Pioneer AVIC 8200NEX Review
Pioneer AVIC-W8500NEX 7-Inch AV Receiver with Navigation
- Maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, Plus 12. 4 million points of interest
- Works with SiriusXM SXV300 Tuner -- supports tune mix, traffic & weather now, and sports flash features
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatible; web link compatible; built-in HD radio tuner
Given these variables, how does the Pioneer AVIC 8200NEX stand up? Fairly well, we say.
Perhaps the headline feature is the work that Pioneer has done with compatibility. The system will integrate with your cell phone, no matter whether you’re an Android or iPhone user.
The screen is 7-inches diagonally, with a resolution of 800x400 -- known in industry parlance as “WVGA.” The built-in navigation element includes 16 gigabytes of map data and lists close to 8 million different points of interest.
The system will help you navigate anywhere in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as in Canada and Puerto Rico.
The Pioneer AVIC 8200NEX comes ready to receive Sirius Radio and integrates with Pandora. It also functions with a wide range of media types, including jpeg for photos, mp3 for music and MPEG-1 through MPEG-4 for movies.
The system includes various connectivity ports, such as HDMI, USB, and an auxiliary output to connect other devices such as laptops.
The Pioneer AVIC-8200NEX is available online for between $$ and $$, according to Google Shopping. Users on Amazon give the system 3.8 stars out of 5.0, and it also received an Amazon Choice award.
One very pleased customer who installed the unit in his 2010 Toyota Tacoma praised the Android Auto interface and loved the sound and navigation performance. A separate user found problems with the screen freezing up and was annoyed by the lack of a centralized volume control panel.
Our Pioneer AVIC 8200NEX review is based on a variety of sources. These include advisory lists compiled by Crutchfield as well as RV specialty sites such as RVWeb.Net.
We also relied on Amazon and looked at competing systems from Garmin, Kenwood, and Sony to round out our Pioneer AVIC 8200NEX Review, starting with Sony.