My Carthago came with a fitted Pioneer double din stereo which also provides the dvd player to the van television (important) and the screen for the twin lens reversing camera (very important). Problem is, the supplied unit is crap! There is no on/off switch (you have to use a switch on the main van control panel), the picture on dvd is wobbly and makes peoples faces look like they are made of jelly and worse of all there is a permanent message that takes up the whole of the top third of the screen about the image possibly being reversed (it isn't) when its in rear view camera mode. This is potentially dangerous as it often hides vehicles behind the letters on screen so you don't know they are there. I think its only a budget model, but I desperately want to replace it with something more user friendly.
I have been on line and it seems that hundreds of people have complained about the stupid Pioneer message being permanently on and the answer is that there is nothing you can do about it, Pioneer having decided that its the only way they can avoid possible law cases should people fit a camera themselves and not realize the car behind is back to front leading to an accident. I guess I could get the unit replaced under warranty for the faulty dvd picture but to be honest I cant be bothered driving miles to the dealers to get the same thing, or possibly I guess another Pioneer with potentially the same problems fitted. I would rather bite the bullet and get a different make, possibly a Blaupunkt or similar but I guess it would be quite an awkward fix for the likes of Halfords. Are there any vehicle radio specialists That you guys have experience of who would understand the ways and needs of a motorhome, rather than a Vauxhall Corsa with a 500 watt bass system in the boot? I intend having a satellite system fitted by Vanbitz soon but they only seem to supply Pioneers.
I have been on line and it seems that hundreds of people have complained about the stupid Pioneer message being permanently on and the answer is that there is nothing you can do about it, Pioneer having decided that its the only way they can avoid possible law cases should people fit a camera themselves and not realize the car behind is back to front leading to an accident. I guess I could get the unit replaced under warranty for the faulty dvd picture but to be honest I cant be bothered driving miles to the dealers to get the same thing, or possibly I guess another Pioneer with potentially the same problems fitted. I would rather bite the bullet and get a different make, possibly a Blaupunkt or similar but I guess it would be quite an awkward fix for the likes of Halfords. Are there any vehicle radio specialists That you guys have experience of who would understand the ways and needs of a motorhome, rather than a Vauxhall Corsa with a 500 watt bass system in the boot? I intend having a satellite system fitted by Vanbitz soon but they only seem to supply Pioneers.