The Pioneer DEH-P8300UB CD Receiver, easily installable in any vehicle dash-panel radio cutout, includes advanced features such as iPad and iPhone integration, an advanced display with screensavers and advanced sound delivery technology.
The Pioneer DEH-P8300UB is one of the first advanced radio receivers that allows one to integrate their iPod or iPhone with the DEH-P8300UB's high-quality sound reproduction system so that one can play a full iPod audio list with faithful sound reproduction. The integration is so thorough that one can use the DEH-P8300UB's remote to step through a play list; to fast-forward; to fast-rewind, or scroll through an entire play list with a single button push.
The DEH-P8300UB uses the same interface cable to allow one to access the Pandora audio service, through the iPhone Pandora app, allowing one a full range of features, including bookmarking and navigating the audio service with the iPhone's up and down thumb controls.
One can view the contents of an iPod of iPhone/Pandora listing through the DEH-P8300UB's advance OEL display. The display presents the standard fare one expects of a receiver, frequency readout and, through the RDS (Roadway Directory Service) feature, the name of the station, its "mode" - talk, country, rock, for example - as well as the featured music of the moment. An interesting feature of the DEH-P8300UB's display is its 3D screensaver mode that allows nearly a 170-degree (full vehicle cockpit) view of the screensaver. The DEH-P8300UB is one of the first aftermarket receivers to offer this.
At the center of this interface is a standard USB plug that, interestingly, will also work very well with a thumb drive. If one does not have an iPod, one can download audio files to one's PC and then to a thumb drive and plug it to the DEH-P8300UB. In this way, one can have a customized play audio play list. The DEH-P8300UB recognizes the following audio file formats WMA, WAV and MP3. One should note an interesting capability built into the microcircuitry that controls this intelligent receiver and that is its ability to reverse the audio compression of WMA and MP3 files. As stored, WMA and MP3 files tend to cut off the high ranges of an audio presentation, while concentrating on the mid-range. The DEH-P8300UB recognizes this and restores audio frequencies up to 20 kHz so that audio offerings are fuller and richer. This is especially important when interfacing a thumb drive. The DEH-P8300UB also includes a standard 3.5 mm jack for MP3 device input.
Pioneer has built some advanced features into this rugged receiver. For example, it offers one a full 200 watts of sound, directly from the receiver, in four 50-watt channels. On the rear of the receiver one has access to three high-voltage RCA preamps for clear, undistorted outputs to external amplifiers, as well as high and low-pass filtering. This filtering helps to clean up and enhance one's listening pleasure as the outputs combined with the amplifier keep the signal distortion free. Another interesting feature is the DEH-P8300UB's high-capacity audio output capacitor. This low-distortion capacitor helps the DEH-P8300UB deliver high-performance sound.
The DEH-P8300UB also features up to 26 channel presets, as well as a seven-way track-button interface through which one can access all of the phone features. This is the Rotary Commander. It is part of a front panel that features customizable illumination for the on/off, band, clock and search
With the proper add-ons, one can add full Bluetooth integration as well as high-definition radio station input and satellite radio input. The add-on CD-BT200 provides Bluetooth integration, while the GEX-P20HD allows High Definition and Satellite Radio capability.
Two other features of note are the DEH-P8300UB's full remote that gives one control over all radio or iPod functions and the detachable faceplate. By removing the faceplate, one renders the advanced receiver unusable as a great theft-prevention device since one cannot use the receiver without it.
The standard DEH-P8300UB installation kit also includes a full year's warranty on all radio parts and labor, if one runs into trouble. It is a fine offering by Pioneer, although one should find that once installed the DEH-P8300UB is rock-solid in operation.
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