Pioneer AVIC-Z130BT 7" In-Dash Navigation AV Receiver with iPod/iPhone Control, Bluetooth, Pandora Review
Pioneer's flagship navigation receiver, the double-DIN AVIC-Z130BT features built-in navigation with maps of the US, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Get there fast with spoken street names, lane guidance, and a wealth of GPS features, and stay in touch on the way with built-in Bluetooth for hands-free calling. The motorized 7-inch WVGA touchscreen display is great for GPS and for navigating your entertainment, whether it's DVDs or CDs, your digital media from USB drives or microSD cards, or content from your iPhone. Speaking of iPhones, the AVIC-Z130BT features enhanced integration with Pandora and Aha Radio apps, along with GPS features through the free AVIC FEEDS app.
Pioneer's in-dash navigation systems allow drivers to stay connected to social networks, local searches and traffic services while keeping their focus on the road.
Built-In GPS Navigation
Full-Featured Navigation System
With Tele Atlas maps of the US, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and Puerto Rico, the AVIC-Z130BT is ready to get you where you're going, complete with approximately 12 million points of interst to serve you along the way and text-to-speech directions with spoken street names. Enjoy 2D or 3D navigation with 3D landmarks included, lane guidance to get you in the right lane for busy intersections, intelligent re-routing when you get off track, and plenty of other competitive GPS features.
Pioneer's "AVIC FEEDS" for iPhone
Pioneer now offers their AVIC FEEDS navigation for the iPhone, in the form of a free app. Search for points of interest, save the locations to your iPhone, then send them to the receiver for automatic routing. Enhance your navigation by leveraging your iPhone.
Driving Functions
Keep an eye on your carbon footprint and pocketbook with unique features from Pioneer such as the ECO Graphs function, which estimates your feul mileage, compares it with your average mileage in the past, and displays the results on a graph.
Motorized 7-inch display with selected angle setting and automatic positioning.
Full-featured navigation with maps of the US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada; spoken street names; lane guidance; and more.
Bluetooth hands-free calling, complete with 10-key dialing via touchscreen.
Outsmart Traffic
Pioneer's ND-TMC10 traffic tuner, included with the AVIC-Z130BT, lets you check real-time traffic in order to avoid congestion. When traffic issues are detected, the system will offer up an alternate route.
Connectivity and Versatility
Voice Recognition
The built-in voice recognition engine allows you to control key features via spoken commands. You can also search addresses or POI categories, dial phone numbers or specific contacts by name, or even search iPod content by artist, album, genre, or playlist.
Built-In Bluetooth
The AVIC-Z130BT allows safe, simple, hands-free calling and receiving with most Bluetooth wireless-enabled cell phones. Just touch the cell phone icon in the receiver display for direct access to the Bluetooth display. Special symbols will light up when a Bluetooth connection is established, and pairing is is easy and automatic. 10-key dialing via touchscreen is also now included on Pioneer Bluetooth receivers.
Versatile Media Playback
Play back your favorite CDs and DVDs, along with various digital files: MP3/WMA/AAC audio, DivX/DVD/VCD video, and JPEG images.
HD Radio
Integrated HD Radio lets you enjoy HD digital signals from your local AM/FM stations, along with HD features like multicasting and data services like display of artist/song info.
USB Port/SD Card Slot
Connect a USB thumb drive loaded with files, and enjoy playback of files from your digital library. Or do the same with an SD Card, for an even more portable option.
iPod Direct Control
Connect your iPod/iPhone and enjoy music directly from your device, with complete control of unit functions right from the receiver. If you'd prefer, switch over to "application mode" to control from the iPod/iPhone itself.
Pandora Integration and Aha Radio Mobile
Fans of the Internet music service Pandora, rejoice! The AVIC-Z130BT, thanks to Pioneer's new Pandora Ready feature, can give you direct control of Pandora through your iPhone. Launch Pandora on your connected iPhone, and you'll be able to experience Pandora through your receiver, complete with bookmarking and thumbs up/down buttons.
Aha Radio lets you check traffic conditions, listen to Facebook/Twitter updates, enjoy podcasts, search for restaurants indexed on Yelp, and more.
Above--sound quality deterioration from compressed audio files. Pioneer's Advanced Sound Retriever restores detail, warmth, and clarity.
You can also grab the Aha Radio Mobile App for on-demand, personalized radio. Check traffic conditions, listen to Facebook/Twitter updates, enjoy podcasts, search for restaurants indexed on Yelp, and more.
Audio/Video Performance
Dual-Zone Audio/Video
This receiver allows rear seat passengers to enjoy DVD or CD content via additional rear screens and headphones, even while the front passenger and driver operate navigation or listen to audio from other sources simultaneously.
Advanced Sound Retreiver
Hear the detail, warmth, and clarity that the artist originally wanted you to hear from compressed MP3, WMA and AAC files stored on disc, USB device, iPod/iPhone, and portable media players. Pioneer's Advanced Sound Retriever technology restores data (especially high-frequency data) that tends to get lost in the digital compression process.
Seven-Band EQ
With Pioneer's seven-band graphic equalizer, you can customize the equalization levels to best match the acoustics of your car.
MOSFET Amplification
The AVIC-Z130BT cranks out 4 channels of 50 Watts with efficient MOSFET amplification, and offers three 4V RCA preamp outputs for growing your system.
Room to Grow
The AVIC-Z130BT is definitely feature-packed, but that doesn't mean you won't want more. Add a traffic tuner or build your audio system as mentioned above, along with satellite radio, HD radio, or a rear-view camera in a snap. Start out big, go bigger.
What's in the Box
Pioneer AVIC-Z130BT Receiver, ND-TMC10 Traffic Tuner, Wiring Harness, USB/AV Cable, GPS Antenna, Microphone/Visor Clip, Installation Hardware, Documentation
Pioneer AVIC-Z130BT Double Din Text To Speech Navigation, 7” WVGA LCD Touch Screen Display, DVD / CD, MP3 / WMA / AAC Playback, Bluetooth Built-In, iPod/iPhone Audio Video Control With USB, Pandora Link, HD Radio Tuner Built-In.
