Overall it's a very nice product, but there are a few problems that I've seen so far. It's incredibly slow to react. Whether it's just touching the screen to change AV sources/options or the initial startup, there is a significant delay. After starting your car, you cannot change any controls until about 1 mile down the road. The pioneer's bluetooth is an above par interface and the phonebook transfer is a huge step above the ancestral AVIC-D3. Besides a microphone sensitivity control, a 'contacts' button is also missing from the menu while accessing your phone (although there is one on the main menu, pictured above). The navigation on the unit IS improving but it is also the main reason for the slow startup since it no longer runs from a nav dvd. Both english speaking voices are choppy and a tad annoying and I would really like to see an in-dash nav unit that says road names (like the new tomtom series). One great improvement is the ipod/usb connector. You can connect your ipod (just like the past few series of pioneers) but there is also a standard usb connect for those who would like to go above and beyond their ipod/phone. Unfortunately I found a glitch when my sansa mp3 player died after I turned my car off :/ It's good to see that pioneer has an inexpensive unit with a memory card slot but it's too little too late with an SD card. Save room with a micro SD and expand the screen a little more! Besides a few bugs that can be worked out by the user and a screen that needs to be calibrated over and over before it's finally saved, the new pioneer F series has my vote... until the next series is previewed
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