Pioneer AVIC-X710BT 5.8-Inch In-Dash Navigation A/V Receiver with CD Player and Bluetooth
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Pioneer Avic-X710Bt 5.8-Inch In-Dash Navigation A/V Receiver With Cd Player & Bluetooth
Features
- AM/FM radio, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3/WMA/WAV/AAC, DivX/MPEG4 receiver with GPS navigation
- 4 x 50 Watts maximum power with front/rear and three sets of preamp outputs
- 5.8-inch widescreen TFT LCD touchscreen with 800 x 480 resolution
- Includes auxiliary input, USB port, SD card slot, iPod direct control; add optional tuners for SAT/HD radio
- On-board Bluetooth for hands-free calls, on-screen dialing and more
- Dimensions (W x H x L): 10 x 10 x 11 inches
- Weight: 1 pounds
Pioneer Avic X710 BT
Great product. Just as described. Little weird that it came packed in newspaper advertising hoes…
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i bought this item about two months ago! its a very excellent gps and stereo and ipod stereo love it works well….
BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET THESE FEW ITEMS!!!!!! THE Pioneer CD-IU230V Ipod Audio/Video Direct Cable For Avic-F900Bt & Avic-F700Bt IN ORDER FOR YOU TO VIEW THE IPOD MUSIC AND ALBUMS ON THE NAVIGATION SCREEN AND TO WATCH MOVIES FROM THE IPOD TOO….I ALSO HAVE SIRUIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS SIRUIS SATELLITE READY SO I FIGURED ALL I HAD TO DO WAS BUY THE Pioneer CD-SB10 – Sirius Bus Interface for use with Pioneer SAT Radio Ready Headunits and AV Receivers BUT THAT WASNT THE CASE I STILL NEEDED TO BUY THE SIRIUS SCC1 Connect Universal Tuner IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK WITH THE SATELLITE…… LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO BUY SO IF YOU THINK THIS IS A STEAL IN THE PRICE WELL ADD ABOUT A 150 MORE DOLLARS TO IT……OTHER THEN THAT IT WORKS GREAT LOVE THE BLUETOOTH AND SIMPLICITY OF IT I EVEN PUT MY OWN PERSONAL PICTURE ON MY START UP SCREEN SO I DONT HAVE TO SEE THE BORING BLUE SWIRL I CAN SEE MY DAUGHTER EVERY TIME I TURN MY CAR ON AND WAITING FOR IT TO LOAD
Ravi’s Pioneer AVIC-X710BT
I love this product and recommend to any one. But only the disadvantage is maps are not to upto date. Mine is a 11years old car it definitely gave a whole new look to the car. Bluetooth works perfectly fine.
I Installed at Bestbuy and they did a good job.
Ravi
SD Card Issues
Nice unit with good graphics. Chokes when Map is moving and playing MP3 files from an SD card. Has too little memory to do both at the same time. Defaults to the Map and music suffers. Works well with home-made Mp3 CD-ROMs. Annoying disclaimer buttons must be touched at every start.
Some stuff works great, some stuff doesn’t work
I bought this unit for my wife for Christmas. Sounds great, looks great. There are a few problems though. First it will not recognize sd cards for media. Second, the text-to-speech does not work, it never says the street name. Third if you are on a call and you want to switch either to/from the bluetooth, it drops your call every time. Also the touch screen is not the most responsive. There are alot of great features with this unit, I just wish they all worked on my unit.
Rick Colorado
Pioneer has done it again. The quality and ease of use is outstanding. Very user friendly and priced right when compared to other units.
Installed in 2004 Tahoe
Installed this Unit in my wifes 04 Tahoe replaced factory Head Unit. She loves, loves it. The menu for the ipod is very intuitive and easy to use. A little slow to boot up as one review suggested but is fully functional before she gets to the end of our street. Sound is way better than factory, I didn’t know my factory speakers could perform like this. Very easy to sync her phone to and I have no problems hearing her when she calls me while she is driving. The blue tooth capability is great for us since my wife has been resistant to any other hands free device that I purchased until now. This just syncs to her phone when ever she gets into the car, she never has to take her phone our of her bag or pocket just get in and drive and the Head Unit takes care of the rest. We haven’t used the GPS much so far since we have just been around town and we already know whats here essentially, also usually if I want to find a business I use my cell phone which will always be more up to date than a fixed unit that is not receiving daily updates
Okay, but not great
Seller (Audiosource) was fantastic. Audio aspects of the product are fine, but the navigation aspects need improvement. It is very slow to boot after power-on, and the user interface is obtuse in several area. The point of interest database is hopelessly outdated. For example, it tells me that the nearest Sam’s club is several hundred miles away, but it’s really less than five. That store has been open for over 5 years. There are three other’s open even longer that are 40-60 miles away. Sound quality of Bluetooth is mediocre.
Coachella Valley Residents Beware
We bought this unit as an after-market navigator for our 2010 Hyundai Sonata. We like the unit OK but it will not recognize any address on Highway 111 and we have yet to find a solution to this problem. The manufacturer admits that it has some issues with the mapping on this unit and is planning a software update but no date has been set. We are still seeking a solution to our problem, as we can’t navigate to businesses in Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, La Quinta, or Indio on this major route through the valley.
We tried the same Hwy 111 addresses on the Kenwood in-dash system, with navigation guided by Garmin, and it worked like a charm. I can also get these addresses on the very inexpensive portable Garmin we use in our other car.
Excellent after-market system
I have a factory installed nav in my SUV and a portable Garmin. When the radio in my 11 year old Lexus began to fade, I decided to splurge and install this system as a replacement. I have plenty of experience with my other two systems. This system is as good a navigation system as any I have seen. The unit paired with my Blackberry Bold easily and hands-free calling is a breeze. Import of contacts from my blackberry was also a breeze. Both me and the caller can hear well with minimal disturbance. Playing music of the SD card is a breeze. The menu options playing music are intuitive. iPOD works well too. The rear view camera function is new for my car and I love it. The nav antenna was placed on the dashboard in the driver side corner right by the windshield. It seems to pick up satellite info with no difficulty. I had the system installed a Best Buy – it took them about 5 hours – for my car, the tech felt it was not a DIY project. Voice commands work OK at best – I can get it to call home and switch AV input to SD or FM. But I cannot get it to go to a particular album.
I have always loved pioneer but…..
I replaced my 8000bt pionner unit with the avic-x710bt. The avic is a great unit but compatability with other electronics other than a ipod is horrible. I tried hooking up a hard drive-(worked with my $250 8000bt) does not work with this unit DUE TO THE LOWER AMPERAGE PUT OUT BY THE USB ON THIS UNIT (WONT SPIN UP THE HARD DRIVE NOT ENOUGH POWER). How about a 4g Ipod (will not work). THE IPOD TOUCH I HAVE WORKS REALLY GOOD (MUST BUY THE EXTRA CABLE WHICH IS NOT CHEAP $$$). I THINK PIONEER COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB IN THE COMPATABILTY DEPT. ESP, WITH SUCH A COSTLY UNIT. I HAVE BOUGHT PIONEER UNITS FOR ALL OF MY VEHICLES IN THE PAST. THE FIRST UNIT I HAD WAS GREAT. THE QUALITY AND FEEL OF THERE PRODUCTS HAS DECREASED IN MY OPINION. THE SOFTWARE NEEDS WORK. AM I HAPPY WITH THIS UNIT?? YES/NO. IT SHOULD BE MORE COMPATIBLE AND AT LEAST LET YOU USE SOME STORAGE DEVICES BIGGER THEN 8GB. IF YOU USE AN IPOD SIZE DOES NOT MATTER. BUT WITH AN SD CARD YOUR LIMIT IS 8GB. IF I COULD RETURN THIS UNIT I WOULD. I AM NOT 100% SATISFIED AND OH BY THE WAY WITH THIS PRICE TAG IT DOES NOT COME WITH A REMOTE. VOICE COMMANDS ARE COOL AND WORK WELL.
Nice!!
This was my first in-dash navigation unit and I made a pretty good choice. If you have an iPod make sure you get the iPod cable, and you’re good to go. It works great with my nano. It’s very easy to jump from playlists to artists or whatever you’re looking for. The navigation isn’t fancy but its accurate. Bluetooth works well. I had problems finding my phone (LG Dare) from the receiver, but when I searched for the Pioneer from my phone it worked the first time. Now it automatically pairs to my phone. As far as load time when I first start the vehicle, you get music in about 10 seconds and everything else is loaded in about 45 seconds. Overall good unit!
Packed w/ features -
– Great all-in-one package: Touch Screen, Hands free phone, Nav System, AM/FM Radio, CD Player, and external audio/video inputs. It even allows for a rear camera if optionally installed.
- Installation: I did have this professionally installed and found only AFTER they opened up my dashboard that the Honda Civic 2000 requires a special-order double-din mounting kit. Not too expensive, but I recommend you CHECK THIS THOROUGHLY BEFORE PURCHASING… This detail is not really made clear, even if you previously had a double-din radio in your car. With the mounting kit, the unit fits and looks great.
- Hands Free Phone: Took a little while to set up with my old bluetooth device, but once it found my phone, it connects automatically every time. Sound quality is good and it allows for voice activated calls. Voice activiation works pretty well, but can have trouble rocognizing some words. Sync’ing with my phone’s address book has been problematic, but newer phones probably work better than my old Palm Treo.
- AM/FM Radio: Sound is fine. Provides 24 FM Presets and 8 AM Presets. Changing the station is a bit clunky and can require several menu selections just to change from an FM to an AM station ion the Nav System.
- Navigation System: Some nice advanced features like 3-D Maps & “Smart” zoom which automatically changes the zoom level based on where you are in your route. The Nav System in my Toyota Hilander is more refined and user friendly, but the AVIX is made by engineers to have some nice bells & whistles.
Overall, a great unit and it functions well. I think its extended the useful life of my old car for another 3-5 years. I do wish that changing the radio station did not take so many key presses – it would have been nice to have a one-press feature to change the station from preset to preset even from AM to FM to CD.