Pioneer DEH-P3100UB

[+Warwagon MVC]

Pioneer DEH-P3100UB

Not quite sure where to put this thread. It isn't about a home theater system and it isn't about a TV show, so i'll just try the general forum for now.

I was wondering if anyone on Neowin owns this car stereo because I have a question about it. I'm thinking about buying it. But I need to know a few things first. I'm going to be using it mostly with a USB stick that will have a bunch of podcasts on it. What I would like to know and what I can't seem to find on any website (haven't found a website that has reviewed it) is if the receiver remembers were you left off during the podcast if you turn off the car and turn it back on. This is very important. Remembering were it was when turning the system back on it is a must, but it would also be kind of nice if I could switch it from USB to FM and then back to USB and still have it remember where I was.

Thanx

[lothodon]

i've got the 4100 and yes it does remember where you left off. i'm guessing the 3100 does the same.

[+Warwagon MVC]

i've got the 4100 and yes it does remember where you left off. i'm guessing the 3100 does the same.

In both regards?

[lothodon]

In both regards?

yes, both after power down or when switching inputs. gotta say the 4100 is the best receiver i've ever put into one of my vehicles, 16gb flash drive and you've got one hell of a collection always with you, no cd's, no ipod to get stolen, very nice.

[MR_Candyman]

I have the DEH-P700BT and it remembers what track and what part both then turned off and when switching inputs.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Well I just got the car stereo installed today. I must say the USB support is SOOOOO nice. I don't know why it doesn't come standard on every stereo. My other question is why the **** do A LOT of the stereos put the USB port in the rear of the player?

[MR_Candyman]

I love the USB as well. i have a 160 gig external hard drive plugged into mine all the time. I think the USB on back is so the cable can be hidden if you use a hard drive like I do. If you don't, then you can still just use a cable to bring it to the front.

I kind of wish they had one on front AND one on back though.

[jslsrule]

I love the 3100 that I just installed last weekend, except for the way it sorts for my folders/files on the usb stick. I tried syncing a playlist from wmp and just copying my folders of my burned cd's directly from my hard drive to the stick, but in both cases the pioneer unit assigns its own folder numbers, usually even to songs on the same album, not just the album with tracks like I'd expected.

How do you organize a large hard drive so that you can find things? Do you number the folders yourself like it suggests in the manual? I'd love to get a large flash drive and just leave it plugged in, but right now it's too clumsy.

Thanks

[MR_Candyman]

Well, you could copy things alphabetically, but I don't do any of those things. I just use the jog wheel to select artist, then album, then track. Doesn't take very long even out of alphabetical order.

[nexess]

Can anyone test this with an iPhone and see how it works? I am thinking about getting one and see that the USB Flash Drive functionality works (btw, is there any delay in playing a song?)

It would be nice to have these features when connected via the USB cord to the iPhone:

1.) Charge phone

2.) Control ipod from the receiver

3.) Play music through iphone and hear on car speakers

[MR_Candyman]

well, I can tell you now that it will charge it, don't know and can't test the other 2 though. Mine (DEH-P700BT) does NOT work with the newest ipod nano. I keep expecting them to have a firmware update but it has never come out

[fix-this!]

Can anyone test this with an iPhone and see how it works? I am thinking about getting one and see that the USB Flash Drive functionality works (btw, is there any delay in playing a song?)

It would be nice to have these features when connected via the USB cord to the iPhone:

1.) Charge phone

2.) Control ipod from the receiver

3.) Play music through iphone and hear on car speakers

do you want it to feed you too? lol

[Randolph]

wow this deck is sexy.

price??

[nexess]

If it could feed me, i'd marry it. Lol, j/k

[dweebert]

It would be nice to have these features when connected via the USB cord to the iPhone:

1.) Charge phone

2.) Control ipod from the receiver

3.) Play music through iphone and hear on car speakers

The P3100UB certainly does (1) and (2) with my iPhone 3G. I'm not sure what you mean by (3), but if you mean you want to control the iPod from the phone and have the audio come through the receiver, it does that too.

Randolph, I paid $160 Canadian for this a few weeks ago. They were asking $190, but I was sure I'd seen it for $30 less the week before in the same store. Apparently they believed me.

If you don't mind a bit of rambling, you can read about my experiences here.

[Randolph]

The P3100UB certainly does (1) and (2) with my iPhone 3G. I'm not sure what you mean by (3), but if you mean you want to control the iPod from the phone and have the audio come through the receiver, it does that too.

Randolph, I paid $160 Canadian for this a few weeks ago. They were asking $190, but I was sure I'd seen it for $30 less the week before in the same store. Apparently they believed me.

If you don't mind a bit of rambling, you can read about my experiences here.

Thanks. Good read btw! (Y)

[Lalawsooner]

hi, i tried to post a bit ago and it seems not to have worked.

i have this pioneer car stero and am a bit baffled by the manual.

can anyone direct me to some simplified instructions?

rt now i am having trouble with:

1. fast forwarding within a track, instead of skipping to the next track; and

2. setting pre-set radio stations.

thanks in advance for any help you can give.

[revvo]

I bought this head unit about a month ago. No complaints so far. I Wish it supported m3u lists but it's still easy enough to go through your music and folders and subfolders.

What's useful is that you can either control the ipod from the headunit, or the ipod itself. Pretty cool when the passenger is bitching about your music taste :hmmm:

[Decadence]

Hello, i have a quick question on this car stereo, I don't use it with ipod or iphone, just a plain USB stick.

When i activate the "random" function it plays the songs in random sequence but when i use the jog to skip a song it just plays the next song, not the next random song.It only plays random when the song ends. Is there something i missed in the settings?

[MR_Candyman]

Decadence, mine does that too. I think this is a weird trait of all Pioneer stereos. I just hit the random button a few times and it randomizes again.

[orami]

I just got this deck and had it installed today. I bought it for the sole purpose of controlling my old 40g gen 3 ipod. After trying to use them together and reading the manual I am dismayed to see that they are not compatible. Does anyone know if this is the case or am I doing something wrong here? Pioneer's website is of no use what soever in this matter.

Thanks for your replies.