Customer Ratings & Reviews

love it

Lots of features. So many options for music input. Great value. Only con is the buttons are very small.

Awesome

Awesome headunit, upgraded from 2000 F-150 stock to this, and even with stock door speakers this thing brings them alive. Bluetooth works great, display works and looks great. very feature packed for the money. sounds good, looks good. great job pioneer, although i wish you would beef up the wire gauge in your wiring harnesses.

Best for price

Bought this at the local Walmart I work at to replace my old Alpine head unit and the Pioneer head unit is much better than the Alpine. The Alpine had a two band equalizer, this has 5. The Alpine didn't have a USB hook up without buying an extra cable to hook up into the back, the Pioneer has one in the front built in, you can choose the color and brightness of this as with the Alpine you could not. I dislike the usability of the Pioneer slightly only due to the fact that it's not that easy to get the mixtrack off and it only has two RCA outputs and the heat sink is pretty small so hopefully it won't over heat in my 02 Impreza. With mixtrack on it randomly ends songs and starts new ones. Overall the Pioneer is better than the Alpine for features alone and the Alpine was much more expensive when it was purchased. The Pioneer was about half the price. Better quality at a better price.

great value

Huge improvement over factory equipment for a modest price. I would buy another.

Pioneer allday

I recommend 100 percent. I bought this radio and works like a champ. Quality is amazing and many EQ options available.

Great value

Had this installed every thing was very good except the screen was very small and I have bad eyes and could not see the station or anything else. Had to return it to the store and traded it in for the X700BT It is an in-dash double DIN CD/MP3/USB w/Bluetooth

great value for the money

Definitely recommend for its features,a great value for the money and its a Pioneer.

Saaweeeet

No issues. Speedy delivery, great price. Quality deck and looks stylish

Great value

Great value stereo, very user friendly, easy installation, had all the functions I was looking for. The hands free phone function has great clarity using the 'stand alone' mic compared to other units I have owned that have the microphone for the phone incorporated in the stereo unit, to date by far the best ''after market" stereo I have used with this feature

Sonic is great!

This pioneer deck is awesome! Works great 10 out of 10 sound quality and the fine tuning capabilities is outstanding! And sonic shipping time is superb! Thanks sonic!!

Love this receiver!

I love this head unit! I actually have 2 of them in 2 different cars. I purchased them due to USB, iPhone and Bluetooth capabilities. I agree with many users, the display, though very cool, can be a bit dim in full sunlit days. However, the features on this more than make up for that.

Excellent Unit!

Purchased this head unit over half a year ago for my 2005 Ford Focus and I regret nothing. Definitely worth the money I paid for it. If you're looking for the majority of the features this unit has then it's probably the top choice in this price range. The only issue I've had with this is that the screen is difficult to read when its bright out or light is shining directly on it.

Works great, some problems

This is a great stereo and it works great. However, two times I stated my car and the stereo reset to factory settings. It is very weird, and has only happened twice, since I bought it 6 months ago. But, it is very annoying to have to re-program it.

great features, a lot of power

I purchased this product For my 99 Buick Century. it was a great look, fully loaded with features that would peak the interest of any beginner or advanced car audio enthusiast. It made my factory speakers sound like an entire new system. you can't really go wrong with a pioneer head unit.

This unit

I love this unit. It is amazing, I bought it for my brother on his birthday and man let me tell i am jealous.

Awesome radio for price

I wanted to get a simple radio for my girlfriends Mini Cooper and found this awesome stereo. Bluetooth was excellent and Bluetooth streaming was flawless. Quality was great. The multicolor display really helps you match the stereo with your factory dash lights. So many color options to choose from and you can even custom make your own colors. A very nice clean stereo and great quality for the price. Easy to use and setup. I installed it myself with the installation kit. Super easy if you are mechanical savvy. If you ate looking for an affordable stereo that is simple and very nice to look at, then this is for you.

Seamless integration

Great deck. I wanted something simple , pleasant to look at and most of all practical and easy to use. The bluetooth hands free was definitely a priority in my choice. I wanted the hands fee to be easy to use with no hassle, and it is. From the first time i turned the key it found my iPhone device in seconds and synced seamlessly. It's been consistent ever since. On occasion it has trouble finding my device but a simple off/on with the Bluetooth setting in the phone fixes this. Calls come in crisp & clear and fade my music or podcast which resume automatically once the call is comlete. Simple system - it just works

best deal

Incredible to be able to get a radio at that price with the convenience of bluetooth hands free works fantastic

Quality product

As always Pioneer quality shines...
I'm very pleased with the unit and all of its features. fairly easy to program and has all the bells and whistles I wanted.
I just wish they had included a dimmer feature.... the lighting can be a little too bright at night.

Simply Awesome

I purchased this unit for my son for Christmas and he loves it. Sounds great, extra plugs for amp & sub. Awesome color display & bluetooth!!

Pioneer review

Product is awesome and shipping is always fast. I've been shopping with you guys for 7 years and I will keep buying from y'all. Thank you

Pioneer Head Unit

The pioneer radio sounds excellent and the features for the price are more than what you would expect. The mintrax feature is a little confusing but with the manual know how you should come to understand the process. Overall it is a great head unit with plenty of power.

Great Stereo Built To Last

I would Definitely recommend this to a friend. This thing made my stock speakers sound great. This head unit has lots of customizable features such as two custom equalizers you can tune to your ear plus various others such as flat, vocal, etc. It has mix track which I didn't think I'd use but its very nice, and it even changes color and dances to your music. Navigation through the menus is probably the best I've seen, very easy to use. The brightness of the buttons at night is my only real complaint, I found deep blue with dim on seems to be the least distracting, I hope Pioneer has a firmware update to allow you to control the brightness a little more. This head unit will last for years to come. My previous dual unit overheated, so i took it apart and found a very tiny heat sink. Just look at the heat sink of this Pioneer in the pictures, it's meant to dissipate some serious heat. I like this stereo enough that I'm going to buy another one for my truck.

Great Stereo

Great product for the price that was paid. I use it mostly with my phone for streaming the music via Bluetooth, works great.

Awesome, but SUPER bright

Quick and easy install, easy set up. TONS of features. Streams Pandora from my galaxy s3, phone calls are good quality.
Dimmer is useless. it's SUPER bright. I set mine on dark red for the knob/buttons and scan for the display.

Very Pleasaed

Bought to replace the factory stereo in my Ford Escape. Mainly wanted music and phone through Bluetooth since I travel a lot. It works great and for the price you can't beat it. sounds great. Operator manual a little difficult to use but not impossible. Yes I would buy one again in a minute.

Potentially a great car stereo

This system is great, the sound quality of the CD player is awesome! Unfortunately, there appears to be a problem with my antennae, which needs to be addressed by a Subaru dealer. Huh. But, whatever... I am able to connect wirelessly to radio stations through my iPhone apps. It's the next best thing, I suppose, until such time as I can afford Subaru's fee. And the blue tooth feature is worth the price of the unit: clarity is excellent, can't even tell I'm on the "car phone"
Highly recommend this unit if your car's antennae is operational!

For the money not a bad choice

Good value for all the features you get. Never realized when I bought this unit that I would later be buying a 4 channel amp to to power my mids and highs. Could of used a RCA splitter due to there only being two RCA jacks for fronts and nothing for rear. Not the head units fault. I ended up buying a Clarion equalizer later which gave me 7 volts into my amps instead of the 2 volts this head unit provides. Also the equalizer in this Pionees DEH-X6500BT is lacking. For this reason if you are using an amplified system I would recommend something different unless you buy a external equalizer like I did.

Good deck for the price

I bought this unit because the town I reside in recently passed a no cell phone ordinance. $200.00 fine using a cell phone while driving. Came with free dash kit and wiring harness which are about $20 each at B*** ***. I received free shipping as well.
Pretty simple install if you have done a stereo before. Manual is weak on wiring diagram, make sure you match up all the wire colors properly.
Blue tooth functions great-paired up easy with my HTC droid, pulled my phone numbers from my phone. Visual display of missed calls, most called, phone book, 6 presets for favorites. Easy menu for phone navigating. Had to move mic around several times to get best location. Do this with the vehicle running for vehicle noise.
USB is cool. Downloaded files onto USB drive and stuck in to port. Deck plays file in order of file date, so even though you may have it arranged differently on your PC, the deck will still play files in date seguence. Not a big deal if you are listening to random files and you don't care about the order.
Mixtrax function is not even on my radar, so I have no comments about that.
Illimunation color is very cool as you can set the key color and display color to a ton of combinations. The down side of illumination is the dimmer function. Dimmer off/on has almost unnoticable difference in brightness. No big deal during the day, but at night, the very bright light emiited from the display is very distracting and I would say way too bright. You can adjust the colors to find the least blinding variation, but this is definitely a negative.
Comes with a remote control, but to me this is silly. This is like having a remote control for your alarm clock. Dude, you're right there, stretch out your arm 3 more inches.
I would recommend this and I am thinking of buying another one for my son.
I also would have given this a 5 except for the dimmer problem.
Graded 3 on design and 4 overall because of this.
Kinda of hard to grade on durabilty since I just installed it. :)

Awesome

I have this in a 2003 pontiac vibe and it is awesome in my opinion! I love the easy settings and it looks great as well. A great buy for the money. DO IT!

Pioneer DEH-X6500BT Awesome Radio

I got this Pioneer Head Unit for my girlfriends car and she absolutely loves it. She likes the Bluetooth streaming for her music. Plus it lights up whatever colors you want when someone calls. Overall its a great product.

Great Unit

This is a great stereo for the price. I bought it for the Bluetooth and Ipod connections. It is very versatile with many ways to set it up. I also wanted a unit that had at least 2 sets of preamp outputs. This has one set for the front and a second set for the rear or for subwoofers - not sure how I am going to hook up the amp yet. I would have given this unit 5 stars except for one flaw. There is no way to dim the front buttons and screen. There is a dimmer but it only has two settings - On and Off. With the dimmer On, the unit is still too bright at night. I had to find a front color that was not too bright, so far I think that either red or dark blue to be the least annoying at night.

Awesome Head Unit!!!!

I want to start by saying this Pioneer head unit freakin rocks!!!! I love the bluetooth capabality and the seemingly unlimited amount of illumination colors...I love how i can control my subs from my deck and I would recommend this product to anybody