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(More customer reviews)Well, after anxiously awaiting this stereo to be released by Pioneer, and then waiting for stores to stock it, I finally ordered mine on-line and had it installed about a month ago. In addition to the tuner, I am using an HD receiver (GEX-P20HD), my BlackBerry 8310 (no ipod or iphone yet), and Kingston DataTraveler 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive. I did not need the Motorola Antenna Y-adapter suggested by Amazon.
There are many things to love about this stereo:
1) The Bluetooth hands-free feature is great and I love the convenience and sound quality of being able to play music off of my BlackBerry via Bluetooth.
2) HD is well worth it, as radio stations sound very good and I love having new radio choices on the supplemental HD channels.
3) The two USB inputs are really convenient. Note that if you use the iPod connector you'll only have 1 USB input available as the iPod connector connects to one of the USBs. I bought my 16GB flash drive for ~$30 and it's so nice not to have to carry multiple CDs anymore in the car.
4) The display is gorgeous. It's surprising how cheap all other car displays now look.
5) The sound is fantastic
Some suggestions that would make the receiver even better (which maybe can be fixed with future firmware upgrades if Pioneer is reading this):
1) You can only preset 6 stations per FM band. Car radios have been around for many decades, we have put a man on the moon, iPods hold tons of music, HD radio is here, etc. It's silly that Pioneer still limits you to 6 stations. True, you do have FM1, FM2, and FM3, but they aren't connected. I'd like 18 or so stations on one band and program music on the other bands when I'm in a different city.
2) When presetting a station, you get a generic Preset Ch 1, Preset Ch 2, etc, vs. the call letters of the station or the frequency of the station (ie. KTCL, or KTCL 93.3)
3) When playing MP3s of a flash drive in shuffle mode, and you don't like a particular song and press next, the next song from that folder plays. I think it should shuffle randomly to any song on your flash drive.
4) I would suggest that shuffle capability be expanded. When playing from a flash device, I think it would be great to shuffle locally within the folder (e.g. the currently playing Rise Against CD), locally within the directory (e.g. all Rise Against CDs in the Rise Against folder), and then a total shuffle of all music on the flash drive.
5) Every now and then, something doesn't work. Maybe no radio stations come in, or the pressing the voice command to call a number on the remote doesn't work, or the unit powers down by itself. A power cycle always resolves the problem.
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