plug and the other was just a blue/yellow striped wire. The schematic showed the plug going to the Jensen, but the Jensen had no jack. It also showed the blue & yellow wire going to the Jensen, but not specifically which wire from the Jensen harness to tie it to. A call to Crutchfield solved the issue in seconds. Blue/yellow wire to white/brown wire on the Jensen.
The only other issue was the brackets that screw to the sides of the unit. There are 2 sets of "ears" on them. The rear most ears definitely had to be cut off for the unit to slide completely into the hole. Nowhere was that mentioned for this application. I took it upon myself to do that and didn't bother calling Crutchfield. Fortunately, there's a good sized hole underneath the "tray" in the top center of the dash. I was able to stuff the Maestro module and Sirius/XM module and the huge knot of wires from the Maestro's harness up in there. Otherwise the Jensen would never have gone far enough back into the hole to bolt in.
When I did an online chat with the Crutchfield rep to determine everything I would need to install the Jensen and add steering wheel controls and Sirius/XM, I was kind of left thinking that there would be minimal splicing and that I'd basically be plugging one harness into another. Looking back, that may have just been wishful thinking and a preconceived idea in my own head. I had to splice 14 wires (that I can count in the schematic) from the Jensen harness to the Maestro harness. With the one exception it was pretty much just color matching so no big deal. Just a little time consuming because I used crimp on male & female plugs so that I could take them apart easily in the future if the need arises. Once that initial splicing is done, it's pretty much plug into the truck's factory harness and go. No cutting/splicing of any factory wires.
Fortunately, there was already a satellite radio antenna run to the exterior from my previous Onyx unit so I just plugged into that. No running and hiding wire for that part of the install.
Today I have to go out and buy a micro SD card reader so that I can download the free map update. But all in all it wasn't a bad experience and I had all day to mess with it. Crutchfield was helpful and knowledgeable when I called them. No long wait on the phone either. The unit looks factory and performs as expected so far.
I forgot to mention, I did ditch my free standing Onyx Plus unit and bought the Sirius/XM unit that's hidden behind the dash for the Jensen. If anyone wants it they can have it cheap.

 

One word of caution I would say on the VX7020 is to not, do not update the firmware/software version. I did this when attempting to fix the screen calibration issue I was having and it rendered the iGo navigation useless.

My new VX7020 installed without a hitch and has been working great ever since. Sometimes you get a bad product right out of the box.

 

I didn't mess with the firmware, I just did the free map update. Really a pain in the *** for me because my computers are all Macs. So I had to dust off an old Compaq laptop with Vista. Then download the toolbox for the maps. Then dig out a long lost SD card reader. I don't see this being done often because I'm not paying for updates every month or however often they come along.

 

Curious, how much are the updates? My Garmin has free lifetime updates, so thinking I don't need a in dash GPS. Thanks, John

 

Logging into the website, it looks like updates run anywhere from $9.95 to $64.95 for North America.
I also have a Garmin Nuvi, but didn't want it cluttering up the dash and have the wire dangling everyplace for an upcoming Florida trip. So I went with this Jensen to both upgrade my factory stereo and add in dash navigation.
But between my wife and I there are 5 vehicles, so the Garmin will find a use. On a semi related note, my first navigation unit was a TomTom. It became so frustrating trying to update it (sometimes sat for 24 hours without completing) that I tossed it into the trash can and bought the Garmin.
I thought about a Kenwood unit because they have Garmin, but the initial cost was more than I was willing to spend. But if you look at it over a period of several years and map updates, it probably becomes more cost effective. But I wanted to spend the money saved on the Jensen on a Viper SmartStart for the truck. So I went with the lower initial cost Jensen stereo/nav unit.

 

Poncho is right, the map updates for the iGo/VX7020 vary in price, but are no more than $65 through naviextras.com.

In addition, anyone seriously considering the VX7020 are not confined to purchasing the unit from Crutchfield. I am a bargain shopper when buying anything and managed to find the deck itself for $289 at Sonic Electronix and bought the wiring harness and mounting kit through Amazon. I also bought a DVD bypass through Amazon and the total came up to around $340.

I am very impressed with the iGo navigation after being a Garmin customer since the early 2000's and buying several units.

 

That's true enough. Looks like I could have saved $70 or more if I'd shopped around more. I went with Crutchfield based on suggestions from fellow posters here. Even though it was a few extra dollars, I was sure glad that I had their support guy on the phone when I ran into the radio control cable issue for the steering wheel controls that I mentioned in an earlier post. The schematic for both Jensen and Maestro were vague on that.
What does your DVD bypass do, Sous?