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Pioneer AVIC-F900BT In-Dash Navigation AV Receiver with DVD Playback | 
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| Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
Buy New: $724.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5229
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Navigation Type In-Dash Navigation * Map Data Flash Memory * Coverage Area US, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii * 3D Hybrid Sensor (Gyro & G-Force)
GPS Receiver and Antenna 8 Channel (Included) * Touch Screen Operation * Voice Instructions Playback TTS (Text to Speech)
Points of Interest (POI) Approx. 12 Million * POI Database Categories 147 * POI Creator/Settings Replicator * 3D Maps and 3D Icons * 3D Landmarks
Drives Included 1 (DVD/CD) * DVD-Video Playback * DVD-R/RW (Video Format) Playback * CD-R/RW Playback * MPEG-4 Playback USB/SD
MP3 Playback with ID3 Tag DVD/CD/USB/SD * WMA (Windows Media Audio) Playback DVD/CD/USB/SD * iTunes AAC Playback DVD/CD/USB/SD * DivX Video Playback DVD/CD
Supertuner Supertuner IIID * 24-Station/6-Button (18FM/6AM) Presets * BSM (Best Stations Memory) * Local Station Setting * Digital Radio Capability
Bluetooth Capable Built-In * Voice Control for Bluetooth * Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
iPod Control Capability Audio/Video (CD-IU230V Required) * Voice Control for iPod Audio *
USB Direct * Built-In SD Memory Card Slot * IP-Bus System Control * Auxiliary Input Front A/V Input (Mini-Jack) * External Unit Control Via IP-Bus * Composite A/V Input 1 (AV1) Back-Up Camera Input * Rear-View Camera Mode * Composite A/V Output Video Output
High-Pass Crossover (HPF) 50Hz/63Hz/80Hz/100Hz,125Hz, -12dB/oct * Subwoofer Crossover (LPF) 50Hz/63Hz/80Hz/100Hz,125Hz, -18dB/Oct
MPN: AVIC-F900BT
Model: AVIC-F900BT
UPC: 012562890265
EAN: 0012562890265
ASIN: B001ATVITC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | navigation receiver with internal amp (14 watts RMS CEA-2006/50 peak x 4 channels) | | • | 5.8" touchscreen | | • | plays MP3/WMA/AAC/WAV files recorded on CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs | | • | built-in Bluetooth for hands-free calling | | • | compatible with Pioneer iPod adapter, satellite radio, HD Radio tuner |
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Product Description
The Panasonic AVIC-F900BT In-Dash Navigation AV Receiver offers a new generation of voice recognition capability for controlling iPod playback and making calls hands-free via connected Bluetooth-enabled cell phones. The technology accepts and recognizes conversational phrases and language, filters out superfluous sounds and phrases, and the unit will ask additional questions to clarify the request. The AVIC-F900BT comes equipped with a built-in MSN Direct tuner. At a glance, see updated road conditions, search for movie times, find the best gas deals in your area, and get directions. See current conditions and the three-day forecast to better plan your day. The service is available through MSN Direct data subscription service. The AVIC-F900BT comes with built-in Bluetooth. Now you never need to miss a call, even if your tunes are cranked up or your phone is buried in your bag. Simplified menus and intuitive icons shorten the learning curve, allowing you to quickly and efficiently start using the system. Quickly enter destinations, browse music libraries, or adjust settings. Enhances your map with 3D Landmarks. The advanced iPod integration allows exclusive features like iPod album art overlaid on the navigation display. AVIC FEEDS freeware contains POI Creator, Driving Report, and Picture Editor Applications. You never know where the road will take you, but our POI Creator can help you get started on the right path. Like it's predecessor, the AVIC-D3, the new AVIC-F900BT allows you to change the illumination color to match your car. Select from among 32,768 different colors to match car interior and dashboard lighting. The WQVGA displays that most Navigation units use are 480x234 pixels. However, the WXGA display is much higher quality at 800x480 pixels. Images become sharper and more defined, just like our maps and menus on these units. The display's enhanced GUI (Graphic User Interface) has also advanced, making s
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 Close but has problems August 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The bottom line is the bottom line---if I had it to do again I would not get the Pioneer AVIC-F900BT. It has some great features but is missing on some important points:
A) Can only download contacts through Bluetooth-my Treo won't
B) Voice commands are like trying to talk to a wild puppy-only hears some of the commands & does't understand what it does hear
C) Navigation is NOT "turn right on main street" but rather "turn right ahead"
D) Glare, glare, glare on the screen
E) Manual is a pdf. CD for that kind of money they can't even give you a printed manual!!??
F) Not very intuitive to operate, requires several steps to do about anything
G) S-L-O-W start-up
H) Like I said-some features are nice but in the long run save your maoney & go elsewhere
 Great after Update August 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I originally had the F700BT for 2 weeks and though I liked it I sent it back due to the following issues.
1.I had all the same issues as described on avic411 forum but I was not sure I wanted to wait for a firmware update. These problems are mentioned in other reviews.
2.There was no quick way to reroute/detour if you seen traffic ahead
3.MSN Direct could not be added later
So I returned it and ordered this F900BT. It was backordered for a long time because Pioneer was working on fixing the multiple issues. Now I have had it installed with the firmware update for about a week and went on a 17hr road trip to test it out fully. Now I am glad to say this stereo is meeting my expectations from the previews months ago.
Sound:
Better than my factory of course with the usual Pioneer EQs such as Powerful, Super Bass etc..
Screen:
Preupdate, the screen only looked good in the shade and washed out a lot in sunlight but after the update I can see it a lot better along with greyed out icons. The splash/startup screen can be customized with a jpg by SD card or usb drive. The button lighting can also be adjusted to match your car interior. The responsiveness is ok after startup. But sometimes it can be picky.
Nav:
The Nav is nice. I'm coming from a Garmin Nuvi 200 and a Kenwood 5120. Since the 900 comes with Bluetooth you can call the POIs in the device with a touch of a button. You can create a trip/route with stops/waypoints in it and manage them. You can preplan restroom and food breaks or site-see. There is a screen for progress and itinerary info. This screen can show you your progress along the trip whether its miles left or hours left or you can view the trip as turn by turn. Your map screen can show you a lot of info such as speed limit, your speed, next turn and second turn, time to destination/turn and estimated arrival. The only annoying them after the update is the green turn boxes stay on screen even if you have no route in. Another minor thing is the voice prompts happen to frequently, you'll notice this when entering/exiting a hwy or approaching a turn. There is also a button on the corner that shows what your currently listening to, that you can press and be sent to that screen. For instance, if its ipod, the current song will show on bottom along with album art. If you press the button it will take you to the main ipod screen with all the info. There are also tons of POIs in the unit, you can find them by: along route, near cursur, near destination, by current position. There is also a shortcut to POIs if you're just cruising around. Press the info button on right side of map, this will show you a zoomed out image of where you are. From here you can save your location or press "info" and it'll tell you all the POIs near you. You can also turn on speed warnings where it'll warn you when you're speeding. In the future Pioneer will introduce a POI creator. I'm not sure if this will enable proximity alerts such as Garmin's red light/speed cam warnings.
HD radio (add-on):
First, Pioneer does not tell you this but you need an antenna splitter or additional antenna for HD Radio Tuner to work. I got one off Ebay for $6 shipped. The antenna goes to HD and stereo, stereo needs it for MSN to work but if you're not using MSN then its fine. Pioneer told me this was aimed at the F700 since it doesn't have MSN, but anyway. Ok, I'm in Raleigh and we have about 12 HD channels and they sound GOOD. It was like night and day when I put my antenna back into stereo while waiting for the splitter. Plus with the $50 HD rebate this was a cheap upgrade. HD integrates into interface and takes control of FM/AM if no splitter is present. When you select the HD source you'll get 3 sets of FM presets and 1 set of AM presets. If you have a splitter this number is doubled because the FM source has its own 3 sets. Things work as expected but I have had two issues. One, when you press the next preset button (P. Ch > ) it tends to skip. For instance I'll be on P6 and it'll skip to P4 instead of P1. Two, preset info doesn't show up on the Preset list. You just have to remember whats there. In FM mode the presets are listed as 88.9, 97.5, 99.1 and so on but in HD mode its just blank. While in HD you can do HD Seek where it will find the next HD channel instead of static from standard FM. Yes you can still listen to standard FM while in HD source. At car startup music will begin in about 5 secs.
iPod:
iPod interface is great. I wouldn't say the manual searching is quick though but it has a huge shortcut, voice control. Just like Ford Sync, you can press a button and say "play artist..." and it will play that artist/album. You can tell it to show you artists, playlists and albums. It is really cool and is spot on. I was surprised by it getting Gnarls Barkley. Before the update the stereo had to catalogue the ipod at startup each time which was a pain but now you only need to do it once. Album art also shows up on the map as well. Videos look well also but I don't think videos work when you have a nav route on (dvds do though)(assuming you have the bypass connected, be safe and watch the road). Full startup time on mine is about 1:45 when ipod is left as default (left on when car turned off), but music begins after about 30 secs.
DVD:
DVDs look good to me not much to say here. You have a set of controls come up when the movie is playing such as pause and next, but you can also skip chapters by pressing the knob. On the main menu screen you get arrow controls and a enter button. When I put in my first dvd the unit became unresponsive to the controls and wouldn't eject but a reboot fixed that and it worked fine afterwards. If you're in route the voice prompts will mute the audio. You can either pause the movie or press `map' to see whats coming up and then return to movie. I only did this for my passengers so they wont annoy me.
MSN:
Depending on your area the info can be great. In Raleigh you get a lot of info but in Durham the signal is weak. Info comes through the FM antenna hence the need for a splitter for HD. If in a strong area, info comes in about 2 min. Traffic info will overlay on your map and if in route you will be guided around it. You can route to movie theatres or gas stations as well. Movie showtimes show up for the entire day and Gas prices may or may not be current but it tells you like this, $3.79 (+2 days) or $1.48 (today) wishful thinking I know.
Bluetooth:
Ok lets get the obvious out of the way, Blackberries are hit and miss with this. But I have a Samsung A900 and its works ok. Sounds good on my end and haven't had complaints on callers end. My friends Treo 755 works really well. You can transfer your phonebook, store 5 phones, call contacts by name (Call Mike) or number (call 919-771-7771). It says you can receive/view incoming txts as well but I have not got any while in car to test this. Others report it works though.
Overall I have to same I am very very satisfied with the unit. Glad I waited for it.
 Sweet Unit. Couple of drawbacks... June 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Was super psyched to pick up this Pioneer Navi/Radio/Mp3/DVD player since I had a hodge podge of several components to do all this and this unit clears out all of the clutter immediately. Some observations below for me:
Pros:
- Very nice, all in one unit. Does everything you need!
- Very intuitive interface. Much simpler than older AVIC's
- SD card, Sirius interface, AM/FM, Navi, all worked fine when it came out of the install shop (Some bugs below)
- DVD performance is great (although I have not bypassed yet for use when driving!)
- Sound quality is great.
Cons:
- No Tilt for cars that have a lower double din install
- Seen better DVD vid quality on other units (e.g.--Panasonic)
- SD card folders make 'random' play difficult as there is a delay when switching folder to find tracks. Best to keep things at root or just one subfolder down max
- Interface Boot up time with radio only is at least 60 seconds. With SD card or IPOD as default, you wont even hear radio for that time. With FM/AM/Sirius as default/last on. Radio comes on in 10 seconds while boot continues
- Sometimes feels like a computer (built on windows)
- Blackberry's are in fact NOT compatible fully with this. I read Pioneers' website which said AVIC's typically dont do well with Blackberry because of a security protocol on the devices. I guess I just didnt do the research. Hoping for a firmware update which fixes this cause that kinda sucks...
Net, net. Pioneer please issue a firmware update to fix some of the above. Nice all in one unit, but it does have some gaps that need to be cleaned up.
Gil
 Think Twice June 19, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a great product on paper, but think twice before you become an early adopter. The unit is plague with bugs. Some are so bad it make the unit unusable. Here are a few examples:
Bluetooth
1. Blackberry connects 50 percent of the time
2. Won't transfer address book
3. Sound quality is terrible.
4. The audio didn't mute when a call was placed
Sirius
1. Unable to get audio to work.
ipod
1. Continuous lock up with communication to iPod
GPS
1. Routing is not consistent
2. Several times it lost the location I was traveling to while switching between the FM tuner and ipod.
3. GPS voice guidance will say turn left in 2 comma 3 miles, instead of 2 point 3 miles.
Backup Camera
1. Take 1 - 2 min before the camera turns on when you put the car in reverse
General Usage
1. Boot time with an ipod connect is 2 - 3min
2. Boot time with no ipod is 10-15 second before audio is working
3. Unit has rebooted four times in the past two days for no reason
4. Touch screen is dim, you can't see the readout in sunlight
5. Touch screen response is about 2 - 3 sec. between switching screens
These are just several initial observations. The unit will eventuality be a fantastic device once Pioneer fixes all the bugs. For now I would wait.
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