It's the best headunit I've used
580373
With a product like this, there is a huge list of positives and a small amount of negatives, so here are the negatives:
- warning screen on boot up is silly, does not auto dismiss
- switching between carplay and Android auto is not seamless, requires setting change
- considerable glare when hit by direct sunlight
- dimmer is either on or off, no ability to customize amount of dim. My car is very dark and is even darker on dark roads, in those circumstances the unit is still too bright even while dimmer is on.*
*Correction: I found the dimmer-level option in the menu, dim level can be manipulated and now the unit is aptly dim during night conditions. This is a testament to the depth of features this unit has. 3 months into using it and it still surprises me.

I can't think of any other criticisms. Best sound I've had, best sound control from a techie perspective, best interface, best response times. This is simply the best headunit I've used.

*update* I bought a second one for my wife's car. She uses carplay and she's happy with the unit. Her Bluetooth call quality has increased drastically with this unit.
2360518
This headunit is awesome! I love how I can connect my android account to it and download apps!
UPDATE: once you connect to a wifi, it may toggle on and off while connecting. Turn car off then turn back on and it'll be connected. Wifi is a little slow so I'm trying to figure out if the antenna can be adjusted. For now if you have that problem just download different apks from your phone and load them through usb. Or take your SD card out and pop it in the front mounted SD card slot ((top right))
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But other than that the picture is clear and great for the price! It's quick to boot to home screen  (my jvc was a lot slower loading and costed way more) bit it's a great headunit and for its price I would take a second thought before buying that $800 headunit and buy this one instead. And the 4 year warranty?  This is not to be turned down. Bluetooth is great. 13 band is great. Sound is amplified and sounds better... henhaoro hhighly recommended!
4365160
I have been hugely impressed by how well this operates.  I purchased it so I could do a stealth install with a classic 1980's head unit in a 1980's car, and the quality of the audio and simplicity of operation has been beyond expectations.
1503075
I ordered my equipment (DEH-P6000UB and GEX-P10HD) from Crutchfield late in June '09.  After receiving my package about a week later, I commenced with the install.  Soldered, heatshrunk, and taped all wire splices.  The headunit has worked flawlessly since the install.  Alas, in mid-October I noticed I was only receiving static through the HD tuner.  I just though it was the particular station so I tuned through the whole spectrum only to find that I was getting absolutely no signal.  I hooked the antenna to the headunit directly and was instantly getting signal.  I also tested the power connector for the HD tuner with my multi-meter and found there was sufficient power.  All grounds are tight.  The HD tuner had died little over three months after install.

I contacted Pioneer support and they instructed me to send the faulty unit in with proof of purchase.  After procrastinating for over 2 months, I finally sent it in (mailed out Jan. 4th, 2010).

To my great surprise, when I got home from work tonight, I see a Pioneer box with "GEX-P20HD" on it.  They had sent me the newer model, apparently because my unit was unserviceable.

Anyway, I think the P10HD's have some issues with the build quality which suggests the reason for the release of the newer model (P20HD).  Hopefully this one will last longer.

The unit gets 4 stars as opposed to 1 (or 2) for a few different reasons:

1.) The unit was easy to install with the simple IP-Bus connectors and power connections.
2.) Before it died, the unit provided crystal clear HD reception.
3.) Most importantly, Pioneer's customer service knows how to handle problems.  This is probably the most important thing.
13995
Excellent Head Unit. Has everything you could ask for and more. Harness installation was easy, and the setup afterwards wasn't difficult at all. Menus can be a bit of a headache at times. If anything, the radio might have too many features.
4964272
This is a good, full featured head-unit.
I paired mine with a Koolertron Rear View Backup Camera, and it works great.
Easy to install, simple and easy to use, and easy to set up.
The display is bright, colorful and clear.
The bluetooth pairing/AD2P/calling, is excellent.
The DVD playback is exeptional.
Free trick: Just ground to the "parking brake wire" to watch DVDs while driving.
(You didn't hear that from me)
The sound quality is above avarage,
I have high quality speakers and this head-unit allows them to really shine.
The EQ is highly adjustible. Multi-band, multi-freq, ext.
So many other features I can't think of them all.

It does NOT come with a remote....30 bucks online.
It does NOT come with the Navigation (NAV102)....200 bucks online.
It does NOT come with the steering wheel control (PAC SWI-PS)....55 bucks online.

Shipping was slow, but easy. The packaging was second to none, (they could have dropped it off a building and it would have survived the fall!)
Overall I'm very satisfied, and I'm glad I decided to go with Jensen.
2089201
I installed the Alpine 143 head unit with the Alpine 445 amplifier in a 2004 Nissan Xterra and have to say that that combination works! The SiriusXM sounds perfect, people I talk to on Bluetooth through the head unit say the sound is better than being on the actual phone. Playing music from my Razr Maxx is a breeze and again, the sound is perfect! Everything went in (along with some wiring fixes that I've wanted to do for a while) in about 1.5 hours. Very easy install. Love it!
2115357
I got this for my car as I have a small sedan, and didn't want to fill the trunk with large sub boxes and amplifier equipment. This little guy fit the bill perfectly.

My headunit already had subwoofer pre-outs, so connections were easy. I bought a kick RCA cable to run under the floor carpet and trim between the headunit and basslink in the trunk. I also ran power and relay signal (a low-voltage output from the headunit to turn the subwoofer on and off, and then ran the gain controller up inside the armrest cubbyhole. Infinity also provides wire to tap into the factory audio harness if needed.

Bass output is fantastic. Coming from the puny 8" factory subwoofer, this unit was a night and day improvement. I prefer balanced sound, not overwhelming bass, so I usually have the gain set at 25% or less. Above 75% gain will rattle the windows in my small car, but your results may vary based on the size and acoustics of the vehicle. Sound quality is great, I don't notice any distortion, but then again, I don't push it very hard either. It has plenty of power to give the seats a pleasant kick, but doesn't vibrate the bodywork, and you can't hear it outside the vehicle. I did spend a good amount of time properly mounting and tuning it, so I'm sure that's paying dividends now.

All in all, a great little subwoofer for the money. I'd buy another for my next car.
4497533
I see no need for moving parts in a head unit, and this one has almost none.  The sound quality is very good, better than the expensive Clarion unit I had before.  This unit is very lightweight but still has a large heat sink on the back, larger than any other unit I've owned.  This unit also draws no power with a memory lead when the car is off, that is one less wire to connect.  The aux port does not pick up much static, I had to turn the volume up to ear blistering levels in order to hear any, with the music paused.  The black fascia theme and ordinary text display is very attractive in my opinion, compared to the gaudy flashing lights of other units.

The only thing I dislike is the source button is quite bright, and there is no rear auxiliary port.  Most units these days do not have rear auxiliary ports.

I have not used the Bluetooth features yet, and will most likely rarely use them. I have not used the USB feature yet either.  The tuner seemed to have reasonable sound, and locked onto the station quickly without fussing with nearby channels.
4046687
I'm the guy who has always had the same couple cds in his car and would switch back between that and radio. A pretty miserable car driving experience if you will granted the cds I do have are really good cause I have to constantly burn new ones so I'm not hearing the same music over and over. Well that hassle is over. Before discovering this product I was contemplating installing an Aux unit which I would of had to buy the 70 dollar cable, wait a week for it to ship,  take out my entire head until, install the cable and then put my head unit back in. Pretty much a big pain in the rear. With this nifty transmitter. I just plugged it into my cigarette lighter unit found a station that isn't being used and within seconds I can listen to all the songs in my library. Which is around 2000 via Spotify and ITunes. The quality for the most part is almost that of the original quality of the songs you can tell they aren't as crisp but as crisp as they can get with a transmitter when finding the right station and I'm sure in some newer cars they'll probably be perfect sounding because my car is 10 years old (05 accord) another knock is that there is the slightest and when I say slightest I mean the very slightest of frequency when the bluetooth connects but once you turn it on you can't hear it all, and once again this might just be with my car since it is a little older. I have noticed that traffic is definitely a factor in sound quality depending on the time of day if there is alot opposed to a little but with that the music still sounds great for the most part. If you're a guy like me that has desperately been wanting and aux chord without all the hassle of installing it this is an easy buy for 34 bucks. And it's also worth noting  the design is very very cool and sleek looking. I tried bluetooth calls out and the other party said they could hear me fine. 4 out of 5.
3033633
This head unit is the best I've owned and I've been messing with car audio and competition audio for 20+ years
1934758
I stumbled across the VM8013HD last week when looking for a wiring harness for my car.  I ordered it through Car Toys for $164, new.  I finally installed it tonight and I must say that I am impressed with this unit.  It was basically plug and play once I connected the wires from the unit to the wiring harness.

So far, I really like this unit and I'm glad I bought it.  Off the bat, it played my DVD without a hitch.  I was a little disappointed to see that the widescreen aspect of the movie wasn't translated onto the screen; I had black bars at the top and bottom.  However, I used the remote control to enter the setup and changed the aspect from 16:9 to 4:3 and the movie looked normal.  I then adjusted the color to bright, as the movie looked too dark.  You can adjust the colors, contrast, etc, when you select the DYNAMIC setting, but I didn't want to mess around with that right now because I can get a little OCD with those settings.  BTW, on the VM8013HD, it has a pink wire that the instructions state must be connected to the brake wire, but I just connected that to the black negative wire from the head unit and grounded both wires to the car's chassis behind the radio.

The VM8013HD is a very solid head unit.  It is heavy and well built.  IMO, this translates very well to the radio reception I was able to get, even though I was parked in my garage.  My stock head unit, and another aftermarket until I installed previously was not this good.  As indicated by the model name, the VM8013HD has built in HD Radio, however, this was my first time listening to HD Radio, so I wasn't really sure what the difference was between the normal station (that sounded really clear with no static) and the HD sub-station.  Like I was saying, this unit was able to pull in many more stations than I was previously able to, and the stations I listened to before (non HD) sound just as clear as the HD sub-station.  Just an FYI, when you land on an HD station, the HD indicator on the screen is highlighted.  You know, even on the non-HD stations, the radio info scrolls across the bottom of the screen showing artist name and song name.  I thought that was really cool.  Also, not only is the station number displayed, but the station call letters (ex. 103.5 KBMB)

Overall, I am very pleased with the VM8013HD.  The 3 1/2 screen isn't very big, but it's not very small, either.  It's going to work out great when I'm sitting in the car waiting to pick up my wife, or when I want to take a break from work, or just when I'm kicking back in the car.  Sometime down the road I'm going to burn my .avi files to DVD and see how that looks.  The VM8013HD is supposed to play .avi files, so I might not need to convert any files, just burn them strait to DVD (however, like my Creative ZEN MP3 player, I probably have to format the video files to something like 320x240 resolution).

Pros:

- Inexpensive for a in-dash DVD player with build in HD Radio
- Pulls in a lot of radio stations
- Easy to install
- Looks great, sounds great
- DVD remembers where your movie left off if you remove the DVD and put it back in
- Awesome EQ settings (Rock, Hip Hop, etc) Adds extra bass and loudness.  No amp necessary for me.

Cons:

- Sticks out from the dash
- Wasn't able to use the trim ring around the unit because of fit
- You have to use the remote control to access the more advance functions for the DVD player, like setup
14979
I was expecting this tiny thing to actually be 3 times louder since it is rated to have 3 times the RMS of my head unit, it is not, it is however loud enough for my system, it is crystal clear at full volume, an amplifier is only as good as the source unit supplying it's sound, as it will amplify whatever is sent to it, if your head unit has lots of distortion, any amp will make that distortion louder

I wanted this amp to take the load off my head units amplifier and hope that the reduction in heat it produced would let my head unit live a longer life, I have the Pioneer AVH2700BS DVD receiver and it is an amazing sounding unit, I could have added a larger amp but I didn't want to have to replace all my door speakers to make them compatible, since I'd already upgraded all 4 from the factory junk, the component set I placed in my front doors were rated at 50 watts RMS and the smaller set I placed in the rear doors were rated at 40 watts RMS so this amp pretty much covered that wattage

I have a pair of Pioneer 10 inch subs and an 600 watt Pioneer mono sub amp, the bass was much stronger than the head unit could push the door speakers to blend the sound well, adding this amp made all the difference, my system won't rattles the windows next door but it has more than enough volume for my listening pleasure, this little amp completed my system and I couldn't be more pleased with it's sound
3125160
I LOVE MY NEW HEADUNIT IT IS AWESOME AND NO ONE COULD BEAT THE PRICE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ORDERING FROM DISCOUNT JUNGLE AGAIN!!!!!
1025791
I recently got a rather old Kenwood KDC-316S as a freebie. The headunit worked great for me and I didn't want to waste it just because it didn't have an auxiliary input. This cable remedied that problem, and along with the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Philmore-3-5mm-Panel-Mount-Stereo-Jack-with-Gold-Plated-Metal-Housing-45-399G/dp/B00FSM9RFE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Philmore 3.5mm Panel Mount Stereo Jack with Gold Plated Metal Housing : 45-399G</a>, made a clean install.

One thing to keep in mind: The connector that fits into the headunit is larger than you might think. You'll need almost two inches of clearance behind the headunit for it to fit comfortably.
218667
After my OEM unit died due to an unfortunate dog foot incident I spoke with some friends in the car stereo business, along with checking out the forums for my car and saw that this unit was highly recommended by both groups. The installation went smoothly and everything is working exceptionally well.  The installer tested with his Android phone and it looked and functioned properly.  I then switched it over to my iPhone 7 and CarPlay kicked in.  After a few days use and customization of the interface using a picture of my dogs as the splash screen, matching the button LED colors to my car colors, voice testing using Siri for phone and messaging, XM radio, HD Radio, backup camera, etc. I am so happy that I chose this unit.  It makes my speakers sound even better! I'd recommend this unit.
132291
My last head unit was a JVC with bluetooth and dual control variable color (basically same stereo, but slightly older version). I got into a car wreck and had to buy a new one for my "new" car. I loved my old one, which is why I bought another JVC with the same features, or so I thought. The install was easy (other than a few hiccups due to car manufacture issues that we had to bypass{factory amp and power supply}), and it arrived in great condition and in decent timing. It does everything my last one did, which is why I like it so much, except it does not play CD's. I guess it is my own fault for not specifically checking that (I just saw the WMA format compatibility and assumed it played CD, and due to the fact that the screen flips down). It does not make any sense to me why the screen would flip down like that unless it were to eject and/or load a CD. Apparently they did it just for fun because I see no other purpose. It actually makes it more difficult to remove the faceplate than a regular faceplate (non-flip down, just push a button to release). This one you have to push a button, let it flip down, then use a fingernail or something to pull the tab that holds the faceplate on to release it. Seems a bit dysfunctional and pointless. I love all of the features and the fact that the auxiliary cord is attached directly to the back of the unit and has a long cord that will reach pretty far (plus the cord comes with the unit since it attaches to the back). My older model just had an auxiliary jack on the front that you had to buy and use your own cord and remove it when you removed the faceplate. The bluetooth USB transmitter is also on its own cord on the back of the unit which I left tied together and tucked it in. It has another USB cord that is for alternate auxiliary use that you can hang down as well as the traditional auxiliary cord to plug into a device or phone. This unit is very sleek and very customizable which is nice, and you can even set the time in which the "day" or "night" settings kick in. You can change color in each zone (button zone and screen) and the brightness is also customizable for each zone as well. This is nice for the night setting so it is not so bright in a smaller car. This unit can be very bright. Great range of colors to choose from as well. The equalizer is also very good. It has 3 different ways to customize the bass, mid, and high, so you can have many different combinations to suit your needs or speaker capacity. I give this a 4 star only because its lack of a CD player and the faceplate removal is more difficult and quite a pointless process. I have to admit, I rarely listen to CD's, but it would be nice to be able to have the capability if I wanted it. It was just a bit disappointing when I realized the screen flipped down for no real reason. Other than those 2 small disappointments, (that I can live with by the way) I love this unit. Looks very nice, great price, bluetooth functions very well (no problems after about a month of having it), and no other glitches or problems. Sounds great, works great, looks great. Can't ask for much more (other than to play cds lol). I also like the fact that you can change the display to view a rather large clock display that "rolls" when the time changes. It looks neat and is nice if you don't have a built in clock in your car (I don't have a clock, so this was a nice surprise). It also shows you what is playing on the radio (if the station supports that) and also shows you on your smart phone (if you download the JVC app, which is pretty cool). I liked this feature as well. Calls and music are very clear and work with no problems (which is a big one for me). Overall, great product, as long as you don't care about a CD player or removing the head unit often (not horrible, but a little annoying to take off on a regular basis like I do). Hope this helps!