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Pioneer DEH-P6000UB review

CNet: With its monochrome display and blue backlighting, the Pioneer DEH-P6000UB is a sharp-looking head unit. Adding to the appeal of the faceplate, the stereo features a plain control interface consisting of a seven-way “multicontrol” jogwheel and six other hard buttons, for selecting audio source, radio band, and random playback mode, and for programming the display, the subwoofer, and the Sound Retrieval audio customization feature. Three other buttons on the right of the faceplate (clock, list, and eject), complete the picture, leading to an in-dash system with an economical–but intuitive–design. The absence of preset buttons is conspicuous at first, but also suggests that this is a device designed more for the playback of digital audio sources rather than for skipping between radio channels. (Radio presets are available, but have to be accessed using the jogwheel). While the rotary commander is a useful solution for packing a lot of control features into a single interface, we found it at times to be a little fiddly and loose for our liking: there is a lot of travel and very little resistance in the wheel as it tips over in the four compass directions, and we found that we often unintentionally selected the wrong function when attempting to push the commander in.

The DEH-P6000UB’s various sources are selected using a coverflow-esque menu, which lets drivers select sources using simple identifier icons. The stereo’s name gives some indication as to its feature set with the “UB” showing that the device has USB compatibility.

Pioneer DEH P6000UB