After reading many reviews with mixed results I pulled the trigger and purchased this unit based upon the price. I installed this unit on a TrailBlazer with onstar. First, make sure you get a gmos-01 kit and a mounting kit as this make the installation easy and keeps functionality with chimes and OnStar. After installation, the unit will have a lot of freeze ups, etc. So first thing make sure you go on-line to Pioneer and install the 1.0003 software update and that has fixed all the issues. The sound quality if very good. The bluetooth functionality works very good with no problems. The iPod works very well and you don't have to buy any extra cable as you can use the cable the iPod came with. The navigation is probably where is falls short. The POI is practically useless and you will end of buying for $100 the POI card Pioneer offers that has 12 million POI. You can create and download your own POI using the AVIC feed software you can also download. However, this will not replace the POI that Pioneer offers. A nice feature is that you can create directions from Google maps and import that as a POI into the unit. The navigation unit verdict is still out as searching for streets and city is okay but haven't used it enough. Garmin or TomTom is superior to the navigation in this unit. Another note on this unit as the unit requires you to ground it to the parking brake for the nav functions to work meaning you have to stop and lift the brake (common in many units). You can simply bypass this and attach the "green wire" to a ground wire or ground it to the body and it will work fine while moving (this may be illegal in some states). Other points to offer, the face plate comes off which I like for theft reasons. This has no video capabilities so things like backup camera will not be an option. So overall for $250 plus wiring harness, SD card $100 for POI is probably priced right. If you want more you will have to be in the $500 plus range. Also [...] is a good site that helps provide information.Get more detail about Pioneer AVIC-U310BT 4.3-Inch In-Dash Navigation Receiver with CD Player and Bluetooth.
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