Home > Consumer Reviews > Pioneer Car DEHP7900BT In-Dash CD/MP3/WMA/WAV/iTunes AAC Receiver with Bluetooth Wireless Technology

This unit does work with blackberrys (I have been using it for calls all week with great results). I was worried about the unit because of other reviews, however I decided to bite the bullet and try it. I am glad I did, it works like a champ! When using a Blackberry, it will not store your phone book, or allow voice dialing, or transfer music, etc, however I knew that going in. I just needed a unit to allow high quality hands free operation and be xm ready. I have been very happy with it.

It took me about 2 hours to install it with xm radio adapter. I have a 2008 equinox and bought the harness and kit through Crutchfield.

So if you have a blackberry, don't get scared off of this one.

I wanted a headunit that 1) was iPod ready 2) bluetooth enabled (or add-on available) 3) best fm reception available. The Pioneer DEH-P7900 met all these requirements and more. Plus, when I found it on Amazon, it was almost $120 cheaper than any local dealers. According to one of the dealers the $298 price I paid was $4 cheaper than he can buy it wholesale. So along with the great deal I got from Amazon, I decide to just pay to have it installed. Took them about an hour to get everything setup and off I went. I immediately tried the bluetooth and was VERY impressed at clarity on my end and the person on the other end said it was completely clear even as I was driving down the road. The automatic features of being able to easily answer calls and iPod connections. VERY HAPPY!!!!

Now a couple of semi-bad things. 1) The complexity of the interface. I am going to have to read a little of the 150 page manual to figure everything out, but that is well worth the sleak elegant look and the totally cool functionality. 2) I could not figure out which iPod cable to get, so of course I got the wrong one. The one you want is: Pioneer CD-iU50 iPod Connection Cable Connect your iPod to select Pioneer in-dash stereos. I wish they made this a little more clear.

I bought this as a Christmas present for my girlfriend. I really have no complaints so far. The two biggest features for me are iPod connectivity and blue tooth phone. Both work great, although I do not have experience with any other head unit to compare it to. The interface takes some learning, but we found using the remote makes it easier to browse through large artists lists from iPod while not being too distracted from the road.

Bluetooh with a Razr phone was easy to setup and transfer contact list. We still haven't played with all of the features, but the basic functions work great.

Overall, I am very happy with the decision.

After reading other customer reviews I bought this unit for my wife and at the time she had a motorola phone. The unit worked great but I got a little nervous when she came home with a new LG AX8600 after reading about problems between this unit and LG phones. I was pleasantly surprised to learn this LG phone works great with this deck. Also the LG phone transmits the battery indicator and signal strength info to the deck but the Motorola would not. Now I just have to figure out how to "press 1 for English" or "# and security code" to check my voicemail through the Pioneer.

So I bought this deck for 2 reasons: I wanted an integrated solution to link my ipod to my car, and I wanted a hands free bluetooth device.

First, the installation was a breeze, It took me less than an hour, including the removal of the old deck in my car. Everything fits well and is sturdy.

The user interface is not the best feature of the deck, and is cumbersom at first. You really need to keep the manual handy at ALL TIME!

Now the bad part: I work for a wireless operator and I know A LOT about cell phone and Bluetooth. This thing is NOT compatible with most Blackberrys.... A shame! I contacted the pioneer tech support, and they were not able to assist me. I am disapointed.