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by Bwcad1 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:51 am

colemanyoungerinalaska wrote:isnt the noise problem caused by a little fuse in the deck going out due to the deck not being grounded correctly
thats what i read b4 i got mine so i grounded the metal case to my chassis b4 doing any other wiring

my 880prs is a refurb as well
A lot of the units have bad internal grounds, creating high resistance and melting the soldier point and eventually failing. This isnt specifically the prs but many other pioneers.

by colemanyoungerinalaska » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:49 am

isnt the noise problem caused by a little fuse in the deck going out due to the deck not being grounded correctly
thats what i read b4 i got mine so i grounded the metal case to my chassis b4 doing any other wiring

my 880prs is a refurb as well

by Ryan from Ohio » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:15 am

Ya I kind of figured as much. Thats why I bought the Refurb... lol

:awesome:

by Bwcad1 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:25 am

Ryan from Ohio wrote:The 880PRS I had was a refurb without any issues/problems.
Yea some of them are fine but the 3 we have had the pleasure of dealing with all had noise issues. Even with the processor. I wonder y it was a refurb? :awesome:

by CaptainPioneer » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:25 am

Bwcad1 wrote:880prs's have lots of problems along with a lot of pioneer head units these days. Its kinda sad they have always been my go to brand for hu's but after the last 2 years of seeing the shit head units they have put out I'm done with them. Every time someone comes to use with a noise problem we ask if they have a pioneer radio.

I stick to panasonic alpine and kenwood.

My Pioneer from 5 years ago was awesome, and performed flawlessly until I was working on my car with the battery still attached and grounded out on the HU...

Bill I agree though in the last 2-3 years their line up has become more about "flash" and looks than reliability...

I think Kenwoods have come a long way in the last 8-10 years as well... I remember them being very unreliable back 5-6 years ago and now they are great... Same with Panasonic as well.

by Ryan from Ohio » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:53 am

The 880PRS I had was a refurb without any issues/problems.

by Bwcad1 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:51 am

880prs's have lots of problems along with a lot of pioneer head units these days. Its kinda sad they have always been my go to brand for hu's but after the last 2 years of seeing the shit head units they have put out I'm done with them. Every time someone comes to use with a noise problem we ask if they have a pioneer radio.

I stick to panasonic alpine and kenwood.

by CaptainPioneer » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:06 am

I think in retrospect, I wish that I could have saved my $$ and purchased a 880PRS back in the day... I also wish that I could of had the older Clarion touch face head unit that was all crazy looking... I always liked those things... too expensive though...

I'd say go with the Clarion right now since you have the selectable colors and the options you want.. They are also pretty easy to navigate their controls, as well as preset menus.

by Ryan from Ohio » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:39 pm

Tim wrote:I havent used anything from Clarion for a long time. But back in the day, the Clarions I had were the shizzle. I had a Clarion Pro Audio and an older model tape deck (yeah tape deck), and they were both killer decks.
Give a look at least you might be surprized.
Tim
I havent used a Clarion since 1999

Ive been a JVC man since then, except for the 880PRS.

by Tim » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:48 pm

I havent used anything from Clarion for a long time. But back in the day, the Clarions I had were the shizzle. I had a Clarion Pro Audio and an older model tape deck (yeah tape deck), and they were both killer decks.

Give a look at least you might be surprized.

Tim

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