The AVH3100 is a well constructed and excellent sounding bit of kit, adding bluetooth via the bt200 box is easy it just plugs into the rear of this unit, all the phones I've tried to date work perfectly.

The Internal amp is plenty loud enough to drive any standard car speakers (22x4w). The audio controls are excellent and comprehensive, as a base for building a solid sound system I'd say this is a relatively cheap but very good choice.

Downsides, I can't get a video to play via a usb memory stick which I'd have thought no major problem given it plays music or pictures from the same usb stick.

Got this installed on my '06 Acura RSX and I'll have to say, it was a seamless install and it looks perfect in it. Probably one of the best investments I've ever made on my vehicle.

Great stereo! replaced the ford factory unit. Utilized the ford amps as well but the installation instructions were more than a bit criptic. Had to order an additional wiring harness as well...

I wont bore you with the stuff you know. Heres what I wish I knew.


VALUE - This head unit is the cheapest you'll find made by a major company. At prices as low as $300 new, it's undeniably cheap. (Pioneer 2din button heads are around 240!)


DESIGN - Soo sexy when it's off. Yeah most touch heads are (mmm smooth black) - but the buttons when not lit up are completely black and flush. The silver accents break up the monotony to complete the masterpiece.

My only design beef is the lack of REAR usb. The usb is kind of in the way of where your hand goes to touch the unit. Also its just ugly when one is plugged in. That swayed me to use a burnt DVD instead.


EASE OF USE - Couldnt be much easier to use. Ive almost mastered using it without looking after 1 week of use. Easy large screen-buttons... And the side panel if you dont feel like messing around.(those are PUSH buttons btw... Didnt know that)


FEATURES - Here's my biggest beef. The 3100 boasts superior customization to make it look like it came with your car. That swayed me to get this instead of Clarion's competing product. And though the buttons can light up to "112 different colors," the unit lacks TRUE white for the buttons. Youll either getting it look a little purple or a little green. Annoying.

The customizable background was also impossible to get to fit (do 480x315, it took me forever to get it right...), and the color gets distorted when "saved" as a bg. I ended up making a black and white one. That looked nice - just dont plan on a colorful picture, its ehhh.

And finally if you want to change your display THEME to like... red for example, it does it generally well. Sadly you'll still find like a blue strip on top displaying the title, etc. Little details make it look like they put themes in last minute. That would seem easy to fix....



CONCLUSION-
Otherwise, it does what it says it does... and quickly. If i didn't mention it then there wasn't anything wrong with it. The display doesn't seem to be worth a brick of gold - but altogether it gets the job done for much less than I thought I would pay. Thanks Pioneer.

This head unit is the best one I have ever owned. The unit is very easy to use and has tons of features. Fine tuning was a breeze and I had my car sounding great in under 15 min. DVD picture quality is also very impressive, not skipping a beat no matter what the driving conditions were like.

Everything worked fine on my unit besides the iPod feature, it would randomly lock up and Id have to unplug and plug back in the ipod.

Other than that I didnt have any problems with this radio.

Looks goods nice overall, biggest gripe it the only clock feature is 24 hour format.

I've owned this stereo for 6 months now.. it performs exactly as i expected or better in every aspect except one.. no video playback via usb thumbdrives .. haven't tried a passport drive yet or portable powered hard drive.. also the lack of standard time for the clock was an easy one to get over.. sound quality is great and it has so far played every file format ive thrown at it so far with the exception of some very high vbr files.... I bought the steering wheel control adapter and interface kit for adapting to my factory bose system for 02' trailblazer and was very easy to install and set up as well...

This is one hell of a receiver!!!

Great value with a decent features set. The unit works and looks great. It fits perfectly in the dashboard. Very happy.

Love the in dash DVD and USB function. Great Price. Dont like the 24 hour clock time and small display. Could be a little more user friendly. Worth the $$$!

it has the basic function with the extra goodies, the design of it goes great when looking for a stock aftermarket look can go wrong with the price