Good:
Sound quality is good, but I'm not as picky as some are. It has lots of options for sound so if you are picky, you can customize it to your set up and speakers.
The interface is driven mainly with the big knob. It takes a little time to get used to, but it does make sense. I recommend that after getting it, sit in the car in your driveway and just go through the manual.
It works with my iPhone. It paired via bluetooth and downloaded my address book. When I get a call the music/radio stops and then shows the number and caller on the iPhone and stereo display. Audio quality is a little better than that of the speaker phone. I have my phone mounted on a arm attached near the stereo. I can still use the other portions of the iPhone while playing music through the stereo.
It's also cool that you can turn stereo ipod control off and use the ipod/iphone itself as controller. I can turn my iPhone towards my wife in the car and play a video podcast that she can watch and I can hear.
There are some things that I think pioneer made a mistake on this unit.
Bad:
There is NO play/pause button on the unit itself. You have to go to the remote and there it's not labeled play/pause but "pgm." So you have to go looking for the remote when you go through the drive-thru at a fast food joint. I think that any car head end that requires the use of the remote is poorly designed. What is funny is that this unit isn't cramped for space so it could have easily have one.
The random function is quirky. If you're already in a playlist on the ipod or in folder of mp3s and you press the random button it takes you back to the root level and randomly plays from there. You then have to navigate back to your playlist where the songs them play randomly.
Also it always switches to iPod/usb when you plug the the iPod in. Sometimes I just want to charge my iPhone and listen to the radio.
Sound Retrieve mode, It's supposed to make compressed audio (mp3/aac files) sound better. The only difference to my ears is that the song sounds like it has more low end. The EQ can do that as well. I didn't buy it for that feature so I's not a big deal either way. It doesn't make it sound worse. But there is no reason that it should have a button on the interface. Either you want it on for your mp3 or you don't. You wouldn't constantly be turning it on and off. It's already in the audio menus where it should be.
I wish I could remap its function to be a play/pause.
These are minor things but you run into them everyday and they mar what would be an otherwise outstanding stereo.Get more detail about Pioneer FH-P8000BT Double-Din In-Dash CD/MP3/WMA/AAC Receiver with Built-In Bluetooth, iPod Control, and Rear USB Input.
No comments:
Post a Comment