Pioneer AVIC-F10BT

Main Features AVIC-F10BT
Simultaneous Navigation and AV Entertainment Yes
Touch Screen Operation Yes
Screen Size 7-inch slide-down WVGA screen
Bluetooth Yes
Customisable Key and Display Illumination Yes
Multi-Sensor Navigation Yes
Plays • Your CD and DVD collection (including CD-R/-RW, DVD-R/-RW discs)
• MP3, WMA, iTunes (AAC) and WAV music on CD, DVD, SD card and USB
• JPEG digital photos (for personalising your start-up screen)
• MPEG4, WMV, H.264 video from SD card and USB
• DivX files from CD and DVD
• Your iPod and iPhone via the optional CD-IU50V cable
• Your USB device via a rear input
• Other AV devices via the 2 rear auxillary inputs
Dual Zone Entertainment Yes
DVD Region Code 2
Radio Yes
Voice Guidance Yes
Text-to-Speech Capability Yes
Voice Recognition Yes (for Bluetooth, destination and audio input functions)
Installation Type 2-DIN, in-dash
Anti-Theft Protection Yes
Navigation Features AVIC-F10BT
Map Type Pre-installed on built-in flash memory
Navigation Coverage 44 European countries ('connector roads' for 9 countries)
Points of Interest (POI) 6 million
NavGate Feeds Custom POI Creator Yes
City Maps Yes
3D Landmarks Yes
TMC Traffic Info Receiver Yes
Voice Guidance Languages 18 languages supported: UK English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Polish, Greek, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish
Voice Recognition Languages Dutch, English, French, German Italian and Spanish
Menu Languages 17 languages supported: UK English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Polish, Greek, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish
Drag & Drop Menu Setting Yes
Bluetooth Features AVIC-F10BT
Parrot Bluetooth Module Yes
Hands Free Calling (Hands Free Profile) Yes
Music Streaming Yes
Additional Bluetooth Features • Voice recognition
• Text to speech functionality
• Phone book transfer
• 1000 entries for each user (up to 5 users)

iPod Compatibility AVIC-F10BT
iPod Control Yes, via optional CD-IU50V cable
Works with iPhone Yes
Compatible Generations From September 2005 onwards
Supported Functions • Battery charging
• List browsing
• Music playback
• Video playback
• Album art transfer
Expandability AVIC-F10BT
RCA AV Input 2 rear-in mini jack
RCA AV Rear Output 1
RCA Pre-Outs 3 (F + R + S/W)
SD Card Input Yes (behind slide-down front panel)
USB Input Yes (rear input cable included)
Portable Device Connectivity Yes, via optional CD-RM10 cable
Reverse Camera Input Yes, for the optional ND-BC2 or ND-BC20PA rear cameras
Direct Sub Drive Yes
Hard Wired Remote Ready Yes
High Voltage Output 4V
Audio AVIC-F10BT
MOSFET 50 W x 4 Amplifier Yes
Equaliser 7-band Equaliser
Sound Retriever Yes
Advanced Audio Features • High quality power line capacitator for stable power supply
• Rounded audio signal pattern for noise reduction
• Advanced sound staging
The F10BT stands atop Pioneer's range of AVIC navigation head-units and boasts a 7-inch resistive touchscreen. Featuring a matte surface, the F10BT's screen is viewable under all lighting conditions — night, solar eclipse, bright daylight, impending nova, whatever. The screen can be mechanically tilted to five different angles, which drivers with stereo slots low down in the dash will appreciate. Depending on their disposition, drivers will either be thankful for or curse the customisable loading screen while patiently waiting 14.5 seconds for the F10BT to start up.

Despite the piano black bezel it's not a particularly distinctive looking device, as the screen practically takes all the frontage available on the double-DIN stereo. The unit's most prominent feature, screen aside, is its Jay Leno-esque chin that houses the unit's only physical controls. At times, though, the prominent chin made it difficult to tap some of the on-screen buttons. Whether your car's controls are backlit a shade of sunset orange, generic green, pure white, Gatorade blue or anything in between, there's a set of RGB sliders that will allow you to adjust the buttons' backlighting to suit.