Pioneer launches 2010 series car audio products
January 16, 2010
Soon after the Auto Expo 2010 (in Pragathi Maidan, Delhi), Pioneer launched its car audio products for year 2010. In a launch party held on 16th January in Mumbai, Pioneer unveiled its 2010 series car audio products to its dealers. The newly launched products will sooner be available with dealers in India. Pioneer India takes the complete responsibility to distribute to all the dealers across India.
The theme of 2010 series is the Micro SD card connectivity, that is made available in more models that last year’s. All in all, except for few new bottles, more of it is the same wine. Having said that, the new models are aesthetically improved with stylized front faces. DEH-5190UB and DEH-7190UB’s successors gets built-in Micro SD card feature and DEH-2190UB’s successor DEH-2290UBG now gets iPod/iPhone connectivity.
Pioneer got an edge in completion series in India with the launch of DEX-P99RS CD-Tuner with in-built high-precision signal processor, winner of EISA Best Product of 2009-2010.
Let’s see the features of each new model in depth (Note: Underlined text is used to distinguish the features from one model to the next model in the order of their listing below)
Pioneer DEH-7290SD
Features: Full Dot OEL (192 x 48) display · 3 Preouts (RCA) (4V) · Playback Formats: MP3/WMA/AAC · SD/SDHC Memory Card Slot · Front USB Interface · Front AUX Input (mini-jack) · Full Control for iPod · Link Play · Advanced Sound Retriever · 5-Band Graphic Equalizer · Rotary Commander · Wired Remote Input · Detachable Face Security · Display Off Mode · Music Browser
Pioneer DEH-5290SD
Features: Full Dot OEL (160 x 48) display · 3 Preouts (RCA) (4V) · Playback Formats: MP3/WMA/AAC · SD/SDHC Memory Card Slot · Front USB Interface · Front AUX Input (mini-jack) · Full Control for iPod · Link Play · Advanced Sound Retriever · 5-Band Graphic Equalizer · Rotary Commander · Wired Remote Input · Detachable Face Security · Display Off Mode
Pioneer DEH-4290SD
Features: Dot OEL (12 x 1) display · 2 Preouts (RCA) · Playback Formats: MP3/WMA/AAC · SD/SDHC Memory Card Slot · Front USB Interface · Front AUX Input (mini-jack) · Full Control for iPod · Link Play · Advanced Sound Retriever · 5-Band Graphic Equalizer · Rotary Commander · Wired Remote Input · Detachable Face Security · Display Off Mode
Pioneer DEH-3290UB
Features: Dot OEL (10 x 1) display · 2 Preouts (RCA) · Playback Formats: MP3/WMA · Front USB Interface · Front AUX Input (mini-jack) · Full Control for iPod · Link Play · Advanced Sound Retriever · Bass/Mid/Treble Equalizer · Wired Remote Input · Detachable Face Security
Pioneer DEH-2290UBG
Features: LCD (10 x 1) display · 1 Preout (RCA) · Playback Formats: MP3/WMA · Front USB Interface · Front AUX Input (mini-jack) · Full Control for iPod · Link Play · Advanced Sound Retriever · Bass/Mid/Treble Equalizer · Wired Remote Input · Detachable Face Security
Pioneer DEH-1290MPG
Features: LCD (8 x 1) display · 1 Preout (RCA) · Playback Formats: MP3/WMA · Front AUX Input (mini-jack) · Bass/Mid/Treble Equalizer · Detachable Face Security
Well, we must also mention that, there’s a new model launched in Car AV series, that is
Pioneer AVH-P3190DVD
Features: Direct connection for iPod and iPhone (audio & video) · DivX/MP3/WMA/AAC playback on DVD and CD · Front USB direct connection: USB 2.0 (full speed) · Advanced Sound Retriever · AUX-in by mini jack (front for audio & video) · RGB key illumination (112 colours) · JPEG on CD-R/RW and USB · Bluetooth adapter ready
Built-in MPEG-1/-2 decoder · Built-in decoder (Dolby Digital, Linear PCM) · 96 kHz/24-bit DAC (for audio)
10-bit video DAC · EEQ · IP-Bus input · 2 RCA pre-outs: selectable (front + rear/front + subwoofer) · A/V inputs and outputs: 1 RCA Audio/Video input and 1 RCA Video output · Multi-channel processor (DEQ-P7650) control (CD-DD25 required) · External unit control via IP-Bus (2 units)
LCD MONITOR: Touch slide operation · Selectable on-screen display colour · The AVH-P3150DVD let you select among five screen colours, according to your preference and colour scheme · 5.8" (16:9) QVGA wide TFT active matrix LCD colour screen · AG (Anti-Glare) coated LCD colour screen · Built-in GDC (Graphics Display Controller) · Customisable wallpapers · LED backlight · Automatic rear view monitoring in reverse gear
Pioneer DEX-P99RS (High End component)
Features: Direct connection for iPod and iPhone · MP3/WMA/WAV/AAC playback CD and USB · Front Panel Motorized faceplate · Front USB direct connection: USB 2.0 (full speed) · Remote Control Included (Steering wheel) · AUX-in by mini jack (front for audio & video) · RGB key illumination · 4 Gold-plated (High, Mid, Low, Subwoofer) RCA · Bluetooth Ready · With anti-vibrating dampers · D/A Converters – 4 pcs, high performance 24-bit advanced multi-bit format · Jitter Reduction using Sound Master Clock Circuit · Operational Amplifier – Linear Technology branded high slew rate · Digital Signal Processor – 32-bit floating-point high precision computation · Volume Circuit – L/R Independent High Voltage · Auto Time Alignment & Auto Equalizer (2ch) · 4-Way digital crossover network · Time alignment feature · 31 band digital equalizer · Advanced Sound Retriever · Display Off Function · Door Mute Function · Copper Chassis
Pioneer DEX-P99RS is priced at MRP Rs. 84,990/-
Watch this page for prices of all newly launched products soon…


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