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Pioneer DEH-P7000BT In-Dash CD/Mp3/Wma/iTunes AAC/Wav Receiver | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
List Price: $320.00
Buy New: $221.87
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.1 x 4.7
MPN: DEHP7000BT
Model: DEHP7000BT
UPC: 012562886220
EAN: 0012562886220
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| Features:
| • | CD receiver with built-in MOSFET amplifier (14 watts RMS CEA-2006/50 peak x 4 channels) | | • | plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs, including discs loaded with MP3, WMA, and AAC files (will not play Digital Rights-protected music files) | | • | fold-down, detachable face with white LCD display | | • | built-in Bluetooth capability | | • | built in iPod control -- no adapter necessary, but adding Pioneer's optional connecting cable lets you leave your iPod cable at home |
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Product Description
CD receiver with built-in MOSFET amplifier (14 watts RMS CEA-2006/50 peak x 4 channels) * plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs, including discs loaded with MP3, WMA, and AAC files (will not play Digital Rights-protected music files) * fold-down, detachable face with white LCD display * built-in Bluetooth capability * built in iPod control -- no adapter necessary, but adding Pioneer's optional connecting cable lets you leave your iPod cable at home * compatible with optional satellite radio, CD changer * inputs: auxiliary input (rear), USB input (for Windows Media devices, USB storage devices, and iPod) *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 The best car receiver so far May 12, 2008
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is the third in-dash receiver I've installed in my car in the past 2 years, and I have to say, this is by far the best head unit yet. I didn't install an amp and I'm using the stock speakers, so I can't comment much on audio quality. It's as good as can be expected from the marginal factory speakers. Instead, this review will focus on features.
The P7000BT has a very nice, clean design. Some car receivers are just overloaded with dozens of tiny buttons and goofy graphics. Not so with this unit: it is clean and neat, but not too spartan. The cool blue and white faceplace looks modern, and is bright and easy to read in both sunlight and at night.
The large rotary knob on the left side controls volume, station selection and tons of other functions. Its not as elegant as the click wheel on an iPod, but lets face it, no other company can come close to the ease of use of an Apple product. It will take a little getting used to, but after using this Pioneer receiver for a few days, I got the hang of the interface, and I like it. Note that there are no station preset numbers on the faceplate itself; instead, you use the rotary knob to select from one of 6 favorite stations, or you can use the included remote to directly select a preset. At first, I thought this was kind of lame, but after using it for a while, I don't mind it at all.
The built-in Bluetooth is a godsend. Within minutes of first installing the P7000BT, I was able to pair it with my iPhone. It just works. Not much else to say about this.
I also installed a USB to Dock cable, allowing an iPod or iPhone to connect directly to the head unit via USB. Nothing special is required: a standard dock cable is all you need (Apple brand or third party, doesn't matter). Not only does the receiver play the iPod's audio through the car speakers, but it also charges the iPod without the use of an extra clunky cigarette lighter charger. You can even choose to have the head unit control the iPod, in which song titles, artist info, track number and duration show up on the head unit. Or, if you prefer, you can choose to do all your searching on the iPod or iPhone itself. I like how the receiver gives you both options. I prefer to control all my music on the iPod or iPhone, because Apple's interface for browsing music is simply unmatched.
In this review you've seen me mention the iPhone several times. Just to confirm, yes, the P7000BT does work flawlessly with the iPhone, despite the fact that Pioneer never lists it as officially supported. No complaints here. It just works.
Overall, a very nice receiver. Highly recommended!
Perfect ??? (Should be 4 stars, but I can't change the rating) May 12, 2008
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Bought this deck and the HD unit from Amazon (etronics). Received the components in 2 days, and I received both units for $280 ($220 deck+90 HD Radio - $30 Amazon credit) which is less than the head unit alone from a lot of places.
I bought this unit because I don't like ipods, small buttons, flashy displays, or low voltage outputs. This unit allows me to use USB, has simple controls, simple one line display, and four volt outputs. Having just used a jvc hd radio unit, I found I like being able to pull up traffic/weather reports every minute on our news HD3 radio station so I had to get the HD Radio add on.
Bluetooth:
The mic was easy to run, and I glued it to my steering colum so that it is less conspicuous in this location. Getting the phone to connect to the head unit was easy, ONCE I understood how to work the big knob system. The sound comes out of the microphone instead of through the speakers, and that's ok, the clarity is pretty good. One knock is that users complain of static when they speak, my voice is coming through crystal clear. I tried the various echo settings, but the listeners still complained of static when they spoke. Otherwise, I speak at a regular speaking level with no need to shout. The other good thing is that the deck recognized my voice commands in the phone!!! I press the band button, say "mom" and the phone dials my mom. Nice (Sound is actually coming out of the front left speaker not the mic, like I originally thought)
Features:
LOTS of stuff to tweak which can be good or bad, in this case its for the good. Simple 3 band EQ, that lets you set the center frequency and the Q(!) of the frequency. I haven't had a Q setting since my old sony crossover from 15 years ago. The High Pass Filter cleans up the music to the front and rear speakers, this eliminated a hole I had in base with my amps crossover (Bass strings came from the subwoofer). The deck has a subwoofer crossover, loudness (with three settings), and built in eq settings. Again very nice.
MP3 USB/CD:
My primary listening source are mp3s. I have some mp3 discs and to be honest its just clumsy to handle all those cd's. The usb option is nice, and for preliminary testing I used a 2 gig card in my Sansa Express player. Navigation of the folder's titles on the CD and USB are identical. Once I get an 8gb SD or a hard drive I will only be using the CD player for FULL CD's as a reference material.
Sound:
The sound was MUCH better than any radio I have used. I had a Bose Factory system, the JVC (which was better than the Bose), and now this Pioneer 7000BT. With the JVC I had noise in my system that I could hear when the music was playing, I don't hear it anymore. The staging has changed for the better, the bands are playing on top of my hood instead of in the dash board, and the instruments are better seperated. I used the loudness control and the low setting sounds the best, the mid and high settings were overwhelming.
These were opinions after only a weekend of fiddling. I will update this review after a week of commuting, but unless it spontaneously combusts I have a HARD time saying this deck is anything but PERFECT.
Things left to test: (updates in parenthesis)
Phone Book import (never got this to work with my ATT Tilt)
HD Radio with Standard Radio (y adapter). (I have the y adapter but it does not work as expected. All radio comes from the HD tuner, which is inferior to the base tuner. I would skip HD unless you need it)
Hard Drive as Main USB source. (I am using an 8 gig thumb drive, and this works well. The only complaint is that I can't get the music to always sort properly and my ID3 tags are properly configured. More later)
Cleaning up the noise in my system to clean up the phone. (Noise my callers were hearing was caused by an old battery in my Tilt phone, I replaced the battery and its performing perfectly)
Tweaking the sound/image (sound is great, I really like the way it sounds withall my music sources, it took me about an hour to get the subwoofer, and imaging set, but once set its perfect)
Impressions of the controls. (Controls require taking eyes off the road, and there is no tactile feel to the knob, so clicking accurately takes practice.)
Bluetooth music streaming. (It works, but I wish I could disable the blue tooth audio section like I can with the AUX1)
 WHY 4? May 8, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Hi Guys, got the player couple of days ago.went to best buy to install where they sell it for $290.The player works good so far, the Ipod cable is extra still have to get it, Bought the stereo because it has both the i pod and the USB option and the Bluetooth. I have a LG Voyager and I was skeptical about some of the reviews I read about the incompatibility with the LG's...it tool me sometime to get it paired up with the LG as the manual does not specify that the phone has to have the discover me option on, got that from the Pioneer Tech Support. But after that it took me only a minute to pair the phone. The microphone is installed on the front of the speedometer panel where i tested has the best sound quality and i tested and IT WORKS GOOD.Have to still download my phone book to the device.Connected my 2GB flash drive with the USB and it is working good so far.
One of the Drawbacks so far is that the Display is not that visible during the sunny day as it is LED. Pioneer should have had OLED display as it has done for some of the less expensive models. The menu is a little complicated but with some practice it is easy.
Hope it is helpful.
 Be careful - does not support all iPods May 25, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this product and had it installed in my 2004 Subaru. My main reason for the purchase was to 1)have ability to control my iPod through the deck, 2)to have bluetooth hardwired into the vehicle.
This deck fit seemed to fit the bill for both and the salesman raved about it. I purchased it and paid all the junk fees associated with getting the thing installed and set up.
First, there are some pros: the deck has a nice clean look to it and has a remote control which is handy. The bluetooth mic is also very discreet.
Now the cons: The radio reception with this deck is horrible. I took it for granted that it would perform at least as well as my factory receiver but it is a significant downgrade. I was told that I could spend another $150 to add the HD radio feature, but that was not the answer I wanted to hear. How hard is it for a car audio company to figure out how to make the radio work decently? The other major issue is that this does not support all iPods. It only supports 5G and higher. I have a 4G and am dead in the water. Now I know I could upgrade my iPod, but I have no reason to; the thing works like a champ and all I use it for is music. I don't need the newer features like color and video. This is a major disappointment. It should have been very clear that this was the case during the sales process. Another con is that this radio is very hard to get used to. I equate it to that system on BMW's called iDrive where you do everything on the one main "wheel". To make matters worse, Pioneer doesn't give you a paper instruction book. They put it on a CD-Rom which is terribly inconvenient when you need to have it in your car during setup. I'm disappointed and having the thing removed and returned tomorrow.
I waited for long, but at last got what I wanted!! June 9, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was kinda 'stuck' with my car audio for long, and desperately wanted an easier way to play all kinds of mp3 in my car. To start with didn't have a cassette player n car, so playing an mp3 player (I hate to generalize as 'iPod') thru a cassette adaptor was impossible.
Then I tried, playing thru a FM transmitter - that's really awful!! Converting them to audio CD seemed the only option, but that's expensive to burn CDs for every new bunch of mp3s.
All this was because I was trying the cheaper option to convert my existing car audio to play mp3. Finally the desire to play the new mp3s quickly crushed the desire to save $$ and gave in to buying this, which I am totally in love with !!
My listening habit: I like to sample lots of new music, downloaded from Internet or elsewhere. It covers world music to rock to blues to jazz. So something that can handle all kinda freq range would fit me. When it comes to audio quality, I am bit of freak - I heard some cheap JVC car audio players, they did play the mp3s, the sound sucked royally.
But after reading some reviews, and having faith on Pioneer for car audio, I went in for this, seems to be complete with all you can think of right now. I am not at all impressed with the flashy animated dashboard display, and in fact quite irritated by people who have those. This system gave me the flashiest capabilities on my fingertips without any flash on the dash(board)! Couldn't ask for more.
I am a part techy and part musician - this system is the answer!!
I enjoy this so much, seriously, I an go on and on... playing the mp3s have never been so easier. There has been times, when I have added music to my USB on a stop light and enjoyed playing it on the way to work.
However, operating the unit is not really super intuitive, so while I am now used to it and go thru the clicks & selecs in a flash, others find it difficult to navigate!
I like the sleek design of the detachable face, looks futuristic, while not looking gaudy by the flashing animations on the display.
The ONLY feature I would have liked is where the radio picks up the title of the track being played on an FM station - I am forgetting the technical term for it.
This is also HD ready if you need, I don't have an iPod, so never tested, but it will work just like my USB stick.
Yet to setup the bluetooth, so sorry if that's what you were looking for. But the feature will come handy and right on time, coz California is going hands-free (mandatory while driving) in a month's time.
Overall, this system will satisfy the inner audiophile and geek in you!! Buy it, you'll never be disappointed.
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