Power Acoustik PTID-4333NR

Review

I bought the Power Acoustik PTID-4333NR for my 99 olds intrigue, honestly it's a great buy . It has a slick look the design makes your car interior more attractive. It just blends in and is not even hard to navigate through the system, and installation is just 1,2,3 steps yes that easy.

Power Acoustik PTID 4333NR

Its a nice radio but it shuts off and i hate how you have to turn up the volume, the knob is better... but i wouldnt recomend it.

great for what it is

The thing to keep in mind with any lower brand is it always has a lot of features for the price.

And the biggest trade of for this is the GUI--aka Graphic User Interface, or to keep it simple, the Menu.

You look at the other/older Power Acoustik, Farenheit, XO Vision, Pyle, Boss, etc. and you will notice the menu and GUI just plain sucks!. It's not intuitive and looks horrible.

This new Power Acoustik unit and a very select few others have a new GUI and it is 100x better than any of the older stuff.

First of all it actually looks pleasing. It doesn't look cheap or generic. Each menu is animated, you won't feel bad accessing it in front of people like the other cheap units--although this isn't that cheap.

As for the stereo itself, it looks just like a JVC counterpart. I don't know about the JVC one, but this Power Acoustik has an OVERSIZE face, though it does not really say it in the description, be prepared depending on what vehicle dash you are installing this in.

The screen itself and that proximity thing is accurate. Never had a problem.

Check youtube, for videos on how everything looks as far as menus.

There is no multi-band EQ, just basic treble, bass, balance, and fade.

You can change the background of the main menu screen, as well as add pictures to the slideshow. Although it is weird how you save pictures to the unit and I still can't get the picture I want to use to take up the entire screen. There always seems to be a black border no matter if I use a 4:3 or 16:9 image.

Unit has 2 separate non-fade subwoofer outputs and built in xover and volume control.

Unfortunately while playing files from SD or USB, it is still the generic folder menu like the older cheapo units. However it is a bit easier on the eyes. It shows artist, track, and album ID3 tags BUT it doesn't scroll, nor does the file name list scroll, so you are almost always certain to have everything cut off. Close but not quite there.

On screen menu with DVD playback and file playing with SD and SUB has greatly improved due to the new GUI. It no longer looks generic and hard to navigate.

Screensaver function is nice. Radio function also looks nice. Unfortunately no HD-radio or add on, and no RDS. RDS is a must I don't know why they still don't make it more common. You can see station info and track names, like HD radio without the HD quality sound.

Overall a nice unit and a great improvement for a lower name brand.

Not Bad, great buy

I have owned this head unit for about 6 months now. The stereo itself is easy to navigate, its a good size if you have a single din set up and don't have room for a flip up screen. If you are going to put pics on the screen. edit the pics first on your computer to the resolution of the stereo screen. If not, they will look a little odd. Sound quality is good and picture is decent. You get a lot of features for your money. My only con about this, is they need to make the setup/instructions more user friendly.

touch screen review

pretty cool in-dash setup. the screens are a little difficult to navigate while driving, particularly the sound adjustments. the SD card pictures are odd looking when viewed on the screen. i guess the controls take some getting used to. 4.3" screen is cool if you are 10, so take advantage of the extra video output to add a nice 7" screen. i guess these guys are up and coming, because if they get all these features refined, they will be the big boys in the car audio biz.

Looks good

Nice looking unit but trying to adjust volume while driving is almost impossible and even just when you have it where your comfortable with it. The slightest move then it goes out of calibration. Also I purchased the iPod adapter/cord and my iPhone 4 will not work with it. The remote never worked at all from the first time I tried using it. The icons were very responsive to touch. You will need to edit pictures according to the screen size for them to look normal. Navigating the folders was somewhat difficult too.

Power Acoustic

At first it worked great, but after a few days the touch screen either didn't work at all or had to be calibrated constantly. Overall not to satisfied with the unit.

Very Satisfied!!!

I would highly recommend this head unit. Very cheap for what you get. The features are great and then some. The installation was really easy, 1,2,3 done, just that easy. The volume controls takes a while to get used to since there is no knob, but other that, there is nothing wrong with it. Highly recommend!!! If your looking for a cheap but cool head unit then this is the one for you.