Pioneer DEH-P8400BH

Pioneer DEH-P8400BH review

Excellent product. User interface is great except there are no preset station buttons. It takes preset stations but it's hard to find them at first. This really is a non issue for me as I primarily use the bluetooth feature. All in all, this is a great product.

Pioneer 8400BH

Very cool head unit, does pretty much anything you can think of. I thought the mixtrax thing would be alot cooler but it is not cool at all. All it does is add weird scratching noises between songs but there is another feature that allows you to play songs from just one artists/album/etc so that makes up for the stupid scratching noises. Also the mixtrax thing makes my stereo go into some sort of epileptics nightmare and you cannot make it stop blinking while in this mode. For me, mixtrax sold the headunit but turned out to be the worst feature but ALL the other features make up for it by far.

Also dont hook your phone up to it or shut bluetooth off on your phone if you dont wanna be bothered while listening to a song. It turns your music off so the damn phone can come through, which is to be expected I guess. Seriously, it has more features than you will remember how to use. Also, the headunit is about 6 inches deep and with your RCA plugs add 2 inches check your dash depth I tried to set it completely back but that didnt work for my car. The carriage to hold the radio is solid and well thought out.

This head unit is a very good investment IMHO, I expect i'll be using this for 5+ years. If you are on the fence hope this review helps you out. Buy it you wont be disappointed.

Good bang for the buck

I put this in my daughter's car for her birthday. It's got everything she needed and then some. Bluetooth with media streaming and hands free calling, iPhone support with just the standard USB cable and it even controls Pandora on her iPhone. The MIXTRAX and lighting effects are pretty awesome as well.

Great HU for the price!

Bluetooth works without a hitch, the range is limited to inside the car but it's no problem at all. The sound quality of the BT is excellent.
It takes a bit of getting used to as far as the controls and features, but any HU is at first. No problems so far after about 5 weeks since installation. The 4 volt preamp are a nice feature as well.

Pioneer DEH-P8400BH

This company is fantastic! The website is easy to use, and very helpful in making sure that the purchase will work for your needs. In addition to that, the price was the cheapest I had found anywhere. The product was shipped extremely quickly and it arrived nicely packaged. No damage whatsoever. The item itself is great! So easy to use, and so many great features! Our favorite feature is the Bluetooth. It's so nice to be able to use hands free calling! I would definitely recommend this company as well as this product.

Radio

Best prices, great products. I've been buying from sonic for several years now.2 thumbs up guys!

MUY BUEN ARTICULO Y A MEJOR PRECIO PIONEER LO MENOR

EL ESTEREO ES MUY BUENO Y SEGURO ME VA A DURAR MUCHOS AÑOS COMO LOS OTROS QUE HE TENIDO
MUY BUENA CALIDAD
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A review after nearly 2 years of use

I purchased this head unit in the beginning of 2012. Still going strong today. It has a ton of features packed in for the price point. Three pair of 4V RCA outputs, a nice looking screen that is capable of fitting three full lines of information (versus 1 or 2 on many other units), a HPF, and one other feature that a really love that most head units don't have...... rear USB. Nearly every other single-din head unit around this price point has their USB port on the front face. This means I have an ugly cord hanging from my dash and I have to stash my iPod somewhere. Rear USB lets me stash the iPod in the glove box, see no cords, and keep everything out of sight from thieves.

I do have a couple of small gripes though. First, I hate the forward/back lever surrounding the volume knob. It's something Pioneer started trying out and I think it's super cheesy and trinket-y. Second, the USB connection to iPods is not flawless. Sometimes the iPod doesn't pause and turns off when I turn off the car. Sometimes it won't unpause and I have to dig in the glove box, only to find out that the iPod is locked up in kind of a half-Pioneer half-iPod state and must be hard reset. Both are pretty rare (once every ~6 weeks), but after 2 years of use, it's annoying. Last, the call quality on the bluetooth is not too good. I've tried moving the microphone to multiple locations over my period of ownership, but zero improvement.

All in all, a great offering. It has a a wonderful sound to it. I would HIGHLY recommend Pioneer's head units, but probably not this model.

Pioneer DEH-P8400BH

This unit has many features and sounds great for the price. The knob for the sound level is a little hard to use because if you hit or tap the knob it go into a feature mode. The tuner section has great reception for a unit of this price.

Best value out there

I bought this head unit to replace my kenwood one from 2007 and man i cant believe the difference, the sound quality is light years better and all the features are amazing. Great product. got to my house in 2 days which was sweet. the Bluetooth is great. my bass was increased by 1000% i would recommend this to anyone.