Pioneer's DEH-P810 Bluetooth-equipped car stereo

If we had a car, we'd be all over Pioneer's new DEH-P810 Bluetooth-enabled head unit, which allows you to stream audio from your BT-enabled musicphone or the odd BT-sporting MP3 player directly to your sound system. This will be an especially attractive model to Windows Mobile 5.0 device owners, who have recently been able to cut the headphone cord thanks to the folks over at xda-developers, but still need a cassette adapter or FM transmitter dongle for listening in their cars. Little else is known about the specs on this unit, but the "phone" button would indicate that it can also route calls through your speakers, so it may include an embedded mic as well. We saw the DEH-P810 online for about $660, but the price was in yen, so we're pretty sure you're gonna need to import for now.

[Brian from Texas @ May 9th 2006 3:25PM]

Bluetooth is great, but what about 802.11x !?!?!

[wheelsee @ May 9th 2006 4:07PM]

ah engadget...why did u overlook the 9800BT at http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_4039_291147633,00.html

-wC

[peyay @ May 9th 2006 4:11PM]

didnt u guys do ur reaserch ....... there is a model here in the US and it retails for $550 deh-p9800bt and the funny thing is that in europe they have like 3 other BT models and i asked bout them bringing them to the states and they said that they dont planto bring anything else here but wait till next year MAYBE they will bring something else other than the top of the line CD player

[Hedgie @ May 9th 2006 4:45PM]

Eh, engadget can't be everywhere at once / know all. Its a common mistake to overlook something. As for this product, it looks OK. I would rather spend on a GPS system for the same price though.

[Beersoft @ May 9th 2006 4:49PM]

errm, the 9800BT just has built in hands free and this one has shiney a2dp

[Luis Antonio @ May 9th 2006 6:14PM]

Forgive my ignorance, but would that DEH-P9800BT receiver you mention also allow for audio streaming ?

as far as I know, the service (bluetooth service) has to be enabled on the device. Sure you can make phone calls through it.. but stream audio ?

[Onesolo @ May 10th 2006 5:49AM]

I don't know for u guys, but here in europe, Pioneer has two models with BT, Pioneer DEH-P55BT ~?300 and DEH-P70BT ~?400

[Kilgore Trout @ Jul 3rd 2006 12:35PM]

Both the DEH-9800BT and the DEH-P980BT support bluetooth streaming audio sources. Go These two units can be had for as little as US$360. Go to http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/support/category/0,,2076_310070241,00.html, download the PDF format manuals and take a look for yourself.