Pioneer AVH-X7500BT Single-DIN Multimedia DVD Receiver

Bought as an upgrade for my Kia Picanto. I have some comments about this Pioneer AVH-7500BT:Relevant Features:- It comes with 1 USB port in the back, 1 Aux, remote control, CD/DVD Player, Bluetooth and mic to integrate with your cellphone, Video Output for use with headrest screens or some other, backup camera ready, and a lot of features like pandora app integration, Pioneer apps...- In some way it interacts with my iPhone when it comes to the music that I have been downloaded with iTunes.- Easiness of installation: I'm not such an expert but I just checked some videos and completed the installation by myself. You just have to be sure to order your car's harness appropriate cable, antena adapter, the steering wheel interface to preserver this function (when applicable), also in my case I ordered an extra apple Lighning cable, and the backup camera. Yes, a lot of extra accessories but if you want to use all the functionalities I suggest you to consider it. And don't forget the brake bypass cable.- Smooth integration with my car's speakers (also thanks to the harness adapter).- Retractile screen with adjustable position.There are a couple of things I would like to remark as pros and cons from my point of view, but that no necessarily would apply to everyone of you guys.Pros:- Replacing the factory unit, it was a really great upgrade with media player functionalities and the touch screen,- Pioneer finally forgot about proprietary cabling to attach your cell or iPod, just use your USB cable and that's it,- Video resolution is quite good,- Easy and intuitive interface, even to upgrade the firmware,- Auto play for some devices when you plug them up,- Includes a mic with a quite long cable which would allow you to attach it as close of your face as you want to improve your communication when calling thru it with your cell phone,Cons:- Bright adjustment should be more accessible because the brightness on this particular screen, in my case, needs to be adjusted during the sunny days to appreciate it better, but during the night I have to use lees bright and the option is not easy to find.- I use some music applications like Spotify and Amazon Prime Music, but if I'm listening something on any of them and plug the lightning cable to connect it to the car's unit, it star playing my music from iTunes. I'm kind of annoying with this behavior.- No Carplay integration,- No HDMI port,- Une USB port is not enough these days. Everyone have a cellphone and probably you need charge and the other one have the music.- No low profile form factor. No removable faceplate so it will always be exposed.There is much more to comment about this but to resume, in general I'm really satisfied with this upgrade but I sincerely believe that Pioneer have a lot of work to do for their next firmware update.I hope this help some people to decide whether or not to buy this unit.

It works great and I have installed 6 speakers to it, 2 4X6's and 4 6X9's, it's pretty simple to use and it has about 3 different ways to turn the bass to how you like it. There is no lag when I use it and I also bought the CD-UI201S cable with it so I can plug my iphone 4 into it and use my pandora, music, and videos from the radio. it looks clean and sounds great. The only thing that really needs to be worked on is the AppRadio. The Apps that are used in it, MyPV especially, Is just a not well made program that is in half Chinese, and if the video has any cussing in it you wont be able to play it. They need to add the music, video, navigation, etc., so that its easier to go through those iphone apps. Just need some work and I'm using the default, out of package, firmware for it and I do not know if they did anything else with it other then that. Since the AppRadio is pretty new I don't expect must from it for right now. Other that that it is a great radio to have.

There are a few things I don't care for about this unit. The specs state that there's both HPF and LPF crossovers, which I assumed meant that I could set them for the speaker-outs -not true. As far as I've been able to tell, there's only a LPF crossover on the sub channel. The screen could be about four notches brighter, also; to help on sunny days... The radio tuner also seems to be on the weak side...Things I like about it: Bluetooth functionality is solid. I like it's integration with my android phone and how it's able to pull nubers dialed, phone book etc... The menus are pretty straight forward, although I wish there was a soft key to go to the home menu rather than having to hunt for the hard key. It seems to have decent enough power and the 4v pre-outs are definitely nice.It would have also been nice if they could have put a small LED display on the unit to indicate track / time etc for when the screen is closed, but that's just me.

Well, it's been 28 days since I purchased this item, very close the return deadline now. Pioneer has been promising a firmware update for iPhone 5 compatibility for this unit for months now -- I encourage any potential buyer to check out all the hate on their Facebook page before considering this product. Pioneer have missed their own deadlines and blatantly lied about the cause of their delays more than once. Meanwhile they are happy to post about new products that "need no firmware update!" It's a slap in the face to their customers and has made me think twice about purchasing anything from Pioneer in the future.UPDATE: Pioneer finally released the firmware on May 30, after literally sitting on it for over a month (the firmware files are dated April 25). Their reason: the update breaks Pandora integration and apparently five weeks wasn't enough to rectify this.Doesn't matter in any case: the screen jammed this morning. Pioneer customer service was useless, suggested I take it to a local shop for repairs because they don't handle their own warranties. Major WTF on that one. Amazon, on the other hand, was more than happy to accept a return. Back it goes!

Pioneer lists this system avh-x7500bt as Iphone 5 ready If you purchase the pioneer cd-Iv202av with the vga lightning cable. This Is not true this system Is not Iphone 5 ready you need a firmware update that has not been released as of yet. please use caution before buying if indeed you bought it for the iphone 5 such as myself. Hope this was helpful Chris