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Pioneer Avic-X710Bt 5.8-Inch In-Dash Navigation A/V Receiver With Cd Player & BluetoothAmazon.com Product Description
Pioneer’s AVIC-X710BT is an in-dash navigation receiver with CD Player and Bluetooth. Get fast, easy-to-use in-dash navigation, talk hands-free with built-in Bluetooth, and control your iPod or iPhone directly. With a built-in SD Card slot, larger monitor and several other features, it’s the next step up from the AVIC-U310BT. … More >>
#1 by Freddie R Taylor Jr on July 2, 2010 - 6:19 pm
This was my first in-dash navigation unit and I made a pretty good choice. If you have an iPod make sure you get the iPod cable, and you’re good to go. It works great with my nano. It’s very easy to jump from playlists to artists or whatever you’re looking for. The navigation isn’t fancy but its accurate. Bluetooth works well. I had problems finding my phone (LG Dare) from the receiver, but when I searched for the Pioneer from my phone it worked the first time. Now it automatically pairs to my phone. As far as load time when I first start the vehicle, you get music in about 10 seconds and everything else is loaded in about 45 seconds. Overall good unit!
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by GlobalJG on July 2, 2010 - 9:07 pm
- Great all-in-one package: Touch Screen, Hands free phone, Nav System, AM/FM Radio, CD Player, and external audio/video inputs. It even allows for a rear camera if optionally installed.
- Installation: I did have this professionally installed and found only AFTER they opened up my dashboard that the Honda Civic 2000 requires a special-order double-din mounting kit. Not too expensive, but I recommend you CHECK THIS THOROUGHLY BEFORE PURCHASING… This detail is not really made clear, even if you previously had a double-din radio in your car. With the mounting kit, the unit fits and looks great.
- Hands Free Phone: Took a little while to set up with my old bluetooth device, but once it found my phone, it connects automatically every time. Sound quality is good and it allows for voice activated calls. Voice activiation works pretty well, but can have trouble rocognizing some words. Sync’ing with my phone’s address book has been problematic, but newer phones probably work better than my old Palm Treo.
- AM/FM Radio: Sound is fine. Provides 24 FM Presets and 8 AM Presets. Changing the station is a bit clunky and can require several menu selections just to change from an FM to an AM station ion the Nav System.
- Navigation System: Some nice advanced features like 3-D Maps & “Smart” zoom which automatically changes the zoom level based on where you are in your route. The Nav System in my Toyota Hilander is more refined and user friendly, but the AVIX is made by engineers to have some nice bells & whistles.
Overall, a great unit and it functions well. I think its extended the useful life of my old car for another 3-5 years. I do wish that changing the radio station did not take so many key presses – it would have been nice to have a one-press feature to change the station from preset to preset even from AM to FM to CD.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Sam I Am on July 2, 2010 - 10:50 pm
I have a factory installed nav in my SUV and a portable Garmin. When the radio in my 11 year old Lexus began to fade, I decided to splurge and install this system as a replacement. I have plenty of experience with my other two systems. This system is as good a navigation system as any I have seen. The unit paired with my Blackberry Bold easily and hands-free calling is a breeze. Import of contacts from my blackberry was also a breeze. Both me and the caller can hear well with minimal disturbance. Playing music of the SD card is a breeze. The menu options playing music are intuitive. iPOD works well too. The rear view camera function is new for my car and I love it. The nav antenna was placed on the dashboard in the driver side corner right by the windshield. It seems to pick up satellite info with no difficulty. I had the system installed a Best Buy – it took them about 5 hours – for my car, the tech felt it was not a DIY project. Voice commands work OK at best – I can get it to call home and switch AV input to SD or FM. But I cannot get it to go to a particular album.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by TX Randy on July 3, 2010 - 12:43 am
Installed this Unit in my wifes 04 Tahoe replaced factory Head Unit. She loves, loves it. The menu for the ipod is very intuitive and easy to use. A little slow to boot up as one review suggested but is fully functional before she gets to the end of our street. Sound is way better than factory, I didn’t know my factory speakers could perform like this. Very easy to sync her phone to and I have no problems hearing her when she calls me while she is driving. The blue tooth capability is great for us since my wife has been resistant to any other hands free device that I purchased until now. This just syncs to her phone when ever she gets into the car, she never has to take her phone our of her bag or pocket just get in and drive and the Head Unit takes care of the rest. We haven’t used the GPS much so far since we have just been around town and we already know whats here essentially, also usually if I want to find a business I use my cell phone which will always be more up to date than a fixed unit that is not receiving daily updates
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by B. Soila on July 3, 2010 - 1:35 am
We bought this unit as an after-market navigator for our 2010 Hyundai Sonata. We like the unit OK but it will not recognize any address on Highway 111 and we have yet to find a solution to this problem. The manufacturer admits that it has some issues with the mapping on this unit and is planning a software update but no date has been set. We are still seeking a solution to our problem, as we can’t navigate to businesses in Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, La Quinta, or Indio on this major route through the valley.
We tried the same Hwy 111 addresses on the Kenwood in-dash system, with navigation guided by Garmin, and it worked like a charm. I can also get these addresses on the very inexpensive portable Garmin we use in our other car.
Rating: 3 / 5