Customer Ratings & Reviews

Awesome!

Looks..price... Quality... Many extras... Works better than factory units I've seen and installed. Just blown away can't beat the price. This is the only site I order this type of great electronics from.

very great buy, thanks for fast response on replacement unit. no problem at all. many great features, took long trip and unit works flawlessly. Thanks

Absolutely the best-selling unit I have owned for price. Already spread the word!

7" Navigation/DVD/CD/AM-FM Touch Screen Radio

I ordered the 7" Navigation/DVD/CD/AM-FM Touch Screen Radio for my wife's 2011 Nisan Titan as a Christmas present. She does a significant amount of driving (any where from 5-10 hours at a time.) and our two little girls are always with her. The navigation system has lead her easily along her routes and has made the travel experience much more pleasant versus the experience of the small 4" Tom Tom which we had suction-cupped to her windshield that always fell off. The directions are always accurate, and they keep up with the car. The DVD player works great and has an amazing picture! It really helps to keep the kids from crying the entire trip. Also, the transition from DVD back to Navigation is quick and easy. I would highly recommend this!

Amazing Deal!!

Not really one to write reviews - but, this is probably the best piece of business I have done in a while. Bought it for my 2010 VW Golf City to replace a system that I bought a few months ago.

I have a friend who installs navi systems and recommended Sonic Electronix. When I first saw the Pyle - it seemed to good be too good to be true for the price. Yet, after reading reviews from various websites - the majority were very positive.

I played around with it to familiarize myself with the functions and was blown away with the amount of features. I like the Bluetooth and the fact I can play all my music from my iPhone 4S wirelessly. I could even listen to Internet radio. I tried the GPS and it was extremely accurate with the voice directions. I was even able to add a 16GB SD Card filled with Mp3's and video files which it read very quickly.

If you're looking for a reasonably priced system with all the features - get this one without a doubt. Also, in dealing with Sonic Electronix Customer Service Staff - friendly & professional.

To finish off, the only negative for me was the lack of a Cage to fit in the dash. I modified my present one, but need to purchase the correct model as it is sticking out slightly. Reading a review on their website - SE has a pioneer model for $39.99 that should do the job.

Pyle Audio

The Bluetooth for my cell works great. Good sound, DVD picture was great. GPS navigation is ok. I hate how voice commands tell you you're over speed limit. For the price, you won't be disappointed.

I bought a car navigator and got a free radio too.

It is very nice to be able to fit modern equipment like the combo radio and GPS Pyle offers into my old car (2003 Crown Vic). The installation went OK because after wiring the cables together Pyle equipment worked fine.

Pyle

Could be more happy with audio system ,love bluetooth making me hand free to talk on my cell. Navigation is great perfect pic of road also safety fact is voice come on let u know u speedy.
Dvd player work find watch movie used sdhc card for music n/p. Ipod and flashdrive everything work great . Install it was easy also took the back up camera color is good .

Pyle PLDNV78I

The Pyle PLDNV78i has some great features. However, it has some issues that are some what minor concerns. 1) This unit will not fit a 2006 Toyota Tundra properly, it a tight fit and it will not let the unit open to insert DVDs. 2) If the day is bright and sunny , its hard to see the screen due to the bright reflection. and 3) Once you start your vehicle, the radio will go blank and the USB wants to load. this will be for a few seconds and then the radio will go back on .

excellent for the price

I really recommend this product. It is really worth the dollar

Nice Unit

I would recommend this unit for the simple reason is the price cant be beat!!! I don't like the fact that there are no instructions but the Tech support at sonic was pretty good about helping me.

I had an issue with the back up camera install no one ever told me to run a 12v reverse line to the BACK wire coffee color wire. I had to spend 4 hours goggling it.
Here is what I found "You must wire the trigger wire to the head, the wire should be labled reverse. This is a +12v hi the head must see in order to switch on the backup cam. The trigger wire is part of my RCA cable running to the back of the truck. The trigger should be connected to the (+) reverse lamp side. When you put the car in reverse the head will see the +12v and turn on the backup cam. You still need the power for the cam also.

The wire is coffee colored and labeled (BACK) on the PLDNV78i. When the 12+ from the reverse lamp is applied to this line the display will be forced to turn on the backup cam."

I also know on a F150 you don't connect the Tele mute wire it cuts the sound off and on once you drive.

Other than that this unit ROCKS!!!!!

Good price

Easy install for me, first time doing the install. Gps works great

A good deal for the money

Everything works as stated. The only issue I have is if you own this unit you are not allowed to updated the gps at all. The features & accuracy are fine but you can tell it needs to be updated. The one cool thing about the gps is it has alerts for the red light cameras. This unit is slightly larger than the standard so this install is not an easy 123 install. You have to be good enough to make some modifications of your own. Hey for the money it is not a bad unit and it is better than the factory radio. Oh one more thing, you will loose your steering wheel controls if you have them.

Best bang for the buck!!!

After lots of research, I was going to purchase a head unit from a major company for $839 however, I decided to not pass on the opportunity of purchasing the pyle, go figure $300 for navigation, ipod/iphone controller, bluetooth, etc... Lets just say my brother and I were extremely happy with the purchase I did. Everything works perfect. Bluetooth is beautiful, sounds nice and clean. Ipod/Iphone works really nice. Navigation is wonderful (can't get the voice commands to work) will try to look at it tomorrow. Getting use to it is a bit eh... but manageable. Great product for the price.

ALMOST A GREAT RADIO

Everything about this raido was great. The exception to that is when the gps voice come over the speakers to give directions the radio volume doubles and drowns out the gps voice. according to pyle customer support this is a design flaw and can not be fixed.

Great Product and Great Value

Item was as described. With free shipping, the price was also unbeatable. Works great. Thanks

Not bad

If you are thinking of putting this in a new Dodge Ram, stop. This unit does not fit without major re-construction. I had to carve away a lot of plastic at the old radio mount, then I had to cut the metal bracket inside the dash with tin snips, then, after ready for install, the outside panel opening did not allow enough clearance for the front panel to open and close without binding up. After a lot of trimming and a boogered up front panel, the unit is finally installed but now I have to come up with a creative way to cover up damage. Forget the face plate, that is useless. Some good things, the problem that everyone was having with the sound and the GPS issues while playing music is non existent with this unit. It works fine. Car logos are terrible. A lot of cars listed that I never heard of and no Dodge Ram logo at all. Wiring the unit was a piece of cake and it was my first aftermarket radio install ever. E-brake wire will ground to the unit to allow DVD play so, don't go buy anything extra to make that happen. So far I have tested the SD card play, the bluetooth, and the GPS. All three of those work so far, bluetooth set up was a bit of a task with a Galaxy note, took a couple of tries but got it. The unit is too high. The mounting kit that I got with it was sufficient enough to cover the normal width opening as this unit is not as wide as the stock unit, but the height is way off. Sound is good, but I will need to upgrade my speakers, already planned on it, as my stock speakers cannot handle the unit at too high of a volume. Touch screen is a bit troublesome, especially when looking for your car logo and background items. I still have to play with some settings, but, I'll figure it out. Overall, pretty happy with it except alterations to the vehicle. I don't think the unit would have sit as flush as I would have liked, but, for the price, it looks good in there and will look better when I can figure out how to trim it out to hide the scars.

try a different one

I'm not too happy with this product. The directions are basically non-existent. It has RDS so you can see the artists and song.. well it's in the smallest font possible and in a cell of the screen that's about and inch of information can be displayed on. The GPS is decent. but hard to understand the voice prompts. I have yet to figure out how to change the time on the radio portion so it will lock, it's an hour off. The time on the GPS worked out ok.. why is there 2 ? I seem to get static on all stations. I've checked all of my connections they're fine. The screen freezes up a few times a week. You can't exactly reboot it easily. It actually happens at start up..
There are several options for wall paper and as I said the GPS isn't too bad. I haven't tried the dvd player yet. I have had this unit for about 4 months. I bought this unit partially because of the back up camera option. Of course the camera didn't work, I thought it was a bad wire and tried splicing it, it was internal, of course it can't be returned now.
It was inexpensive, i guess you get what you pay for.

Good Price

I would recommend this unit to the low budget buyer, but no one else. The default volume is set to 10(loud) and there seems to be no way of changing it. Every time the unit powers on it startles me. While in navigation mode every time you operate the on screen menu options the unit blairs the volume in the rear speakers. Other than this the unit works fine.

ONE OF THE BEST RADIOS FOR THE PRICE

This radio has everything you need. LITERALLY! I love it. its amazing. for that price, its a steal. gps, bluetooth, touchscreen, dvd. all you need in your car. works great and installation wasn't hard at all. everything is labeled and spliced for you so all you have to do is connect the wires. Placement was a little hard, but it does get through. Definitely a great buy! no regrets

Great Stereo, but not for every vehicle

I was very excited to get this new stereo, with nav and DVD player, especially in my 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. It arrived on time and I proceeded to follow the few instructions that came with it, stating I had to cut off the 'lips' of the top and bottom of the bezel that covers the stereo and heater vents. It wasn't too hard and I squeezed the new radio in there, wired the harness and plugged it all in. It looked great, made my speakers sound amazing, Bluetooth hooked right up and worked great, but the Nav was missing the GPS card that it was supposed to come with. Then I start looking for the slot for it and for the DVD, but can't find anything that even resembles it. I checked the owners manual and it was absolutely useless! Finally I went back to Sonix website and saw a picture of the front faceplate folded down. Well, because of the tight fit in my vehicle, the faceplate couldn't come down and therefore I couldn't use the SC slot, DVD player or access the GPS card slot. So, I had to pull the whole thing out again and proceed to cut out more and more of the vehicle bezel, until finally I could get enough clearance to allow it to work. What a pain!!! Anyway, talked with a customer service rep who was very helpful, looking stuff up for me and put in an order for the missing GPS card, so now it's all working except for the Nav.
If I had it to do over again, I think I'd buy this again, just wish they had actual instructions and let you know how many modifications I'd have to make for this to actually work.

Pyle PLDNV78i

What I received the first time I ordered and now the second time I ordered does not look like what's in the advertisement. Does not come with that cable of RCA plugs. The RCA plugs are built into the radio. Other than that it a great investment.

good value for the price

The unit has met all expectations with a few minor glitches. There is not much in the way of information in the owner/user manul and the web site does not give much more info. But over all I'm satisfied with the unit.

great buy

was looking at a few dvd players i chose this one for gps an price i wound recomend this one over all very pleased an always buy from sonic best prices an fast shipping

Love it!!

Good unit,good price,works well.I WILL GET ANOTHER ONE FOR MY ANOTHER CAR.

great replacement radio

Tired of factor radios Pyle is not that expensive looks better more features and more fun to have great radio to have

Excellent service

Had to finally replace the AM/FM factory base radio. Chose the Pyle double din 7". Thought about ordering without the GPS, but...for just a few dollars more, I'm glad I did. My order arrived quickly, and the packing and all components were more than adequate. I pulled out the old Ford factory unit, (had a DIN removal tool,) and installed the new unit in less than an hour. This unit is very light on installation instructions, so I'd ask for help if you've never installed a radio previously. This being said, the wiring harness and the connector I ordered, (ask your sales person), made the job easy. Unit sounds great!

I wanted the new unit installed before going on a long road trip, and had a lot of fun learning everything about the Pyle system. Yes, it is a budget Double Din, but....it's got DVD, GPS, IPOD connect, SD card interface, CD, etc. Haven't used the DVD feature yet, but the GPS worked very well and I used it everyday on my 3 week out of town visit. The sound is awesome, especially compared to the factory head unit. For the money, I think you can't go wrong. Thanks, Sonic!

g man

good for the price but the durability is poor and doesnt hold up

Discouraged

Day after install and the GPS no longer works. Spent all day yesterday installing and with major modifications to my dash. All worked last evening and to work. Came out of work and GPS won't load. It keeps saying to put in the card. I do but nothing. I called Sonic Electronix and all they said was send it back (nothing to try) just rip it out and send it back. I contacted the maker without any positive results. Now this gift has no worth. It will cost to send it back, hole in my dash and my wife threw out the packaging so that's a problem.

Excellent So Far

Just purchased it but so far it has been excellent. The menus are easy to navigate, it has tons of features, and sounds good. The only drawback is that it sticks out farther then my original radio, but that is just the way it is designed. The installation was relatively straightforward even without documentation except for the steering wheel controls.

Overall excellent value and I would highly recommend it.

NEEDS BETTER INSTRUCTIONS

For the price this is a great purchase. Minor glitches are caused by the translated instructions.One of the setup screens makes no sense to me whatsoever and the "manual" does not even list what it is for. It's there for some reason but I have not found it yet. Great feature is the second card slot. you can fill a card with music or audio books. Navigation is pretty good but slow to load and again no real help from the "manual"
Otherwise what do you want for the price.Cannot be used with a pre amp but sound output is good.

Unhappy and Returned it.

Upon receipt screen mechanism would not operate and would would not play in stereo, only mono. I think some folks get ones that are ok and work well, others like me not so lucky. I decided to return and upgrade my order to a more respectable brand... Pioneer. Of course it's twice the price. Your luck may differ than mine, but I wouldn't recommend to anyone. Customer service was helpful by phone!

Nice

This unit performed very nice for the money. I would recomend this device.

Perfect Buy

I would buy this radio over and over again. It was worth every penny I spent on it.