Pioneer Electronics AS-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter for Compatible Pioneer Products (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 1.2 x 2 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002RAOCPK
• Item model number: AS-BT100
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,816 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Pioneer AS-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter: One Step Adds Your Favorite Apple Products, PCs, and Smartphones to Your Home Theater

Add Bluetooth capability to your Pioneer system to keep you connected to your portable devices

Get Closer to Your Digital Music Via Bluetooth
Pioneer's latest line of receivers brings out the best in your home theater components like HDTVs and Blu-ray players. But did you know you can also wirelessly play music from your Bluetooth-enabled smartphones (such as iPhone®, Android® and Blackberry®), and PCs and laptops in your Pioneer home theater? The Pioneer AS-BT100 adapter is a one-step solution to start enjoying your portable digital music in your home theater. All of Pioneer's latest receivers are Bluetooth-ready and can deliver rich stereo (2-channel) audio performance.

Enjoy Music from Your iPhone, Blackberry, Android Smartphone, and More
The AS-BT100 will connect your Pioneer home theater to most stereo Bluetooth-enabled sources: iPhones (running iPhone OS 3.0 or later), Blackberry Storm and Curve, most Android OS smartphones, and even Bluetooth-capable PCs, Apple Macs, and laptops. If you've got something that can transmit a stereo Bluetooth audio signal, you can add it to your home theater.

Advanced Sound Retriever on Supported Pioneer Receivers Enriches Your Wireless Music
So you've got your digital music playing from your favorite portable devices on your home theater. But what about the sound quality? One of the real pains of using wireless solutions to connect your gadgets to your home theater is the nature of compressed digital audio--MP3s and WMA files "shrink" the original music data in order to fit onto your iPod or smartphone, which can mean a less than rich experience when playing these files on your home theater system.

Pioneer's solution is a custom technology called Advanced Sound Retriever, available in all of Pioneer's latest line of home theater receivers. Advanced Sound Retriever can restore parts of your digital music files using smart algorithms so your digital music sounds much closer to what the original artist intended. So you don't need to compromise to listen to your portable music on your powerful home theater system.

Product Description

The Pioneer Electronics AS-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter allows you to connect select Bluetooth-enabled sources to compatible Bluetooth-ready Pioneer home theater receivers (and to select Pioneer iPod systems for compatible Apple products). Connect your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Bluetooth-enabled PC or laptop, and more to listen to your digital music wirelessly in rich stereo (multichannel decoding supported in compatible Pioneer receivers supporting Sound Retriever AIR).

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this for the iphone, November 6, 2010

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David C. Knieriem (Ballwin, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer Electronics AS-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter for Compatible Pioneer Products (Black) (Electronics)

If you want to run your iphone through the receiver, or if you want internet radio, get this. The iphone direct connection setup with the Pioneer receivers is not well-implemented, and the internet radio is just not good.

My Setup: Iphone and Pioneer VSX-1120-K

Initial setup: What is never made real clear is that the initial pairing has to be through the receiver; once your device is paired, you can do it through the iphone.

Use: It will only pair with your iphone if the receiver is on and switched to the adapter port.

Range: I am not having the problem reported by others. I've had it for a month, my iphone is 15 feet way through all sorts of obstacles, and it works fine.

Why: Look, the internet radio on the Pioneer receivers just does not work well, and if you want to use Pandora or (my choice) Accuradio, forget it. Now, I can completely control my receiver from my iphone. I can stream all internet radio after I have turned on the receiver through the internet connection and receiver app. Also, you will find that though you can directly connect your iphone to the receiver, you have to control it through the TV; moreover, it's 2010, why would you?

One last tip: If you get the iphone app, make sure you set your receiver internet connection to standby, or you can not turn on the receiver from the iphone.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well once you figure out how to use it!, October 5, 2010

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mdillen - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pioneer Electronics AS-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter for Compatible Pioneer Products (Black) (Electronics)

I wound up purchasing this adapter from Best Buy only because I had a gift card. Ive seen several reviews for this product on the Internet that complain it doesn't work and I thought mine didn't either but for those like me that are new to Blue Tooth technology, you have to "PAIR" the IPHONE to the adapter by plugging in the adapter and then enter the setup menu for your pioneer amp. Look in the setup menu then select "Other Setup" and then select "Pairing Blue-tooth Device" it will ask for you to enter a "Pass-code" which will later be referred to as your PIN number. Once the amp and phone has gone through the pairing set up you should be good to go. None of this info was in my amp or adapter users manual, The so called GEEK SQUAD didn't know how to set it up and suggested it was my IPHONE that was at issue. SHAME ON PIONEER for not providing instructions. Once it's set up it works great. It should however be a little cheaper. I would've given it 5 stars if the instructions were provided.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You will love this product!, May 26, 2011

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This review is from: Pioneer Electronics AS-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter for Compatible Pioneer Products (Black) (Electronics)

I completely agree with many people that this should be a standard built in module for the Pioneer systems but like many things in life, it isn't. I have been astonished at the range and quality of this adapter. It truly is as easy as plugging it into the back of your unit and hitting the "adapter" button on your remote to use it. I tie it right in with either my laptop or Iphone and it's truly flawless in sound quality.