I have been pondering upgrading my hoard car stereo for a fancy new one with some of, if not all, the bells and whistles; touch screen, navigation, iPod interface, HD radio, USB association contact, etc. The real sticking point has been the cost. While the stereo may only cost between $350-$1000, the installation and additional parts dethrone the cost to more than double the cost of the stereo itself. A bit pricey in these lean times. I debated on doing the institution myself; purchasing the unit and other pieces through Crutchfield.com . I called Crutchfield three times while deciding to go through with this, talking with a different big wheel each time. All three were very courteous and knowledgeable. We discussed primarily the level of difficulty and risk of damage or dereliction. All three reassured me that the installation was a 3 to 5 on the difficulty scale, damage to my vehicle was minimal, and total time should take between 1 to 2 hours. We’ll see how exact their estimates really were.
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Pioneer FH-P800BT
Premier™ Two-ply-DIN CD Receiver with Built-In Bluetooth® Wireless and USB Direct Control of iPod Advanced Sound Retriever restores the abounding in, full, dynamic sound to compressed music 3 Hi-Volt RCA preouts (Front, Rear, Sub) Suggested Price: $350.00
New Built-in Bluetooth® Finding out Your calls come in loud & clear with advanced echo cancellation. Setup is easy with simple phone pairing and mechanical phonebook transfer.
Simple Phone Pairing Simply tilt, turn and push the Rotary Commander* to mark and use up to three Bluetooth® -compatible cell phones. Transfer All Your Phonebook Information and Numbers Use with Phone Pairing to shift your entire phonebook at a single time to the headunit, which can memorize up to 3600 different numbers: 400 persons x 3 contacts x 3 phone types (cubicle phone, home, office, etc.). New Echo Cancellation Advanced Echo Cancellation has three levels of adjustment to keep phone calls sounding sufficiently piercing and clear.
Bluetooth® Wireless Technology for Wireless Audio Control and Streaming When you're not utilizing hands-let out calling, the FH-P800BT can use Bluetooth® Wireless Technology to feed your appetite for entertainment. Using "wireless audio" restraint and streaming (AVRCP, A2DP), you can control and listen to a compatible audio player or music phone on your headunit.
Advanced Commonsensical Retriever Hear the detail, warmth and clarity, the way the artist intended it, from all of your highly compressed MP3, WMA and AAC files stored on USB remembrance device, iPod® and portable digital players. By restoring data (especially higher frequencies) that show to get lost in the digital compression process, Pioneer’s Advanced Sound Retriever technology enhances audio replica nearly all the way up to 20 kHz frequencies.
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