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THIS IS TRULY A GREAT STEREO, PLAYS ALL MY CDS VERY WELL ANY TYPE OF MEDIA, NAVIGATION IS GREAT AND I REALLY LOVE THE AUX INPUT ON THE FRONT FOR MY MP3 AND XM, NO MORE FM TUNER STUFF THATS ALWAYS DISTORTED, HAVE HAD THIS SCINCE MAY 2008 AND SIMPLY LOVE IT, ANYONE WITH A LIL PIECE OF MIND AND A LIL ELECTRONICS EXPERIANCE CAN EASILY FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE FULL FEATURES OF THIS STEREO, WOULD VERY MUCH RECOMEND, ESPECIALY FOR THE MONEY

I bought this for my wife to replace her Monster FM Transmitter. It was driving her crazy, because she would drive down the road, and the reception would start to static, or a station would break in all of a sudden. So, I shopped around and found this, so that she could use with her iPod without all of the hassle. It was the answer to all of her frustations.

Along with the iPod adapter cable Pioneer CDI200 Direct Cable for iBus Headunits and iPod (Black), this thing works like a dream for the iPod. She has a 2nd Generation Nano, and I have an iPod Classic. It works great with both of them. When you plug in the cable to the iPod, it automatically starts playing from where you left off. It also charges while you are connected. All control to the iPod is through the stereo unit itself (though you can give control back to the iPod and forego all us of the stereo buttons). You can even go through the menu options and choose by song, album, artist, playlist, etc...

Another frustation that my wife had when she was using the FM Transmitter (and so do I using the tape adapter), is that when you switch from listening to your iPod through either of those methods on the old stereo, if you decided to switch back to CD or Radio, (or tape in my case), the volume was WAY too loud after using the adapters. With this new unit and the iPod adapter cable, that is no longer a problem. The volume is the same, no matter which function you have it set on.

My wife only has one concern about this particular unit after a month of use. The main button of the unit is used for a lot of things, to change the volume, to search through menus and artist lists, to change the song, etc... She feels that at some point down the road, this button will eventually break, leaving the unit fairly useless. But lets hope that they put a little more quality into this button since it was going to have most of the wear and tear. Although, all would not be lost since the unit comes with a remote control. :)

I have a 6 disc CD changer and tape deck in my car, and I am now jealous of my wife's car since I installed this for her. I would definitely buy it again if I had to.

I bought this head unit to go in a Honda Accord. Ive been happy with the sound output, and the FM sensitivity, Pioneers are known for. However, it seems you need an MIT degree, to figure out the operation of the unit. I have yet to figure out how to preset my favorite stations. I have owned over half a dozen various units in the past, including pioneers, and this one will take alot of button pushin before I figure it out. The manual is not much help. Pioneer needs to go back to the KISS principle!

My wife liked this CD/MP3 Player so much and played it So loud Along with the new speakers. So loud and hit a BMW headed back to the dealership. Zoned out on a turn. Matched It with two Pioneer TS-A6982R 4-Way 6-Inch X 9-Inch 440-Watt. And two Pioneer TS-A1372R 5.25-Inch 3-Way 200-Watt No amp needed. Loud clear. Speakers as well as Cd/Mp3 player were a steal at this price with no tax and free shipping. I love Amazon.

Took me a little bit to figure out the controls, but overall it is a great deck. It was exactly what I was looking for and sounds great!!!