Pioneer DMH-WC5700NEX 6.8” Multimedia Digital Media Receiver with Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Built-in Bluetooth, WiFi and Amazon Alexa, Modular Design, Capacitive Touchscreen

This stereo was a HUGE upgrade for my ten year old Volkswagen. The screen is awesome, and the sound output was enough to drive my new 300-watt after-market speakers with great sound quality output. The instructions manual was a bit confusing, especially because it interleaved instructions for multiple models in one document, but fortunately, Pioneer has model-specific videos on YouTube that describe all the wiring and box content. I’m really enjoying my expensive purchase!Be forewarned that you will need a third party adapter if you want to install this without having to cut any of your car’s wiring, especially if your car has steering wheel control buttons that you want to control the volume and such on this stereo. You’ll also need a mounting bracket if you want a professional, “OEM” looking installation. Both are available here on Amazon.

Seems like a beta version, even with the latest firmware update. I had high hopes for this multimedia unit, did a ton of research ahead of time and needed the 2 piece divorced chassis and monitor setup for a custom installation in a '79 Lincoln. If you're always using your phone and the SAME and SINGLE source-- you will be thrilled. The issues I saw with the latest Android Samsung and Waze was that the Pioneer latched onto "auto-launch" all-the-time. It is infuriating -- even with the "auto launch" disabled in the Pioneer. Turning off bluetooth fixes the issue from the phone side -- but, when you switch it back on.. Also, when the unintended launch takes place and you switch to another source, you'll find that the main Pioneer screen display latches onto the last music you played from your phone -- and it is not playing -- the Pioneer has merely decided to show you what you played previously. So, linked a different phone, did some testing. Then went back to the original Samsung, turned on blutooth, same thing.. the last song that played appeared and, keep in mind, that you cannot start playing this song from the Pioneer head unit. There's something with the integration that does not allow the Pioneer to fully control a remote source. Sorry for the un-ending non-paragraph rant but I'm really fed up with this unit. I'd return it if we didn't spend so much time developing a custom case and bracket with 3D printing for the dash of this car. Will probably ditch it through spring of '24 when I'm up for re-designing another facade for the next monitor touchscreen.

Long story short - for what this thing cost me - it's awful. Its SLOW. It reboots randomly, it has cuts in audio randomly (where is the cache?? my CD player had cache in like 1999). When listening to the radio, I have to press my preset buttons twice because it will sometimes not take the input, list goes on. I would be fine with the performance if this thing cost around $150. I paid $600 for mine and it's garbage for that price. A $100 smartphone is faster!! The only thing I do not know is how it compares to other models - this is the only car stereo I've owned with CarPlay on it.

Let me start off saying I have always been a fan of Pioneer head units. Hands down the best bang for your buck. This is the first time I've had anything negative to say, but the touch screen is very inconsistent. I've had this radio now for over a year and love everything else about it. Modular capabilities, no wash out in the bright sun, sound settings and best of all, wireless Android auto...but, the screen response is sometimes very laggy or not responsive at all.was hoping that would have been. Taken care of with an update, but no such luck.UPDATED: Pioneer released update version 3.04 three days after this initial review. It dramatically improved the touch screen woes, lag and connection issues. Changing this to 4 stars!

Excuse the dust and fingerprints in the photo. This head unit is exactly what I wanted. Everything works great. I love the fact that the backup camera turns on immediately even if it hasn't completely booted up. And it's reasonably fast, wireless carplay is amazing, sounds great, loving it. My only gripe is that the instructions are kind of hard to decipher in some ways. For example, they include multiple models in the same instruction booklet. But if I can figure it out anyone can.