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Pioneer MVH-P8200BT

$369.00 Released January, 2010

The Pros:Integrated Bluetooth for hands-free calling (HFP: hands-free profile, HSP: headset profile, OPP: object push profile for address book retrieval from smartphone). Color-adjustable display menu & button illumination to match car interior lighting. Includes external wired microphone for hands-free bluetooth calling.

The Cons:No Bluetooth stereo audio streaming (A2DP). Media (USB/SD) must be formatted in FAT16 or FAT32 - no NTFS, HPFS, or extFAT support. Headunit's text display remains white even when changing display color scheme (all other display elements will change though ).

The Pioneer MVH-P8200BT (and MVH-P8200, which is the same minus Bluetooth) is Pioneer's first A/V head unit completely free of mechanical parts such as CD drive or cassette deck. It features a front USB port, an SD card slot hidden behind the faceplate, a front AUX audio input port, but omits Bluetooth stereo audio streaming (A2DP) from a smartphone.

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For broadcast playback, it is HD Radio and Satellite Radio (XM/Sirius) ready, besides the traditional FM and AM signals. Its 3" color TFT display can show album art and video clips, and is color adjustable (Blue/Violet/Red/Amber/Green/White for display menu, and 112 colours for key panel illumination).

The MVH-P8200BT's USB port and SD card slot allow for direct playback of audio and video media files straight from the source while its iPod/iPhone compatibility allows for expanded features such as an integrated search function as well as iTunes tagging. Its Bluetooth functionality allows for hands-free calling through your car's stereo setup although it does not provide Bluetooth audio streaming. Additionally, the MVH-P8200BT's HD radio provides higher quality AM and FM radio as well as a stronger overall signal strength. Its 3" TFT colour display is capable of display jpeg image files as well as a variety of video files for a comprehensive A/V experience.

Features

3" color TFT display
USB and SD card slots for direct media playback
Front AUX audio input
HD Radio; XM/Sirius satellite radio ready
iPod/iPhone compatible
Can display jpeg and video files
iTunes tagging
Parrot Bluetooth module for hands free calling

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Pros

5

integrated Bluetooth for hands-free calling (HFP: hands-free profile, HSP: headset profile, OPP: object push profile for address book retrieval from smartphone)
4

color-adjustable display menu & button illumination to match car interior lighting
4

includes external wired microphone for hands-free bluetooth calling
3

large 3" color TFT display for album art etc.
3

built-in RDS
3

integrated SD card slot does seem to support SDHC cards
3

graphic equalizer with two custom settings
2

compatible with most factory steering wheel audio controls (adapter required)
2

upgradeable with Pioneer HD Radio tuner, satellite radio tuner
2

comes with IR wireless remote control
2

multi-language display (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian)

Cons

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no Bluetooth stereo audio streaming (A2DP)
1

media (USB/SD) must be formatted in FAT16 or FAT32 - no NTFS, HPFS, or extFAT support
1

headunit's text display remains white even when changing display color scheme (all other display elements will change though )
1

satellite for Sirius only option is 2-lines of info so can see artist or song but not both
1

Satellite presets don't display channel number or name, just preset 1, preset 2 etc therefore totally useless
1

Menu is really not easy to use while driving
0

fails miserably as cannot use if car moving even if passenger; relies on multifunction button to change presets but more often than not end up switching bands instead of preset station as hard to press center only if car moving; can't even see which preset trying to choose as just a bit whiter
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expensive: at least $300!

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Anonymous: #pioneer_mvh_p8200bt Not exactly user friendly. Once I got it to play JPEG, it took me 30 minutes to figure out how to make it play music again. IDK, maybe it's just me. Dec 23, 10

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dom: #pioneer_mvh_p8200bt If you have a Mac, you'll be out of luck with exFAT. May 20, 10

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Anonymous: thats weird cause when i tried it, I used my own mac integrated ipod and it worked, music and video... Apr 1, 11
dom: I just looked it up: Apple fixed this in November 2010 with Mac OS X 10.6.5. It now has exFAT support. That's a mere 14 months after Microsoft... Apr 11, 11

dom: #pioneer_mvh_p8200bt cool! I think I found it in the hands-on report on crutchfield.com, but if it indeed does support SDHC, all the better!

Would you have a chance to try out an SDHC card that's exFAT formatted? FYI, this file system is specifically optimized for flash media (e.g. cycling the cells as they do have a max number of accesses) and is super-fast compared to even FAT32. Any of the upcoming SDXC cards will come with exFAT, so besides the said advantages, it will be the ubiquitous standard in a year or two.

You can format an SDHC card (or any other medium for that matter) with exFAT using Windows Vista or 7, and if you still have XP, you can download an add-on pack from Microsoft here.

Thanks! May 20, 10

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rico_vancouver: #pioneer_mvh_p8200bt Documentation did not confirm/deny SDHC SD card support, so I tried a 4GB SDHC - works fine. May 18, 10

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