Pioneer AVH P4100DVD 7 Inch In Dash Double DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver with Widescreen Display
Pioneer AVH P4100DVD 7 Inch In Dash Double DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver with Widescreen Display
DVD/CD receiver with internal amp (14 watts RMS CEA-2006/50 peak x 4 channels) * 7″ motorized slide-down touchscreen * plays MP3/WMA/AAC files recorded on CD and DVD * compatible with Pioneer iPod adapter, Bluetooth adapter, satellite radio, HD Radio tuner, and CD changer *
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars 4100dvd receiver
I’m pretty pleased with this product.
PROS:
LOOKS GREAT!
Saves me from carrying CDs everywhere, which was my main goal.
Adaptable. It made my installation of all my stereo system easy and that much better.
CONS:
-I had to buy an IPOD. (still learning the whole IPOD thing)
-Video downloads from IPOD I can hear them but not see them. not sure why, and haven’t had the time to look into it. so I carry a DVD or two, til I look into it, but it still Looks Great!
SUMMARY. Great Product! and a Great deal from Amazon!.
5 Stars DVD Receiver
Good product at a reasonable price.
Works as described.
For easy installation, buy a harness, I bought mine off of Amazon http://www.amazon.com/SCOSCHE-TA02B-Wiring-Harness-Toyota/dp/B00009UHKW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1247096289&sr=1-1
3 Stars Great unit, but USB indexing need work!!!
Let me start with my biggest issue with the unit: USB support.
Ok, I had a Pioneer DEH-P6900UB in my previous car, a 2-3 year old model now. I have a Fujitsu 80GB 4200RPM Hard Drive in a Masscool USB case. With this setup, I usually have about 17-22GB worth of music on the unit. With my old head unit, it would take about 30 seconds to load and start playing. And while it was loading, I could listen to the radio, a CD, etc, then switch to the USB, and it would immediately play…This unit is a whole new story. With the same setup, load times are now over a minute (I have timed it to be 1:05), and that is not only when you first start you car, but every time you go to another source and return to USB, you have to wait. This is an awful system. I realize the drive has to do indexing to make a list, but my old Pioneer unit did the same thing, and much more quickly, and while playing another source. This unit is also double the price of my old one. Acceptable load times for something like this should be no more than 30 seconds. Even if the first time you hooked it up it took longer, then it could save an index in memory or on the drive. But no, it rebuilds it EVERY TIME you return to the unit, and it takes forever.
On the positive side, the screen is awesome, the touch features are great, the sound quality is great, and if you have an ipod, it is supposed to work very quickly with that.
However, I bought the unit primarily to play from a USB hard drive, so to me everything else is secondary.
And no, my drive is not slow. I can read from it on my PC in the 20 to 25 Megabytes per second range, much faster than cheap flash memory, though expensive flash can be faster, and better random read times, so it may build an index more quickly, but it’s hit or miss.
Many of the other reviews here have already thoroughly covered many of the excellent other features on the unit. My review is to describe to those interested in non-iPod USB support how well it works. Once it loads, it works great. But if you have a good amount of music, prepare to wait. EVERY TIME!
4 Stars finally settled with this one
Adding only those comments that are not there in the the other reviews.
1. Plays Mp3′S via 16 GB SDHC card via USB connector. No need to burn MP3 CD’s any more.
2. Compatible with PAC SWI-PS steering wheel control. ASIN: B000AXW7SA
3. Plays IPHONE 3G playlist via cheap 1 dollar USB cable. ASIN: B0007RV3IE
4. Compatible with rear view camera. ASIN: B001RFUN3G
5. Compatible with XO Vision GX9935 9.4-Inch TFT LCD Overhead Flip-Down Monitor. ASIN: B001P3NU5S
6. A 1 dollar switch connected to dimmer should do the trick for front view video.
5 Stars Clean Power
Speakers: SL60 Fronts, SL80 Rears, Polk PA1100.5 amp.
Before I hooked this up to an amp I ran the speakers off the HU itself & it was very clear.
Hooked up the amp to the HU & man, crankin and clear. Was teetering on a 4 star because of the handbrake situation ticked me off, but I knew what I was in for. (has to be on to watch DVD’s) Will go around that but haven’t yet.
Some menu’s are 3 or 4 deep so there is some adjusting while driving (as with almost any HU) so if your one of those, like me that want every song so sound perfect, be careful driving.
Don’t get me wrong, I would rather have more options to fine tune than less, so this is a great unit, clean, customizable & defiantly not an eyesore.
