Originally I was looking for a stereo deck that would have a GPS feature built into it, as well as DVD, iPod, Bluetooth, and HD Radio. However I found that many of those basic units had horrible GPS functionality and no video. So I dropped the GPS and just looked for something that had the rest. After looking around a bit I found this and was pretty impressed with what it could do. I checked on [...] to see if it would fit in my car, which it did, but noticed that they wanted another $150 for it! So I ordered it through Amazon.
I am very impressed with the unit and what it is able to do. Installing it was one of the easiest things I have ever done. My 99 Forester was setup for Double Din, and the deck fit right into the car and was flush with the lining around the stereo. I suggest buying one of those car wiring kits if you are deciding to wire it up to the existing system in your vehicle. I also just had the parking brake wired to a switch under my dash instead of messing around with the actual parking brake wire. It works like a charm.
The system itself has a lot of power, and made my stock speakers pump out some serious beats. After going through the settings, I noticed that I could even increase the equalizer and the loudness, which made the speakers pump even harder then originally. It ended up breaking the speaker in the passenger side door from the power it was putting out. Other features such as iPod are great. The sound quality is great and the deck has a ASR feature that enhances the sound of the digital file to make it a higher quality. I just used the white iPod USB cable to plug it into the deck, and it works perfectly. The deck also allows you to switch control between it and the iPod, which is a big plus for me. The one thing I do not like is that if the stereo is controlling the iPod, then it is always on repeat mode, which if listening to just one song becomes a real annoyance after a while.
The video quality on the deck is not too bad. It is not anything you will get from HD, but for a car it is pretty good. I put in Black Hawk Down and was pretty impressed with the sound and picture that it had. I also like the fact that I can run video out from the deck and into another unit if I want to. But other than that I have not used the DVD function much.
I noticed that a lot of people who rated this product earlier had a problem with the clock being in 24 hour mode. Pioneer must have read it and fixed it because the clock on my unit is in 12 hour mode and there is no option to switch it back and forth. I did not like the fact that I had to pay extra for features such as a remote and Bluetooth, but I would have to say that I am still pretty impressed with this unit. I do not know if I would have paid the price that Bestbuy wanted, but for the price I got here it was well worth it. I would suggest this deck to anyone who is getting their first DVD deck or wants a cheap upgrade. I am pretty happy with it.Get more detail about Pioneer Avh-P3100Dvd 5.8-Inch In-Dash Touchscreen Double-Din Dvd Multimedia A/V Receiver.
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