I got the Pioneer Z120BT installed a few weeks ago and I'm very happy. There was one issue that I had with a loud, constant hissing but that went away after the installer used a different wiring harness. Overall, I'm very impressed with the unit.

You might need to get used to the scrolling because at times rather than scrolling it selects what I touched. I'm guessing it's because of the angle that the unit is at (i.e. it's easier to scroll on an iPhone than on this unit).

I have the Bose amp and speakers and after putting the head unit in the music is like night and day. I'm guessing it's because of the EQ adjustments.

Navigation, for me at least, works as expected. It doesn't have many streets in my area but that's probably because it's fairly new (2-3 years old).

One thing I've noticed is that sometimes it doesn't recognize the iPhone when I plug it in. That might be because of the iOS4 or the fact that my 3G is very slow now. I'm probably just going to get an iPod and just leave it in there. It's also a pain to open the cubby hole and look at the phone every time I get a text message.

Bluetooth works as expected and everyone I've talked to say they can hear me fine. The microphone is mounted to the left of the rear mirror.

If you have any questions about the unit let me know!

A firmware update should be coming out soon for the ios4 for head units.

So do GPS head units run maps from internal memory, or operate from a "Map DVD"?

And how do you keep up to date with maps, if they're on internal memeory?

From an upgradeable internal memory!

It’s upgradable by using a flash card, disc, etc.

I'm surprised there are not more "polls" or "sticky's" on the subject of audio.

Since the headunit (GPS) is almost the most expensive component in an audio setup.

It's good to hear eveyones thoughts and opinions though, before I drop $1000 on a head unit HaHa

when installing a new head unit can you just use one of those removal tools that just slides in all four corners of the head unit and just pull it out or does the 370z not have that and you have to take everything apart that is shown above? thanks

You do not need that everything is screws to remove for the head unit.

Can be, get some audison amps and they can be more than the head unit. :tup:

I have the Pioneer 120BT and love it. At first the microphone was too sensitive and people could not hear me if I was driving over 30mph. Changed the microphone and everything is great. I too had a noise over the speakers in the background while using my Iphone. I tried a couple of friends phones and the problem was not there. Went to the Apple store and warrantied my Iphone out and the sounds went away. I have found controlling Pandora from the faceplate (using the Pandora Pioneer App) very easy. I think controlling anything from this faceplate is easy. It is by far the best HU I have ever had, well worth the money $1199.00 from a dealer, and that is not counting the 100.00 I should be getting back from Pioneer.

Troy

does anyone know if on the kenwoods if you can change the color of the lights on the buttons? I need a red or orange color light

Any color you can think of you can put on the kenwoods and pioneers I think alpines as well.

on this topic.. for anyone who plans to do bypass work to the headunits in question..

alpine is by far the toughest
pioneer requires moving a pin in the harness
kenwood is the simplest.. requiring simple grounding work

i've been shopping for a head unit for awhile now, and as much as it annoys me to do so, i'm going to have to agree with BIG on this subject.

all the research, personal test time, and installer discussions i've had confirm the pioneer units are just not as high quality as they were in the past. it shows in the price, the gps quality, and the unit longevity.

alpine head units with motorized face plates tend to break, as well. faceplate motor failure is a consistent issue.

kenwood is the way to go, based on the research i've done.

Thank you sir, I am not thanking you to be a jerk its just nice for people to agree on things sometimes.

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