Pioneer GEX-P10HD HD Radio Tuner for Pioneer HD Radio-Ready Head Units
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at
7:58 pm
Product Description
Designed to receive high-quality HD Radio broadcasts for most Pioneer car stereos, this HD Radio tuner is a hideaway module that connects through the Pioneer headunits IP-BUS interface.
HD Radio is the only system for digital AM and FM broadcasting in the U.S. Currently more than 1,000 radio stations are broadcasting primary signals in digital HD Radio technology, as a free service. That’s right, no subscription charges!
Features:
- Add HD Radio reception to select Pioneer in-dash receivers
- Receives multicasting content (where available)
- IP-Bus input and output for connecting optional Pioneer gear
Price: $94.95
Pioneer GEX-P10HD HD Radio Tuner for Pioneer HD Radio-Ready Head Units
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Filed under: Pioneer
nice add-on to pioneer avh-p4000dvd. recevies both HD and non-HD FM signals. the $50 mail-in rebate from HD Radio even made this accessory a real deal. thanks pioneer!
i bought this for my AVIC-D3 with the intention to upgrade to the new F90, once i got around to it. It comes with everything required, 2 power connectors and the i-bus cable. as i already had the sirius module(xm one on its way!) i just tapped into the power cables from the sirus module and chained in the ibus. it took in total about 10 minutes. 2 words of warning, 1) if you want to still use the standard FM and AM tuners of the head unit, you will require an antenna splitter. 2)if you have the module displayed on the head unit, but no sound, you have put the i-bus cables in the wrong way round!
Finally, i have upgraded to the AVIC-F90BT and this gives a much better user interface to the HD radio. With the AVIC-D3, you only get the EXT1 interface but with the F90 you get the same interface as standard FM, just a small observation, but i liked it a lot more. Fuctionality wise, there is no difference between the D3 or the F90BT
I bought this to use with my Pioneer AVIC-D3 navigation. It works as advertised, as an external device so it is not perfect, but is easily usable from the AVIC touchscreen. The presets are stored by number only for reference but you cannot store a HD2 station. If you do it tunes to the HD1 station and you have to tune up manually to HD2. The HD station quality is noticeably better than standard FM and when you tune it first plays FM then switches to HD in a few seconds. The digital text broadcast is only 8 characters but is usable. If you listen to a lot of FM radio and want to get extra HD stations then you’ll need a HD tuner. This is a good solution for adding that to your existing radio. I’d like to see it at a lower price however.
The built in analog tuner is less sensitive than the tuner in the base radio, so I lose sensitivity in order to gain HD. I have tried the splitter so I can take advantage of the analog tuner and the HD tuner at the same time, and the analog tuner does not work while the HD is plugged in to the deck.
HD tuner is not as sensitive as the tuner in my older JVC HDR1. HD2 and HD3 stations that came in fine with the JVC do not come in as well with the this unit. If I didn’t have the JVC I might be satisfied, but since I know there is better I was definitely let down.
The install is straight forward, and it works, but unless you NEED HD I would skip this add on, or get a JVC Deck with the HD built in to the Deck.
First my background, I worked in a stereo shop from age 16 to 18 and I am an electrician. I have installed many stereos for friends and in my own vehicles over the years. I was excited about this whole HD radio thing so I bought two Pioneer F700BT head units along with two of these GEX-P10HD tuners and upon installation of the first unit into my truck, the tuner worked flawlessly with my head unit. Sound was crystal clear and and I pulled a strong signal. So I installed the second one into my wife’s car and at first it worked well but then over a couple days the signal dropped out and the radio would stay on Analog and emit nothing but static. Upon switching the station to regular FM within the built-in tuner of the F700BT, the radio would pull a clear signal. So all evidence pointed toward the HD tuner. I opened my wife’s car up and checked all connections and made sure there was an adequate ground and went step by step over everything that I had installed. To no avail, I got nothing but static from the HD tuner. So I ordered another one (they were only $50 at the time), thinking I just got a bunk unit. A few weeks later my HD tuner in my truck failed with the same symptoms. I checked all connections and retraced all steps. No matter what I tried, the result was that the tuner was junk. My wife’s second one arrieved. Again, it pulled some good reception and then a few days later it died on us. Its kind of hard for me to believe I just got a “bad unit” when all three do not work. But I am curious if the unit might simply not be compatible with my head unit even though it is advertised as compatible. I have wondered if anyone has ever experienced this. Nevertheless, I must rate this unit as 1 star due to the simple fact that it does not seem to work correctly.