Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat (Post 1580217)

Please do a google search on pioneer and s*** plenty of threads about the fallowing:

pico fuse blown, screen flickers or fails, cd's stop ejecting, unit bricks, motorized units fail to move, and so on.

I gave up on the years ago and started a HUGE thread on caraudio.com over 10 pages later of most people venting about how bad their units were and are.



DONE With Pioneer






I have gotten pm's on this forum even about people asking why they didn't go with another brand in the first place. Are there the exceptions of course however my overall experience with them is a negative one and a very large number of them in all.

If I even had to single out one flaw in the pioneers I would simple say pico fuse and there are pages and pages of people saying it blows for no reason one day and BAM alternator wine. However this could be caused by their installer not grounding the unit properly or simply by them hot swapping rca's one day. But for the answer to be either ground your rca outputs onto your head units chassie or send it to pioneer to get it replaced. My thought is why should I have to do either on a 1k+ head unit in the first place.

Originally Posted by SCORPION (Post 1597689)

go with kenwood [IMG]http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...-10-51_800.jpg[/IMG]

Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat (Post 1580217)

Please do a google search on pioneer and s*** plenty of threads about the fallowing:

pico fuse blown, screen flickers or fails, cd's stop ejecting, unit bricks, motorized units fail to move, and so on.

I gave up on the years ago and started a HUGE thread on caraudio.com over 10 pages later of most people venting about how bad their units were and are.



DONE With Pioneer






I have gotten pm's on this forum even about people asking why they didn't go with another brand in the first place. Are there the exceptions of course however my overall experience with them is a negative one and a very large number of them in all.

If I even had to single out one flaw in the pioneers I would simple say pico fuse and there are pages and pages of people saying it blows for no reason one day and BAM alternator wine. However this could be caused by their installer not grounding the unit properly or simply by them hot swapping rca's one day. But for the answer to be either ground your rca outputs onto your head units chassie or send it to pioneer to get it replaced. My thought is why should I have to do either on a 1k+ head unit in the first place.

Originally Posted by Omikron (Post 1596150)

:iagree:

I have had so many issues with Pioneer HU in the past, I wouldn't purchase another. Just my :twocents: though. On the other hand every Alpine I have had/friends have had has been great. But hey, if thats what you have to have I understand that also.

Originally Posted by WICKED_GRIN (Post 1598731)

“Pico fuse blown” & the caraudio forum (and "done with Pioneer") concerning Pioneer Head Units are generated by someone using your name!? Is this a coincidence? The only Pico fuse blown I’ve ever heard about is from you…….wtf

Originally Posted by WICKED_GRIN (Post 1598764)

My girlfriend had an Alpine HU installed in her new 4runner and it totally sucks…….especially the iPod interface!

Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat (Post 1598867)

No coincidence just posted that, I am on alost every car audio and audio forum out there :happydance: :tup:

Originally Posted by WICKED_GRIN (Post 1599150)

Ebonics translators please…….