{"id":1483,"date":"2012-06-06T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T21:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2015-06-26T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T01:46:59","slug":"pioneer-avh-p8450bt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/pioneer-avh-p8450bt\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer AVH-P8450BT Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out of all the double-din head-units I have had the chance to play with the Pioneer AVH-P8450BT<\/a><\/strong> has to be my favourite so far! The first thing I noticed was how straight forward it was to use and also how fast the touch screen worked. Most touch screen double din head-units have a slight delay but not the AVH-P8450BT<\/strong>, it was very instant which makes things a lot nicer\/easier to use especially in today’s no-time-to-wait world we live in now!<\/p>\n

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The sound quality of this unit is nothing short of amazing, I spent a good half an hour playing with the HPF<\/strong> (High Pass Filter), LPF<\/strong> (Low Pass Filter) and EQ<\/strong> till I had the sound I was looking for and was just\u00a0blown away buy how easy it was to adjust the EQ<\/strong>. You can\u00a0literately run your finger over the screen to adjust the EQ<\/strong> or just tap the screen to place the EQ<\/strong> bars where you want them.<\/p>\n

There is the option of the Auto EQ<\/strong> feature that monitors and analyses the acoustics inside of your car and uses the measurements to automatically adjust your audio equalisation levels, an\u00a0additional\/optional microphone is needed for this function though.<\/p>\n

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The 7″ touch screen<\/strong> is very stunning in looks and lay-out with all the icons on the screen being very self\u00a0explanatory to their uses. Selecting songs\/albums is made easy by touching the song\/album name on the screen and it instantly brings up your music selection.<\/p>\n

I also found out that you could customise the display colours to match your dash lights if need be or to random colours if you are that way inclined. I couldn’t help myself changing the screen saver to a different photo every morning too which is a very cool option, even though some people might find this function\u00a0gimmicky I found it a nice touch instead of seeing the same old display that we are all used too!<\/p>\n

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My favourite feature of the AVH-P8450BT<\/strong> has to be the App Control<\/strong>, even though an extra\/optional iPod\/iPhone cable (CDIU201S<\/strong>) is\u00a0necessary to take advantage of the App Control<\/strong> I feel it is a very worthwhile investment considering all the extra options it allows the AVH-P8450BT<\/strong> to use!<\/p>\n

Here is a small list of the App’s the AVH-P8450BT<\/strong> can use:<\/p>\n