Quite a few motorists are slowly starting to switch from recording and listening to songs from flash drives to car radios with bluetooth. Because it is much easier to listen to your favorite songs from your tablet or smartphone via wireless protocols. To do this, just connect your gadget to any online services, where a wide assortment contains all kinds of libraries for every taste, even for the most demanding music lovers.
Let's try to make a list of the most successful devices of such a plan, which included really worth the money and time-tested bluetooth car radios. As a reference, we take the model range of the well-known Pioneer brand, whose models have distinguished themselves with good and clear functionality, excellent sound, as well as the trouble-free ability to work with the wireless bluetooth protocol.
What is the difference between the models
The Pioneer car radio with bluetooth has long been not some kind of know-how on the market for such devices, therefore, besides this brand, you can find a lot of other, less remarkable, but nevertheless worthy of attention devices.
To begin with, we will consider the senior model range, where the bluetooth module for the car radio is already built into the system, and then we will move on to the younger devices without this functionality, but with the possibility of additional expansion to this type of connection.
MVH-350BT
This device does not support disk drives, but this does not prevent it from being one of the best brand models. The bluetooth car radios of the MVH series have a built-in “blue-tooth”, as well as an indispensable Parrot module.
An external microphone allows you to work with the radio as a full headset for hands-free calls. The built-in wireless bluetooth adapter easily organizes streaming from any nearby gadget and without any interference. Owners respond very warmly about the model: they appreciated the intuitive functionality, attractive appearance and amazing clarity of sound (provided that the track meets Hi-requirements), as well as the hassle-free operation of wireless protocols.
DEH-4500BT
DEH bluetooth car radios are equipped with a slot CD receiver, so for those who are not going to throw away the accumulated collection of music CDs, this is a great option. In addition, the model has a similar set of functionality of the previous respondent and has a very convenient removable panel.
The built-in bluetooth adapter for the car radio allows you to safely work with both the "Android" brother and the "apple" gadgets, so it is suitable for owners of absolutely any mobile device. Owners in their reviews very positively noted this point, because not everyone works either with the Android platform or with the iOS operating system.
DEH-X5500BT
The DEH-X series is not only notable for the enviable synergy with the “apple” and “Android” platforms, but it also has an amazing and very beautiful multi-backlight. In addition, the presence of MixTrax technology allows you to make a continuous mix of your library, and by creating competent transitions between each individual composition, without turning the entire process into a cacophony.
Having on its board a “blue-tooth” and a high-quality microphone, the device can be used as a headset for speakerphone. If you are the owner of a gadget running the iOS operating system, then you have the opportunity to manage voice commands with your mobile device.
Owners also warmly perceived the capabilities and convenience of the model in their reviews. Some are especially grateful to the manufacturer for including LPF and HPF filters in the kit, making the radio a welcome purchase, in comparison with the competitors' counterparts.
How to connect bluetooth to the car radio
Above, we examined more expensive and multifunctional models of the Pioneer brand rulers. They have shown themselves perfectly in business and have an excellent balance of price and quality. But what about those who cannot afford to fork out for a high-quality, albeit expensive thing with integrated wireless protocols?
For such cases, there is a special bluetooth adapter for the car radio, which supports almost any “Android” device. The gadget works from a standard cigarette lighter and has almost all the functions that older devices from the list above have: streaming audio tracks, built-in microphone, speakerphone and voice control.
Such devices work by a simple and understandable principle:
- connect your mobile gadget to the adapter as a regular headset;
- on the adapter itself, set a specific wave on which it will work;
- then, on the car radio, tune the specified wave and enjoy your favorite song through bluetooth.
Separately, it is worth noting that the sound quality through such an adapter is not as good as in the case with the built-in “blue-tooth”. The thing is that the receiver will transmit not a digital signal, but an analog one.
Next, we consider budget models of car radios, which were distinguished not only by good functionality, but also by excellent synergy with an external bluetooth adapter.
MVH-150UI
This is a diskless radio with a beautiful and bright red backlight. Despite the fact that the background, as well as the letters themselves, is white, all the data is easy to read, and any little things can be disassembled without problems. The model has a convenient removable panel and good power - 4x50 V.
Using a USB interface, the device easily supports mobile gadgets running iOS. As an addition, there are intelligent filters LPF and HPF, and it is also possible to connect the control interface to the steering wheel (wired). The owners appreciated the capabilities of the model in their reviews, where one of the main arguments in favor of buying this device was the price tag along with the quality of the device.
DEH-1500
The model also works great paired with a bluetooth adapter and has a built-in drive. There are a lot of radio options for sale, but they differ from each other in the type and type of backlight (DEH-1500UB, * BB, * VA, and * UBG).
The radio has a 4x50 V amplifier and is able to accept a subwoofer instead of the standard speakers. In addition to playing CDs, the device is equipped with rich functionality for “Android” and “apple” gadgets. Just like in the case of the MVH-150UI model, buyers looked primarily at the cost of the radio, and then at the rest of the functionality.