Home > Consumer Reviews > Pioneer DEH-P4900IB-I200 DIRECT iPOD CONTROL MP3/WMA/WAV CD RDS TUNER, RED BUTTON ILLUMINATION

I'd been looking for a suitable car radio with iPod connectivity for a while, trying to find the most cost effective solution. There are a lot of cheaper sets that can be bought with adaptor leads, but most only have a single line display. Try using that to search though a hundred or so albums to find a specific track. No thanks.
Some higher end sets are also available with dot matrix displays which will no doubt have smoother scrolling text, but for this minor detail I didn't want to pay the extra. This set has a two line display, which you can choose to show a combination of either artist, album name, track name etc. This I find perfectly adequate to find tracks using either the control panel or the supplied remote, granted it is a little slower than using the iPod itself, but probably as easy as any other car audio solution. Does come with the iPod connection lead in the box too.
Set was simple to fit. Mine is fitted in a 2001 astra, using the standard wiring and speakers and sounds good. I had a minor issue with it not keeping stored settings to start off with, but this is a quirk with vauxhall wiring. They use iso plugs but the constant positive feed and switched feed are reversed. The wiring supplied with the set has the two power wires on split bullet connectors, so that they can easily be swopped over without having to redo any wiring connections, I swopped these over, and problem solved! Excellent!
No issues at all after a month of use, highly recommended.

I recieved this item with in 5 working days which was 2 days earlier than expected. Compliments to amazon UK For the quick and efficient service. The head unit is very impressive and you would think it would cost twice as much. The ipod controls are easy to use, The audio settings are brilliant and make even standard speakers sound great. It also has sub control and high pass filters which is a function that blocks the bass going to your speakers for if you have a sub. The lead fo the ipod (I200) came in the box and simply connects to the cd changer lead in the back of the hu. All together a great package and brilliant value for money.

I bought this for my other half last Christmas (2007) and he loves it, he was really pleased with all the functions and says that it is really easy to use. He particulary like the fact that the ipod can be controlled from the main player rather than having to mess around with the actual ipod itself. Never heard him rave about something so much - how will I top that this year!?