Suggest me a 2-DIN touchscreen head unit within 15-20k budget

**marv25** · November 4th, 2014 12:07 AM

The old Pioneer DEH-5550MP on my Civic stopped working

, so I'm now in the market to replace it and I was thinking I'll replace it with a nice touchscreen head unit.

Could you recommend me a head unit around 15-20k budget? Of course the lower the better

Here's what I'm looking for in a head unit:

1. Sound quality that's at least as good as my old head unit (I don't have an amplifier)
2. Reliable! Should last me a long time like my old head unit (Trusted brands? Pioneer?)
3. USB (1 is fine, 2 better)
4. Bluetooth
5. Aux-in
6. Could play many video formats over USB
7. Could sort mp3s on a flash drive by artist, album, title, etc (are there ones that can read playlist files?)
8. Acceptable/good screen quality
9. I don't think I want to buy motorized head units. They might break.

Nice to have, but not a must:
1. HDMI-in or android screen mirroring
2. GPS navigation
3. TV tuner

I'm still leaning towards the known brands like Pioneer, Kenwood, Sony, because they will likely last a long time, and the sound quality should be good, but if there are other good brands, I'm open to them.

Thanks!

**monty_GTV** · November 4th, 2014 01:42 AM

I wonder why you never mentioned about Alpine

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**marv25** · November 4th, 2014 02:12 PM

I read na mahal kasi :P may affordable ba na alpine na maganda?

**oj88** · November 4th, 2014 02:58 PM

With the features you mentioned, you should be looking at spending 30-40k, minimum.

Consider that even the Chinese-made HU rebranded to "Growl Audio" already comes in at a P23-30+k range.

My brother recently bought a Pioneer AVH-8650BT for 37k. Has almost everything you mentioned. Additional adapters/cables might be needed to use certain functions like screen mirroring.

**marv25** · November 4th, 2014 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

With the features you mentioned, you should be looking at spending 30-40k, minimum.

Consider that even the Chinese-made HU rebranded to "Growl Audio" already comes in at a P23-30+k range.

My brother recently bought a Pioneer AVH-8650BT for 37k. Has almost everything you mentioned. Additional adapters/cables might be needed to use certain functions like screen mirroring.

I can live without the mirroring and navigation naman. I've looked at some Pioneer units and the AVH 2650BT looks interesting. It has BT, AUX, and USB. Any feedback on Pioneer head units? I want to check other brands though because there might be something better.