Pioneer - Bluetooth - In-Dash CD Receiver - Black

Bought this as a deal of the day for my 1996 Toyota Tacoma and I am extremely pleased with it! I replaced an older, single slot Pioneer Premier unit that was about 11 years old. Using the factory brackets, it fit perfectly in the slot. Hoping that I could use the previous wiring plug from the old Pioneer, I was a bit disappointed to find that they flipped the pin layout on the new unit. No worries, i just cut the old one off of the wiring harness and soldered the wires together with the new wiring layout. Since I work a corporate office job, I won't turn down a chance to play with my soldering iron if the need arises! I'm loving the bluetooth connectivity and hands free calling features. I can have it set to FM Radio and if a call comes in or I need to make one, it seamlessly picks up the call. Call audio quality is great! The ARC app is a bit useless, if only to keep the time sync'd on the head unit. To connect it, you have to first set up the bluetooth connection to your phone, then center press and hold the dial on the unit until it launches the App on your phone. The Pandora and Spotify features don't work for some reason, but I am fine controlling those through my phone. I also had no problem starting Spotify on my phone and having it auto connect and play my music every time i turned my truck on during a recent road trip. The box also advertises that the radio is fast-charging compatible, but I am not sure if that works on my Galaxy S10; It seems to charge at normal speed. I turned the USB auto-play feature off so it won't play if I just want to charge my phone by plugging it in. Sound qualiy is much better than my old head unit, I'm not sure if there was a bad connection in the wiring harness before or if it was something else, the audio would clip out if i turned up the volume too much. This radio also allows you to amplify the signal on individual speakers, which is nice for my truck because the left side sounds way quieter than the right on default settings. The 1st gen Tacoma wasn't built for a premium listening experience by any means. Highly reccomended, and if you can find it on sale, I'd go for it!

Pros: Remote Bluetooth controls Radio through the ARC app (free) Bluetooth Phone calls Mic is Perfect whole car can be heard clear with windows down going 40mph Reads incoming call name Quick redial through radio Sound quality is amazing Bass is strong and crisp throughout the volume bar 63 bar Volume which is LOUD doesn't distort music Equalizer is 15bar Crossfade and everything Easy dim button Con: Basic Color on screen (White) Can't see when it's sunny out Blue is the only back light color Not real eye catchy Buttons are plain Hard to navigate without manual Bottom line: Excellent 2 din radio if you don't care about movies and back up camera in 2018+. Place the microphone in top left corner of car for best pick up! Sound is amazing even better then the competition (Ken, AL, boss, Sony) The radio is packed with many futures and would make the crappiest speakers sound like a high quality, high priced system. No subwoofers needed with this radio and I mean that! Definitely buy it with free installation, what can go wrong? Nothing.......

This set has the brightest screen among equivalents available at Best Buy. Still, I wish the screen could be brighter, especially on sunny days. (Best Buy was kind enough to switch it for the illegible Sony unit that I had originally purchased. I paid for the price difference, but not for any removal or stocking fee.) I listen on my commute to podcasts and audio books that I have copied onto a USB stick. Two issues: (a) A slight bump on the road could skip the audio back a random duration (typically 2-5 minutes) requiring manual fast forwarding, and (b) If the audio file is large (i.e., long, say, 6-10 hours), then the unit loses its place when I turn off the engine, forcing me to FF again, occasionally for a long time. (I ended up manually breaking the large file into smaller chunks using the freeware Audacity. BTW, this problem also afflicts the CD player.) The power output is sufficient for my Toyota stock speakers and for my purposes. Finally, the Bluetooth connection to my cell phone is convenient although I seldom use it. (Nobody calls me. Sigh.) All in all, it is satisfactory for the price. If only it were perfect for the way I use it.

All the settings and buttons work, no issues so far. I did notice some breaks in the Bluetooth audio but I'm convinced it's just my phone loading or doing something in the background causing that. No fault of the radio itself. I like the fact you have a dim setting that can be setup, so when you want it very dark just hold the button and presto it's dark. Now I do have trouble seeing it in the daytime even with dim off, but oh well who cares really what will you see but the station or BT connected or whatever it says. No big deal. I was told online to get a radio that uses a 13 ban equalizer so this was it for me. I like the remote though I'll never use it, and it's a good radio. I wish it cycled colors like white, yellow but I didn't pay enough for that stuff.

The system is sleek and simply stylish. Big display, easy to use buttons and functionality. With very "attention to detail" oriented staff at the Sawgrass location (Rey), I was able to have this radio installed. The function and features are far superior to my factory system, at a very reasonable price. With CD, Bluetooth, aux, and USB capabilities, you can listen to music whatever way you want to. You can answer you phone or make calls through it as well. There's even option for Spotify on there too. Rey was able to adjust the output settings to make even my 12 year old speakers sound amazing. I love this system. Just gotta keep playing with it a little more to find out everything it can do.

I bought this to replace my stock radio because of how basic the factory unit was. I had no desire to spend a lot to money to get the fancy bells and whistles. I don't need touch screen, GPS, backup camera, voice control, or any of that. I simply wanted a radio with AM/FM/CD but needed it to have Bluetooth phone connectivity because of increasing regulations. The Pioneer absolutely delivers at less than $150 including the mounting kit and wiring. Depending on your vehicle, you need basic hand tools (screwdriver and ratchet with common sockets) and a soldering iron to do it right, took me less than an hour. Easy day.

Install was done by geek squad for free. Unit was less than $100 even with wiring harness and mounting hardware. Unit has a lot of power and great sound compared to the stock unit that it replaced. The only con I have at this point is the visibility. Sometimes it is difficult to see the screen due to glare/brightness. The screen only has 2 settings, bright and dim. Dim is too dim except for night driving. All in all a great replacement for my stock unit and I can now be "hands free" on my phone while driving and know what the names of songs are that are playing on radio or ipod.

Truck radio ceased functioning, however CD player continued to work. So I begin researching the different options, preferring a radio/CD player with Bluetooth. The reviews I read steered me in the direction of name brand choices. Pioneer is a great brand and has been around forever. So I chose this model and had it installed at BestBuy. The installation was very professionally done and I have been very pleased with the unit. It blows me away that the sound quality is far superior to the original stereo! The speakers are the same but it sounds much better. I wasn’t expecting that.