Pioneer Car Audio

Pioneer DEH-1700 – Radio / CD player – Full-DIN – in-dash – 45 Watts x 4 Good Stereo – Matt O. Richardson – Eagle Point, Oregon, USA
Pros: I really like this stereo.
1. Most of the controls are nicely laid out (except for one button – read the con).
2. Excellent sound quality
3. Standard size & wiring made this a fast installation…only 15 minutes.
4. I drive over alot of bumpy roads, and there’s no skipping.

Con: The button for detaching the faceplate is right next the Audio button, so I’ve accidentally changed the audio settings on numerous occasions when attempting to eject the disc. It has taken me some time to get used to the odd button position.
What a disappointment – M. Waterstreet –
I mostly agree with the first reviewer of this item on some of it’s good points.

However, I must add some negatives which I believe far outweigh the positives and am thankful to be able to vent somewhere on this product.

This DEH-1700 has been one of the most aggravating electronic items I have ever owned. Wife and I bought it to replace the stock system in our Voyager mini-van. We bought it at Best Buy in about October of 2005 and it was professionally installed by them.

First: no matter how hard I try, it always sounds ‘boomy’ with ‘bass’. I have set every setting I can find with as much ‘Treble’ and as little ‘Bass’ as possible. It still sounds like it has way too much ‘bass’ and it isn’t a pleasant sounding ‘bass’.

Second: It has an extremely annoying hesitation after just about any inputs are made to the system. Turn the unit on, it sits there (lit up), silent for about 3 seconds before it starts playing. Change the station on the tuner, it sits there silent for 3 seconds before it plays that station. Change a setting on the unit, it sits there silent for 3 seconds before any sound comes out. Park and turn the ignition key from ‘On’ to ‘Accessory’ you gotta wait 3 seconds. Frustrating.

Third: The volume control is weird. Most anything electronic that has a volume control allows you to go from quiet to full volume in one partial twist of the knob. Not this baby. If you’re a fast twister, like me, you can twist it 10 or 20 full circles before the volume is where you want it. If you spin it S-L-O-W-L-Y you can go from quiet to loud or vice versa in maybe only 4 complete turns of the knob. Weird.

Fourth: it’s AM/FM reception is spotty. Sometimes it receives distant stations well, sometimes close ones are fuzzy with static no matter whether Local or Distant is selected. Granted, this could be the purvey of the installer, Best Buy.

Fifth: There is no way to set the clock without checking your manual, if you can find it. It’s completely un-intuitive and makes no sense whatsoever, except probably to the engineer who designed it. You’d think at some point you’d push the obvious ‘Clock’ button. No, no, no, no, that would be too easy and logical. Think I’m joking? Google this: ‘DEH-1700 manual’ and look at the .pdf to see how you set the clock.

This is the first non-computer item I’ve owned that I’ve sometimes wished I could take outside and blast it with something. Even my wife is fed up with it.

Otherwise, it’s a beut!
I bought this player for my car that just had the factory installed tape player in it. The sound out of that stereo was terrible. I thought I needed to replace the speakers in addition to the radio unit. However, after just replacing the radio with this pioneer unit the factory speakers sounded great!!

The CDs dont skip, it plays my CD-Rs without a problem and has a detachable face plate. It even has a neat equalizer with 3 default settings and 1 user-defined setting. Only thing I would’ve wished for is the ability to play mp3s directly (but for this price I cant complain). Pioneer: 1700 The definition of a great value? How about an entry-level Pioneer single-CD player with 45 watts x 4. Pioneer’s legendary FM/AM tuner. Deep-silver finish with blue-black LED display. Detachable face security. And way more.What do you do when you really don’t want to leave the headunit’s faceplate in your vehicle? Take it with you. Detachable Face Security lets you remove the faceplate from the headunit, leaving a black, boring space in your dash. Which is exactly what you want; thieves will look elsewhere for something to steal. When you enter your car again, pop the face back in and go.Pioneer’s legendary Supertuner IIID combines the best of digital and analog tuner technologies to bring you exceptional FM and AM performance. It significantly reduces distortion while improving stereo separation and sensitivity. The signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio is also drastically improved. If you live in an area where reception is weak, you’ll hear a big improvement in signal strength. And when you’re near tall buildings, Supertuner IIID reduces the effect of multi-path noise, which occurs when the signal is reflecting off of the buildings.Speed bumps. Pot holes. Railroad tracks. Even a warped CD. Encounter one of these and on many headunits the CD will take a really annoying SKIP. But our CD mechanism with Automatic Gain Control adjusts 7 different settings each and every time you insert a CD, so your music keeps flowing, with no skips and no breaks.If you’re wondering, yes, it will look great in your dash. The DEH-1700 features a blue-back LED display that is easy to read and will liven up your dash. Pioneer DEH-1700 – Radio / CD player – Full-DIN – in-dash – 45 Watts x 4

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