Pioneer AVH-X2800BS In-Dash DVD Receiver with 6.2" Display, Bluetooth, SiriusXM-Ready

OK I love this radio but it wasn't cheap to put in my 2010 Dodge Ram.I am writing a long review in hopes it will help the next guy with a Ram and S5 phone.ABC warehouse charged me $250 to put in in because I didn't buy the radio and accessories from them.I am not sorry I let them do the install though because my dash did have to be dremelled out for the Double DIN to fitand I would rather let someone who knows what they are doing do that because it turned out almost perfect.The guy said this particular setup fit better in my truck than any other Rams he had done.I got a deal on Amazon on the radio $160.00 and added a 3 year warranty so the radio and accessories I roughly paid $400.00 for the radio and all the parts you will need to buy if you want to maintain all Chrysler controls and bypass parking brake switch and a additional 3 year warrantyAmazon purchases:1) MicroBypass ALL AVH-X Video In Motion Interface for Select Pioneer ReceiversSold by: MicroBypass2) AUTO-VOX HD Car Rear View Backup Camera Waterproof License Plate Camera Reverse Parking Monitor Kit with Wide Angle for Truck&RVSold by: AUTO-VOX3) PAC C2R-CHY4 Radio Replacement Interface for ChryslerSold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc.4) PAC steering wheel controls to go with 2R-CHY4 Radio Replacement InterfaceEbay purchases:1) Double Din Dash Kit for After Market Radio Install with Wire Harness & AntennaITEM PRICE:US $10.98Free shippingITEM ID:400403885092SELLER:uneeksupply (394261)Total: ~ $700.00 with install and warrantyI did not buy an aftermarket Sirius reciever or antenna because I don't use Sirius. Everything else works as the factory radio did.The good:1) I love being able to customize control button colors (made red to match my truck) and set a custom background (Dodge Ram logo).2) Bluetooth connects great .3) The AppRadioOne functionality is pretty nice but hangs once in a while but its not hard to recover.4) The DVD picture quality is very good.5) The interface is pretty easy to get used to.6) Works well with my Samsung S5 and S7with Car mode turned on.7) The Navmii and Waze apps work great for maps with car mode turned on and voice recogntion8) With AppRadio you can view songs, the stock map (not as good as Navmii or Maze), the weather and events all at the same time as well as your car speedall on one screen.10) You can listen to the radio with the Navmii or Waze apps running. (Hit volume button and you can select weather to mutethe radio, maps directions, or both).11) The camera I chose works great and the radio even has a option to turn on the camera while going down the road if you want to seewhats behind you.12) Graphic equalizer is very nice.13) Plays HD FM as well.13) Sound is great.14) Built well and good design15) Steering wheel controls work like factory.16) Can play musi, view pictures, and watch videos loaded on thumb drive with USB set as input.The not so good:1) Took a while to get all the settings right so the apps worked the way they should.2) The Bluetooth voice recognition pacman option did not want to work at all in Bluetoothmode or AppRadio mode until I turned on car mode on my Samsung S5 which I am growing to love.3) AppRadioOne doesn't support many Android apps. (which they supported Dashcommand, Torgue, etc.)4) Many screen options are greyed out once the car is started (Pioneer safety practice). You need a toggle switch of some sort to get them to un-grey while moving. ABC warehouse wired the toggle to do that into my headlights.5) The AppRadio App does occasionally hang.6) Bluetooth itself connects fairly slow but but my phone has alot of contacts so don't get in a rush.7) I still have not been able to get the keyboard to show up on the Radio screen. It goes back to my phone always.8) The camera is a little fuzzy at night but useable. Has nothing to do with the radio just the lighting. I am still glad I didn't spend too much on a lighted camera because it works really good in the day and didn't cost too much so if it quits I can replace it easily and for not a lot of money.To customize your own back ground you will need a FAT formatted thumb drive with a 800 x 480 jpg image to load on the thumb driveand no other pictures or files and you will have to switch the settings to USB on the radio temporarily instead of AppRadio mode for theAndroid. There's a Youtube video on that. Don't worry about the video with the 2 guys who say the type of thumb drive id important you just have to make sure its FAT formatted and the radio is on USB mode to load it from my experience.Overall I am a very happy camper and look forward to many years of use ahead.My advice is to plug your phone into USB when you get into the car and your phone will be charging and you will be able to use any of the apps you desire. If you phone is not plugged in you are limited to the internal radio functionality and Bluetooth calling only. It works good either way with the S5 and S7 once your get everything configured correctly.I have posted some pictures of the radio in my truck.

I installed this head unit into my 2016 subaru impreza 4 door. The factory installed head unit sounded horrible. Do yourslef a favor and replace the head unit first before replacing the factory speakers. The factory head unit in the subaru is very under powered and sounds horrible. Some people reaplace the speakers first (like I did) only to discover the main part of the issue is subarus horrible head units. I would also purchase the kicker dash tweeters (if your subaru does not have them), get this unit, get the suabru kicker tweeter dash speakers and replace the door speakers last if you dont like the sound.This unit sounds fantastic and has the XM input which I also installed. You will not have steering interface control with your subaru unless you purchase an aftermarket interface which I did but I got frustrated with the interface not working correctly that I took it out and use the remote of this device instead. The phone audio quality is good.The unit allows you to play DVD's when the car is parked and the emergency brake is up. You can find ways to make the dvd player work while in motion but I would not suggest doing that because it is unsafe for the driver and illegal I think.The display of this unit is nice and bright and I customized the colors to match my subaru dash.The only thing I dont like is when scrolling the Music files on my USB drive, it is hard to use the touch screen cause you have a delay in sliding your finger up and the file names moving at the same pace. This is nothing major but would be nice if it accessed the files at a quicker pace so you dont have to scroll back and forth.

This stereo works well in my 2008 Subaru Legacy. I only have a few small concerns keeping me from rating 5 stars.Bluetooth connects reliably to my phone almost every time. Tho seems to struggle a bit to switch between paired devices when both are in the car and trying to change from one to the other. Music quality is fantastic. Never any stutters or dips.Radio is excellent, although the on-screen data (song name, artist) that the station puts out can get messed up when the unit tries to sort it, and sometimes it'll remain the same through 3 or 4 songs. Not really a big deal, could even be a problem on the end of the radio station.Audio quality is exceptional. The multiple listening profiles (easily accessible via the EQ button on-screen) are really cool as well.Customization is really good, the multiple light colors for the permanent buttons can be set to match the rest of the dashboard illumination colors. It'd be cool if there was a way to get them to variably dim with the rest of the dash lights but since each auto manufacturer implements dimming differently I can't blame Pioneer for not having this functionality available. The multiple backgrounds and "live" backgrounds are really cool too!The UI is very intuitive but leaves a bit to be desired in terms of functionality. Things like screen dimming are hard to fine-tune (it's either bright or dim... can't adjust how bright or dim) and for crying out loud don't grey out all the functions when the parking brake is off! I understand why no DVDs, but bluetooth settings? come on. fortunately a little parking brake bypass harness is a simple solution to this issue.Overall this is an excellent stereo. All the key functions I was looking for were met by this unit, and met reliably. There are just a few small (largely software-based) shortcomings that keep me from giving this unit 5 stars.