Don't have an iPod but want easy access to your MP3 collection? Not a problem! Pioneer's CD-UB100 connects directly to the backs of IP-Bus ready Pioneer CD players and includes a USB cable that is long enough to run to your glove box, center console, etc. to connect your USB thumb drive or any other USB storage device.
Review written by dresden_k from Calgary, AB, Canada
This product adds a lot of usability to the Pioneer line-up. I'm using it with a Pioneer DEH-P800PRS, and it's pretty good.
What sucks:
-the deck's menu for going through audio files is weak. You have to sequentially go through them all, and the titles aren't fully listed, just the first 8 or 10 characters, with no scrolling. At least, I haven't found that option yet.
-I glued a card reader into my glove box and then connected it to this unit, hoping that I'd be able to use SDHC cards. It didn't work. I tried a different card reader, and it did work. So, other than the fact that I've got a non-functioning card reader glued to my glove box, the unit works. Make sure the product you're connecting to it also works. So far, USB keys/thumb drives have all worked. The Pioneer menu system for MP3's sucks though.
Some of the prices are even lower that what I can get from my audio distributors. I do car audio Installs on weekends so having so many brands to pick from makes it really nice. Not everyone likes the same brand of subwoofer or amp so I like Sonic Electronix because searching by brand is easy.
