FH-X720BT Double DIN MIXTRAX, Bluetooth, Android, iPhone - Audio CD Receiver

I'd like to start by saying this is a great radio. I had purchased others for various cars, including the one I have this currently installed in, and this is by far my favorite. So much so I bought a second one for my mother's car. I highly recommend it. The playback sounds amazing, even with factory speakers, and there are endless adjustments you can make to give just the sound you want. I listen to various genres, from classical to hip hop to rock. All sound great and clear on this unit. My mother listens to audio books, and the voice is crystal clear and easy for her to understand. With equalization settings, base boost and more, you can get just the sound you're looking for. The large display has many options to chose from, so you can select just what you want to see. With two lines of info, you can have your clock always present while still seeing artist and title info of the song your listening to. I love the many options for the button and display colors, and the effects while on Mix mode and great! One of the complaints I see a lot about the display is that it is too dim to see during the day. Yes, this is true - IF YOU LEAVE IT ON FACTORY SETTINGS. Simply go into the system settings (by pressing the MC button) and go to your brightness setting and turn it all the way up - problem solved! Easily seen during the day, not too bright for night time driving. Also, another handy tip: There are a number of color settings for the buttons and display. You can set your favorite color or have the unit scroll through them all. Here's the tip: you can set the display for one, and the buttons for another. So, if you have trouble seeing the display (like my mother did when I bought the second unit for her car) simply set the display for a color you can see best. The white display seems to be the brightest and easiest to read. You can then set your buttons to your favorite color, or have them scroll through the colors like I do. With this little tweak, anyone can easily read the display day or night! The unit is loaded with helpful features. The bluetooth has been outstanding. My old unit was hard to hear, and people couldn't understand or hear me sometimes. They always knew I was on bluetooth in my car. This unit has none of those problems. Having received calls from my mother while in her car, I can tell you at times you don't even realize the person is on bluetooth. Very easy for both parties to hear! The external mic allows for optimum positioning for making calls. And the six preset speed dial buttons make calling your frequent contacts easier then ever! The unit works great with an iPhone! You can make and receive all your calls with ease. You can also control your music, your Pandora and iHeart Radio apps, and full use of Siri (I had to read through the manual for a bit to figure out how to use Siri, so I'll share it here to save you the time - while in any music mode (not in phone mode), simply press and hold the MC button (the large central knob) and Siri will activate). My old unit had to constantly be paired to my phone again and again. Not so with this one. In fact, both my phone and my mother's phone are each paired to each other's cars, and they connect seamlessly back and forth whichever car we are in (Note: she has an iPhone, I have Samsung, so this works with all phones). My favorite feature, by far, is the USB port. I can copy my music files to a thumb drive and take them with me. My mother copies audio books to one and does the same. You can create playlists for yourself on the USB by creating folders (yes, you may end up with duplicate files, but it's worth it). The USB playback stops when you switch modes, receive a call or turn off the unit, and starts up again right where you left off when accessed again (good for music, GREAT when listening to audio books). Make sure your music is in .mp3, .wma or .wav format; the unit only recognizes these so far. I had to convert some of my music from .mp4 and .acc, but this can be done quickly and easily online for free at https://online-audio-converter.com/. One other thing: most thumb drives tend to stick out, which doesn't look nice and can get in the way. Get yourself a low-profile USB drive. I bought this one from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FYNSZA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01 Another little trick I learned after fiddling around and checking the manual: While in USB mode, in order to shuffle just the folder you are on, and not the entire drive, first select the folder and start playback; next, set the repeat setting to "repeat folder"; finally, and only after setting the repeat, put the unit on shuffle. This will shuffle just the folder (or "playlist") you are in. If you switch folders, you'll have to reset this, but it takes two seconds. You can also plug in your iPod or phone to the usb port to charge them or gain full control via the unit's controls, similar to other iPod accessories. The USB charging is a nice feature, as it gives an additional charging option helpful when we all need to charge our phones at the same time. MIXTRAX mode is an interesting feature. While playing back your music, it adds a "light show" to the display, scrolling colors and patterns and flashing things, much like a club. It blends songs together, like a club DJ, so the music never stops, just fades from one song to the next. A fun feature probably more enjoyable to the younger users. There is one aspect to MIXTRAX I found strange: you can set the playback of songs, in thirty second intervals, from one minute to three minutes. When enabled, the unit will play only that much of the song before fading to the next. I'm not sure why you would want to hear only 90 seconds of a song, but I suppose this is for the "club" type experience added with the display light show. I would really only use this with house/trance music myself (which I only listen to on rare occasion), but perhaps some of you will find it useful. Finally, installation was a breeze! I looked up my car and got the proper wire harness and fit plates, and was able to install this in a Ford Focus Wagon and Toyota Yaris Hatchback in under 20 minutes each. Amazon has all the products you need for installation, but if you want to make sure you get the exact right stuff and aren't car savvy, go over to crutchfield.com and search up this unit and put in your car details, then click installation gear and search them up here. Crutchfield does offer them free, but I found the total price of buying the unit plus the installation gear here on Amazon was still cheaper than Crutchfield's price. However, they are a good source of information. To install, wire up the harness, add the mounting plates, remove your old unit, plug this in and slide in to your dash. Easy as anything. The longest and hardest part of installation (and it wasn't that hard) is running the wire for the mic to where I wanted it and hiding it behind molding. Most car molding pops right off so this was easy to do. Make sure all your connections are secure (mic, unit wire harness and antenna) before inserting the radio (I goofed and forgot to check the mic and had to remove the unit to plug it in as the dash in a Toyota Yaris is kind of tight). Overall, this is a great radio. It has a ton of functionality for a fraction of the price of most others. I researched for several months, and went through three different radios before landing on this one, so I can honestly say this is the best unit for your money. Anyone can install it, anyone can operate it, and it does everything you can possibly need (yeah, the fancier units have GPS and video and such, but with smartphones do we really need all that anymore? And who watches videos while driving?). It even has a CD player for all of you still hanging on! You really can't go wrong with this one. A great buy!

I wanted a budget name-brand Bluetooth stereo for my 2000 Toyota Tacoma and decided on this. Installation with the Metra 70-1761 Radio Wiring Harness For Toyota 87-Up Power 4 Speaker was a breeze. I soldered and heat shrunk all of the connectors (I don't have an amp or power antenna so I taped these wires off) inside the house before heading out to the cold garage. Accessing the stock radio took about 15 minutes. I removed the stock radio brackets and mounted them to the new receiver, popped everything back together, and had the stereo turned on within a total of 30 minutes. I took another 30 minutes to just enjoy the fantastic new sound coming out of my old truck. I was able to route the bluetooth microphone cord into the gaps in my trim, which allowed me to hide the cord without removing my dash. I used the included clip to mount the microphone to my sun visor. I thought having the microphone there would bother me but I don't even notice it. I love the custom color LED trim and display lights. I was able to match the backlight color of the rest of my truck's buttons and it gives it a very classy stock look. I will say that the menu is not terribly intuitive and it helps to have the manual nearby while you figure it out. It took about a minute for the receiver to recognize my iPhone 6 over bluetooth. Now it connects before I have a chance to put the car in gear. The Bluetooth audio is excellent. I've made a half dozen phone calls so far while driving and everyone has said I sound great. Everything just works. Radio reception is as good as stock, and I like that the display shows whatever text is sent over the radio waves. The radio features are pretty standard; 3 FM/2 AM channels to set your favorites if you spend time in separate areas. I listen to the radio every day. Plugging my phone into the USB port allows me to use Pandora and "Mixtrax". I found Mixtrax to be a bit gimmicky when it changed from "I Love It" (120bpm) to Californication (80bpm). There might be some bugs to work out in that application. I don't like that the receiver automatically switches to USB whenever you plug your phone in, like when I want to charge my phone and continue listening to the radio. That is probably my only gripe. Sound is excellent through my 6.5" kicker speakers. I am considering purchasing another for my other vehicle. For a budget head unit, I don't see how this could be beat.

This stereo is not bad, at all. Installed in a 1996 Accord EX, using a 'Metra 95-7801' Double DIN installation kit. It sits flush without gaps or weird angles. The custom illumination options are great, lets you choose between a wide range of colors for both the display and the buttons (separately). It allows for 2 simultaneous Bluetooth connections, which is really cool. I have a 8" tablet mounted directly above the stereo, connected via Bluetooth, where all of my music is stored. And then I also have my phone connected thru Bluetooth for "call audio" only - ( the stereo figured this out automatically, I didn't really have to mess with it to get it working in this manner. As soon as you start the car, the Bluetooth connects automatically to both devices, and remembers that the tablet is for 'media audio' and the phone is for 'call audio' PROS: looks cool, connects 2x blutooth devices, has front + rear/sub RCA outputs, comes with a microphone for call audio, that actually works OK. includes remote control that also works well, has a USB/iPod control input on the face along with a regular 3.5mm AUX input that can be enabled/disabled thru settings. 6-band graphic equalizer with the normal presets and 2 custom presets that you can set up. HPF adjustment is great for knocking the bass out of the speakers so your Subwoofer can take over, and you can crank the volume without blowing out your door speakers. ASR option is great for bringing out some of the 'hidden' sound that gets compresed or garbled in MP3's and definitely makes it sound better. Subwoofer control is awesome, lets you choose the frequency range, and separate volume adjustment for matching up with the regular speakers, even an option to reverse the Sub Polarity or turn it off completely. Flashes bright colors when a call comes thru, which looks pretty cool and makes it hard to ignore or miss a call when your phone is connected. Also has custom brightness settings - you can leave it at your desired brightness, or set it up to dim/bright when your headlights turn on/off (IF you connected the orange illumination wire) .. or also has a timer-based dimmer, that you can set to dim the lights at night, and crank 'em back up to high during the day, automatically. CONS: the menu navigation is a little clunky, you have to click thru a few menus to get to Audio Settings. I wish there wa a dedicated button for that. Same with 'Loudness" - it would be nicer to have a "Loud" button on the face or remote, instead of having to click through 2 menus and scrolling to find it. The output wattage leaves a little to be desired, but doesn't sound bad. especially if you have a subwoofer, you can use the HPF setting to eliminate low-range bass signal to the speakers, and then it sounds great. The search function doesn't seem to work with Android devices, I'm guessing that's only for iOS when you connect thru the USB port. Overall, I'm happy with the stereo. Sounds good once you get the equalizer presets set up, Looks great, and connects to both my phone and tablet flawlessly. The remote works well and has decent range as long as there is 'line-of-sight' to the faceplate. Minus one star because of the menu navigation woes, and lack of "EQ preset" and "Loud" buttons. With all that real estate, I think they messed up by not including more dedicated function buttons. Other than those gripes, it's a really nice stereo and I'm happy with it.

I'll admit I chose this Pioneer stereo almost solely for looks. I was looking for a double-din digital stereo to replace the stock unit in my 2012 Scion tC because the original's amber back-glow clashed with my overhaul of the interior LEDs to all-blue. I saw this unit on display at Best Buy recently and it flashed beyond the rainbow in pretty colors, so I was pretty much sold. It looks distinctly aftermarket, with the polished silver/chrome center knob and the JDM-style readout display. Installation was extraordinarily easy with a little research and a very helpful YouTube video (from Sonic Electronix). It was my first time crimping, striping wires, and using butt connectors but everything turned out great! Every wire was connected without issue to a corresponding wire from my car's adapter harness, including the blue one meant for the remote control. I also needed to purchase the small stereo kit that's basically just two bits of plastic that fill in the gaps left on the sides because my stock head unit was a tad wider than this one. I'll admit, the remote control is a little useless in a car...I guess you could hand it to the passengers in the back and let them fiddle with the stereo from there? Unfortunately this stereo doesn't come with the hardware needed to link to modern steering wheel controls, so I've lost use of those. An adapter can be purchased to make it work, but ever since I put the whole thing in I've been too lazy to take it back out and re-crimp wires. An especially nice part of this head unit is the auto-dimming feature. I was afraid there would be some issues with the stereo being too bright at night and not bright enough during the day as some reviewers have pointed out here, but thankfully the settings were already built-in to have the head unit at maximum brightness during the day. The entire unit dims to the lowest brightness when I switch on my headlights. The night-time brightness matches the brightness of the rest of my interior dash lights perfectly, while being nice and readable during the day. (Pictures attached for reference). There's a definite difference in sound between this and my stock stereo, but I've had this one for so long that I honestly can't remember if it's better or worse. There are several settings in the equalizer, but so far I've been pretty satisfied with the music quality. Bluetooth is standard, though it takes nearly 30 seconds to auto-pair with my phone after I turn the car on. The little flip-open USB port is also really neat, especially with the jack inside back-lit by the lights. All in all, I've lost a bit of utility with this stereo over my stock one (I actually don't have radio either...even though there's a radio port in the back of this head unit, my car didn't come with a traditional jack so I have to assume it was somehow integrated with the stock unit) and I do dearly miss being able to adjust volume and skip tracks from the comfort of my steering wheel, but the sight of my interior finally coming together and matching up in color is worth it. I should also mention that you can adjust custom colors for both the text display and main button displays with an RGB scale too!

Sounds great, looks great but does not play MP4 like it says it does. It says on product page and on actual box it came in that it plays MP4. In the manual it says it plays .avi files and not mp4 but I could not get either MP4 or AVI files to play on it from a usb no matter what i tried. Just shows a video codec not supported error. Plays mp3 just fine. Dvd functions great. Nice amount of inputs and outputs for options. Being able to choose rgb color is nice too. The bluetooth Microphone sounds way to soft for callers with people saying i sound very distant but it does work. Manual and Instructions are complete and easy to follow. I have tried looking everywhere for more information regarding the MP4 playback but could not find anything. Really thought it would be cool to play music videos but cannot do it other than from DVD.

I bought this to replace the factory stereo in my car. It has many good things and very few bad things going for it. First, the good. It was easy to install and easy to connect to my phone and iPad. When I start my car it automatically connects and starts playing where it left off. It has some cool options like different color lights for the display and buttons and the ability to have them change automatically. It plays CDs great and the radio sounds good. My rear left speaker was sounding bad with my old stereo, like the bass was distorted and it needed replacing, but when I installed this stereo the speaker sounds fine now. The bad? The screen is very small, I thought it was bigger based on the pictures. Also, you can't have the time displayed AND the song info, something my factory stereo could do. I hate not being able to see the time. That's it. A good stereo and a good price. --- UPDATE --- I figured out how to display the clock on the screen so it never goes away, and I can still see track and other info. I set it up with my phone so when I start my car it connects and autoplays the track my phone is on. It takes a while to download my phone info on to the stereo for calling, but once it's on there I can use the stereo to select numbers to call. The mic works great, no one ever has issues hearing me and I can hear them through the stereo speakers just fine. I love technology, and this stereo. After 6 months of use the only issue I have is that I could not find an install bracket that fit the stereo for my car, so it's not secure but it is snug and not easily moved around.

I’m a delivery driver, so I use my radio all the time at work, and driving to school, and around the city, etc. It got about 40-hours of use very week. Worked great for the first 6-months, then the Bluetooth started not working properly — every time I got had to cycle through all the ‘channels’, through Radio, AUX, Spotify, etc. and finally back to Bluetooth and then hope it connected, or I’d have to do it all again. This frustrated me to the point that I simply disconnected Bluetooth (which meant I could use my Apple Watch again — the radio interfered with it). About a month later it started to reset itself about once a week whenever I started the car. A couple months after that it started to just not turn on whenever I started the car, but this only happened a couple times a month. At about the 9-month mark the radio started to randomly jump between Apple Music and Spotify, not being able to make up its mind, and constantly interrupting music. At the 11-month mark the radio began to occasionally not play audio about 1/4 of the time, not through AUX, iPod, Radio, etc. I couldn’t even adjust the volume. To fix this I would have to turn off my car, and then turn it back on, that way the radio could reboot. Finally, about two-weeks ago, two-weeks after the warranty expired, I hit a pothole and it turned off and won’t turn back on. I took it out to check the connections, and everything looked good, but it wasn’t working. I checked all the connections and did some troubleshooting, however I could not get the radio working again. In the freezing -6 C weather, the radio slipped out of my glove and got a little crack on its face, just the nail in the coffin... It’s a sort of relief to be done with this thing, but now I’m out over a $100 and a radio, so that kind of sucks; it feels like a breakup, he he. Short of it, if you plan on using this radio for hours every day, you’ll get about a year out of it. $100+ for a year of radio is kind of a bad deal, find a better quality one. Might be good for just commuting use though.

After reading through the reviews for a dozen or so car stereos, I settled on this one. I looked at a number of products from Kenwood, JVC, Pioneer, Clarion, etc. It might sound strange, but my #1 feature was a always visible clock. I wanted a radio that could do song info, while displaying the time. A number of radios, like the JVC models and Sony one I looked at, cannot display the clock constantly. It is merely a piece of information that the main display displays intermittently. In this radio, the clock can be set to be always displayed on the bottom left of the screen, and then the main screen can do song info. I do work out of my car delivering food, so time may be more important to me than you. After narrowing that down, my next criteria was the connectivity of the unit. I wanted a unit with good Bluetooth, a USB front input, AUX, and a CD player. This unit has all of those connection options. The Bluetooth in particular is very good. my phone will autoconnect in seconds. (I have a Iphone 6) I cannot comment on the MIC or FM/AM reception because I haven't installed those components yet. After that I just read the reviews for all the car radios, and this radio seemed to be the most reliable, and convenient one. I would recommend going on Youtube and actually looking at people use these units. That was a good way for me to check how the interface was. The only things I miss about the unit are some of the brightness issues. Pioneer should really have more settings than 1-10 brightness levels, and they should Include dimming with my car dimmer knob(right now it only dimms to 1 when headlights are on, regardless of the actual setting on your car dimmer. I also wish the radio could be brighter on the display in the daytime and dimmer at night. Overall its a good unit.

Nice unit, works well, pretty colors :) Bluetooth signal is nice and strong, pairing was cake. Be nice to see the clock while on a call though... (shows timer, contact, or number, along with "TEL" where the clock usually is)

This is my first purchase since the introduction of Amazon.com.mx, so I am very satisfied with this new service. Same service quality, and very fast delivery, even that this was imported from U.S. The product is as usual, Pioneer high quality. I purchased it for my wife's Ford Escape to replace the good-old 6 disc factory box. I had to do a very minimal plastic adjustment because the original space was not enough (nothing difficult, I just removed 5mm of plastic from the top side of the squared space). I made a mistake selecting the correct cable for the optional Sub-Woofer that the Escape has from factory, so I will need to order another cable, but the standard cable was ok and I installed it anyway, it works perfect, I just have pending the sub-woofer connection. I wanted to try this Bluetooth unit to test the audio with the mobile calls, and I was surprised with the quality and clarity of the sound, I am really amazed and satisfied, I tested the microphone on the lower part of the instruments panel, and clipped on the sun visor, and it works perfectly on both places, so I just need to decide the final place in regards to were I can hide the cable better. So, I am ready to order another one to replace my Explorer unit. (not old, but it doesn't have Bluetooth)

Great value for the price. It installed easily and looks, sounds and works great!

Todo bien con este autoestereo , de buena calidad. Llego sin ningun problema y rápido. Aqui en Mexico me lo estaban vendiendo casi al doble

Everything works great! however here a few things ive noticed: 1 The "mixtrax" color beats setting that goes to the music, barely works, in fact, its so subtle, you dont even notice it, on top of that for the change to occur, the bass has to hit so hard, and in a specific range. 2 the radio reception is CRYSTAL CLEAR... HOWEVER... the distance at which it accepts a signal is SHORTER then both the last 2 systems ive had in my car. "stock system, and an old single din alpine that i lost the faceplate on"; i regularly commute between 2 cities. every week, and i know EXACTLY where the radio station should come in on the new city.... with this radio, i have to get a few extra kilometers closer to get it. 3 the output display is nice and large, but is narrow; songs and descriptions are always cut off mid way. 4 holy CR#P this thing is bright, really bright. I drive through the country between 2 cities where there is zero street lights and the whole interior of the car glows - ive had to turn the illumination down to its lowest, and its still too bright at night - i wouldnt be shocked if it got me pulled over - it hasnt yet. in the city where there is street lights, its bright to my own eyes, but it doesnt appear to make my car glow in the dark - but i havent seen from the outside in the city. 5 buttons are kinda clicky, annoyingly so, cant describe - must experience. forward and back buttons must be pressed in the middle or they LEAN. MISC: The microphone is annoying and i removed it, its big, ugly, has a clip (seriously a clip?, useless, why not a suction cup or sticky bottom, pioneeer, are you listening?) theres literally no where to clip this in my car. Takes longer then im used to before it plays a CD, as it determines to read format. once its in and going, its golden. AUX is great. Bluetooth works great, range is good too, i can leave my ipod5 in the trunk and itll work - my alpine at that range clipped here and there. the volume curve is ridiculous, from 0-20 you get almost nothing, then from 20-35 it climbs as you expect, then it gets loud fast like for every 1 volume at this range, is like 5 below it. And by the time you get to 45 the sound turns to utter trash (max 52) And its not the speakers, everything in my car is aftermarket right down to the tweeters and sub in the trunk; my alpine got alot louder without distortion. I have 2 ways in the doors, 3 ways in the rear 6x9s. the sub is a 500RMS 12 inch competition class with competition class amp. At that volume, the only thing that stays tolerable is the bass hits from the rear.