Pioneer AVIC-8200NEX

Exceptional value, and super awesome unit

Pioneer keeps making great units, love this radio. Makes it so darn easy to switch between HD Radio and Bluetooth and HDMI. I can do all this with ease. So much packed into the 8200 model. Fit perfectly in my Dodge Durango and works great with amp, subwoofers and all speakers I also bought through Sonic Electronics. Best of both worlds sounds and value.

By Bruce (Hilandr) on July 20, 2017 Verified purchase

Pioneers AVIC-8200 NEX

This is the Best in car radio I ever own, it does everything you could ever want a car radio to do and more!!!!!!

Awesome unit, in love with Android Auto.

These are great units. Do your research though as you may only need one of the cheaper models, like the 5200nex. I love it, best deck I've owned.

By Courtney on October 20, 2016 Verified purchase

the best out there!

The best tech i have bought i a while! cost is kinda up there, but once you talk yourself into buying it, it will be very difficult to find anything like it! You will not be disappointed

By Grade A Ammo on December 29, 2017 Verified purchase

Great product

Supports Apple and Android Auto. Very customizable. There are so many playback options. Anything you can think of, this will play it

By Oneil on July 20, 2017 Verified purchase

Love this product!!

This is exactly what I was looking for. This is the best all around car stereo I have found. Blue Tooth, Apple Car Play, HDMI phone mirroring.. all in one! Very intuitive and easy to use with a lot of very helpful and cool extra features. Just bite the bullet and get it. You won't be sorry!

Pioneer seems to be loosing ground these days. Too many problems and few solutions

I have several Pioneer car stereos. Had many since the AVIC-1. That one still works, but I have had lots of problems with my Pioneer head units over the last 5-10 years. If the firmware goes bad…AND IT DOES…on a few newer head units, you are out of luck with any support from Pioneer. They obviously have the firmware, but they will not provide it to customers with their decks…Huh? I had an internal SD card go bad, and had to find a hacker to fix it. Pioneer can’t fix it, but a guy with coding experience can? My background is forever staying the same too. Nothing plugged into the unit..No front SD card, no USB or anything else connected, but an old picture I set as background can’t be undone. I have to change it manually every time I turn on the stereo. At least I can change it, but turn off the car, and it’s back when I give it power again. The LED light strip for the buttons went out on one of the 2 LED’s that illuminate the buttons. So only lights up half the buttons. The little LED board is $260 to replace. Crazy! At least the unit is fairly quick to load my Android Auto, but I have a Boss floating screen deck that is only one second slower and I paid about $200 for that. Hahaha. I used to love Pioneer, but now they are just average at best. I’m going with Kenwood from now on. The Pioneer touch screen is actually worse than the Boss. LOL. Why on earth can’t one USB plug work with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto? It does on my super cheap Boss unit. No more Pioneer for me. There “support” is just ridiculous too. No reasons to stay with Pioneer anymore. Bummer

By Dennis on June 11, 2023 Verified purchase

It does it all very quickly

This is the best deck I have ever owned. The screen is big, GPS is accurate, Calls are crystal clear, Android Auto is great, sound fantastic, and very, very fast about getting to what you want. Very snappy. I love how I can change the background to whatever I want with the SD card. My USB works flawlessly, Phone works flawlessly, and it looks so sexy!

Ok system

Poor touchscreen and non intuitive. Not a terrible unit, but not a good one either.

By Carlos on July 26, 2017 Verified purchase

Feature Packed Good Performance

I've had this unit installed for over a month now and am very happy with my purchase decision.

Pro's - Tons of features, plenty of power without an external amp and works seamlessly with my Galaxy S7. I'd had zero issues using it with Android Auto and it works well with the standard Blue Tooth features as well.

Buttons and features are fairly easy to understand but if you can't operate your home remote for your TV you'll be challenged with this receiver as there are tons of features and Apps to navigate if you want to get the most from this receiver.

Con's - Price was my major concern and it certainly is expensive even at the latest discounted pricing however in this case you get what you pay for. The only annoyance I've experienced is the time to boot up and the length of time the warning screen appears when you start up. This is probably some government mandated or lawyer induced warning but it gets old real quick. "I get it, we're not supposed to operate the maps while driving, now leave me alone and quit displaying the screen every time I stat the car."

As stated above the buttons are small and there are a lot of features that required scrolling through a menu or two to set up and sometimes operate. If you don't want to read a manual you'll either be disappointed/ frustrated with the receiver and most likely will not be getting the full value of this receiver.

Overall I'm very happy with my buying decision. This is probably my fourth or fifth Pioneer receiver in various cars and everyone of them has been better than the last.

The only hitch on installation was due to getting the older version of the Metra wiring harness which didn't include the wire for the speed sensor. I was able to hard wire this in but those with limited experience installing car stereos or unwilling/unable to use Google to troubleshoot an installation issue would be challenged by this type of issue.