PLZ 7" Wireless Double Din Car Stereo Apple Carplay Radio Screen for Car Audio Receivers, Bluetooth 5.3 Car Play Android Auto Touchscreen, 240W 4.2 CHN 2 Subwoofers Outputs, Backup Camera, SWC, FM/AM

The PLZ Car Stereo was purchased to replace a defective factory Bose Car Stereo in my 2003 Infiniti I35. There are so many things that I love about the PLZ especially at this price point. This is a quality unit indeed. The installation manual is a heavy bound printed booklet with clear instructions and helpful tips to ensure success in every step. You will need some additional accessories depending on your car and your needs: double din bezel, wiring harness, antenna adaptor, and optional steering wheel control adaptor. Once I hooked the PLZ stereo up, my initial reaction was WOW! Boot time was relatively fast. The screen was reactive and bright (even in daylight). The wireless Carplay feature updates the technology in my 23 year old car. It connects effortlessly. The included reverse camera image is amazingly bright and sharp. Once you adjust the angle of the tilt, the grid lines are accurate. I pointed mine as far down as possible just enough to see a tiny bit of the bumper. The sound is loud and clean after some adjustments for the stock Bose amp & speakers (see below). I love streaming spotify (no more FM bluetooth adapters) Added bonus is the customer support. You email the person to get a custom logo done plus an updated firmware. I was able to follow the directions and the update was flawless. The person even followed up to make sure that my update was completed successfully. Overall, the PLZ unit is worldclass. I am super surprised and happy with my purchase. The company obviously thought of everything to make a quality product at the cheapest price possible. They also go out of their way to make sure that we are successful in installing their head unit and to enjoy it. There are many positive reviews and I fully agree. Some tips for others with old complex Bose Car Stereos: If you decide to replace the head unit only and keep the Bose Amplifier and speakers, use a Scosche SLC4 Line Output Converter. It allows you to boost the 2V output from the PLZ to a level that sounds loud enough using the Bose gear. Add an inexpensive under seat subwoofer, it makes a world of difference to the sound.

Got this for for 2003 First Gen Toyota Tundra and I’m honestly really impressed with this stereo. For the price, it packs a ton of features. Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Bluetooth 5.3, backup camera support, and solid audio output with subwoofer connections. Everything works smoothly and the touchscreen is responsive. Installation was actually way easier than expected as long as you have the correct harness and mounts for your vehicle. Once I matched the wiring properly, everything came together clean with no guesswork. Definitely recommend double-checking your harness setup beforehand, it makes the process almost plug and play. What really stood out to me was the customer service. There’s a code in the packet you can use to contact them, and they respond fast. Super helpful, patient, and they actually walk you through anything you need. That kind of support makes a huge difference. Overall, this is a solid upgrade if you’re looking to modernize your car without spending a fortune. Great value, easy install, and top-tier support.

Upgraded the 06 Corolla for the creature comforts of the 21 4Runner and very impressed. Install was simple and CarPlay is so quick to connect! This is a budget radio, so don’t expect the best screen quality (they do offer a model with a QLED though), sound quality is good and plenty of power. Going over the reviews, the manufacturer helped out a few folks doing car logos for boot screens. The support is awesome, sent them an email and a logo, they got back to me in a few hours, sent me firmware and an update with instructions. 1-2-3, worked like a charm. They also followed up next day to make sure everything went smoothly. Liked the radio so much, I bought another one to throw in the Harley!

You can determine if this is an honest review or not, based on my other reviews: So I bought this instead of a Sony, Kenwood, or Alpine. AAND I installed it. I bought the SCOSCHE Install Centric ICFD6BN Aftermarket connection kit, and only used the harness for my 2008 Ford F150. Saved the plastic bracket crap for later: nothing matched up, so I couldn't use the Scosche nonsense plastic brackets. Took me a while, but I actually just used the trim and brackets that came with this unit, and tweaked them a bit, I mean a lot, to get those (4) screws in to replace the outdated stock unit. Actually looks quite good, but took some work. My first impressions: LOUD. This head unit is very good at outputting much, much more than my original stock stereo. Listened to A7X "Scream" at 40 volume with "Rock" EQ, and Loudness on, and I had to turn it down. Man, that sounded good. Bluetooth Connection: at first, Apple CarPlay worked fine, several times, in and out of the truck. Then, it wouldn't connect. At all. Had to reset my phone, reset the head unit. Try again. Nothing. "Enter 0000" it says. All the time. Also, as others have noted, there is no way to listen to local radio when connected to CarPlay. Big bummer. It's a different App with this stereo, so I kind of understand. I can get by with installed apps on iPhone, like Audacy, or others. But it would be nice to have this option. Mirror is a nightmare so far. I can't figure out a way to go from Bluetooth to Mirror. Perhaps it's not available. This software/firmware out of the box is sketchy at best. If I am connected via BT, the mirror option is NOT AVAILABLE. AT ALL. And vice-versa, and so on and so forth. At first, when connecting to CarPlay via BT, it was flawless, then suddenly, it would connect for music, but not CarPlay. Boo PLZ. Substandard at best. So right out the gate I asked them for software/firmware upgrade via email, as suggested with the paper insert, and I must admit they responded quite quickly. I also asked for a Ford logo. They sent me (2) links. I have not yet installed these, but when I do I will update. Hopefully this will take care of the BT connection issues, which are a deal-breaker for me. If this update takes care of my connection issues, I will update stars. If not, well, I'll rip it out and stars go down. I bought this for CarPlay. I can look past radio vs. CarPlay. So far, this head unit has very good sound and plenty of options. I bought this for ease of CarPlay. So if this is not resolved via firmware upgrade, I'll yank it out and go with an Alpine. They did ask me for a positive review for a free front camera (normal for Chinese intros), and since I've not yet installed the included rear camera, I will reserve my positive review for if this thing actually works for what I bought it for in the first place, which is seamless CarPlay. So far, before the impending firmware, I am impressed with the sound. But not the connectivity. Update to follow. UPDATE 7/15/24: So the two files sent to me were the FORD Boot logo, and the instructions. When I compared the version installed via flask drive vs. version updated, they were exactly the same. 20240307. This tells me that the firmware/software was not updated (I believe), and that the latest is from March 7. Not looking good. The FORD boot logo does look nice, and my BT CarPlay connection has not dropped as much as in the past. But that could also be a fluke; time will tell. Will update soon. UPDATE 7/30/24: I have had random disconnects with CarPlay, but overall the system has responded. Caveats below: 1. When the system seems to be stuck in a loop with CarPlay, I turn off the vehicle, take the phone away (not sure if this is necessary), then get back in, start, and everything connects properly. My takeaway: Even though the head unit could be turned off with the power button while vehicle is in use, the head unit DOES NOT cycle power, because it is always connected to ACC. Cycling power via the key (and for some, opening the door) ACTUALLY turns off the unit. Then it will allow it to attempt to re-connect. This worked for me. 2. I bought a third-party reverse camera, and hooked it up to this unit, and it works well. ANOTHER CAVEAT I have noticed is that while connecting this unit to your phone via Bluetooth (like getting in the vehicle and starting it), if you cycle to the reverse to activate the camera during the Bluetooth connection process, it could be wonky. In my experience, it connected via Bluetooth and annunciated, but would not show the map. My advice is to let the unit connect first. This takes a whole 5 seconds out of your day. The HORRORS. 3. It is clear that the native radio, while using, will not allow you to view the map from your phone, but it does annunciate turn direction. My workaround was to install Audacy and others, because I prefer to listen to radio. For others that prefer their normal streaming, this is probably not an issue. One thing I have been doing is ripping DVD movies onto micro SD. I use MakeMKV, then use Handbrake to convert to MP4, with (need to select) MP3 audio, and +20 Gain. THIS IS THE FORMAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE USED WITH THIS HEAD UNIT. Works pretty well, and my kids can watch movies on this unit while driving down the road. Bonus is the micro SD fits snugly in the upper right corner (its home), and your saved MKV files can always be used to convert to other formats. So far, it's been a pretty good cheap unit, so I upgraded to 4 stars. Will update later. UPDATE 9/4/24: Unit still working well, and is connecting more reliably; perhaps because I have learned to adapt to the unit, and not the other way around. Upgraded stock paper 25W speakers to Polk Audio DB+572s F+R and sounds a bit better. I noticed that this unit’s EQ is not what I expected; with new speakers I leave on Flat EQ and sounds pretty good with Loudness on. Using “Rock” EQ at high volume sounds very distorted; garbage. Hope this helps some. Does not take advantage of speakers yet, due to what I have found is low output. The exaggeration of output reported by other reviewers is indeed accurate. Still sounds good with minimal fiddling, but wondering if an amp would help vs. Alpine or Pioneer replacement head. Will update later…

I’ve wanted an upgrade for a while now and I finally got to it! I was going for low cost with decent functions. I bought a new external amp a while ago just to get some sound and recently upgraded to a double din dash. With my new setup, I really don’t think I could’ve done better than this for the price. I know my truck has greater than 14V, so I went ahead and installed a 13.8V voltage regulator (per seller recommendation) before my radio head unit and another between my backup camera and reverse light. I haven’t had any problems with it so far. It’s been responsive and CarPlay function has been great and all that I needed. Since I have a road trip coming up with my kids, I’ve been thinking about a setup for watching movies and such for them in the back seats. The unit already has an RCA video output, so why not?! I also got an ATOTO CB6 (Magic AI box) I got cheap with a nice promo that allows me to use streaming services like Netflix and is compatible with the stereo wonderfully. I mean, with technology nowadays, the different setups are endless and starting with a low-cost head unit is the way to go. I also have it setup with a BT mouse that the kids can use in the back so I don’t have to do anything. I can save movies on the AI box as well. I also got a BT OBD2 adapter and BT tire sensors that I’m excited to use. I’m only talking about all these things to show that this unit can easily be upgradable! Going from a factory stereo to a double-din stereo in my truck has been a huge upgrade! Super happy with it. Lastly, I just want to add that customer support has been very responsive and very accommodating from their FB page. I reached out to get a software update and custom wallpaper and I got it next day. Update 5/8/26: I got rid of the mouse and got a Doohoeek Travel Keyboard with touchpad instead. It’s way easier to use than the mouse and it’s small—so much better! Everything still works great!

Great upgrade from my very broken down shaker 500 head unit. Display is very beautiful and the screen is extremely responsive. Easy to wire up ( I needed a special adapter) also needed a special frame that ended up fitting with some help from a dremmel so be careful if you have to order one and check the size of the unit. The unit itself was super easy to connect to my phone and the sound quality was great especially after I tweaked the equalizer. The company is also very responsive if you need any help. Last cool thing you can have them do a custom boot up image, and can also customize your background image through the usb port. I can’t speak for longevity but bang for your buck you can’t beat it.

I installed this radio about a year ago, and so have had plenty of time and use to learn this things quirks and features. I'll go into more detail below, but to sum it up, you get exactly what you pay for. This thing is a lot better than the $50 cheapo no name touchscreen units, but it's definitely not kenwood quality. It has occasional glitches and bugs, and isn't a bad unit for the price if you're willing to put up with that from time to time. SCREEN: Honestly, the display itself isn't bad at all. Looks great, usually bright enough, but may do better with a matte screen cover, as it has glare, because glossy. Good colors and pretty crisp for the price. The ratcheting slide to adjust it up and down doesn't seem to want to hold it up on anything other than smooth pavement after while though, as it ever so slowly lowers itself when I hit backroads. Not a big deal, I'm sure something could be rigged to fix that if need be. Screen 9/10. SOUND: Also not bad for the price. It puts out enough power for your standard speakers in most cases, and anyone looking at this radio instead of the expensive name brand units would probably be happy with the sound. The software/menus are missing some settings that could make things sound better. Read on to see what I mean. Sound quality 6/10. SETTINGS/FEATURES: There is no high pass filter setting for your door/deck speakers. It's full pass through, so higher volumes can distort the sound if you don't adjust the EQ some, for those that listen louder. However the EQ also affects the subwoofer output, so dianing down the bass some in EQ to save your door speakers also dials down the bass to the subs, meaning you may have to compensate for that with your amp, which that method won't be perfect. Most users might be satisfied but I'm a little annoyed by this missing feature. It also doesn't have a way to disable the low pass filter to the sub outputs, and only has 3 settings , ranging from 50hz to 120hz. Again, many may not care, but this makes me grumble some. These are basic settings seen even in $30 Walmart stereos, and should really be included. Settings are pretty easy otherwise. Really wish there was a way to adjust the brightness on the bottom buttons. Otherwise anything other than red is too bright at night. Settings and features 3/10. SOFTWARE: This is the main part of my "you get what you pay for" point. It works fine....most of the time. It has its glitched and bugs. Like when it turns on and connects to carplay, every once in a while, I'll notice it refuses to activate Siri or play music. That usually means it's about to crash out on carplay, and the only way I've found to fix that is to turn the car off, let the radio power down, then restart. That fixes it, until it happens again a few days or weeks later. Another one is all be jamming out while driving, and the radio just hard locks, as in unresponsive to everything, and the audio glitches out and starts looping the same last half second of what you were just listening to, over and over and over. Again, only thing that fixes this is powering the radio off by theuong off the ignition. This one is a little more rare but it happens from time to time. You can't even mute it or adjust the volume while it's glitched out like that. I use this car for several hours a day, several starts a day, as I'm a delivery driver, and I'll deal with the first bug maybe every other day, and the second bug maybe every other week. So for those with less frequent use, it may not be so bad. It works fine majority of the time. Better than the 50 dollar no name one I had a while back but not close to pioneer quality there. Idk if it's worth mentioning but I use wired carplay most of the time since it's more reliable and responsive than wireless. Software 4/10. SUPPORT: Support was very friendly, but you can tell English isn't their first language. When I first got the radio, they were more than happy to get me a Toyota boot logo and the update files. When I had issues with FM radio being louder than carplay audio, they also were very quick to help me adjust that by giving me the codes to unlock deeper settings. (Code is 666999 under "factory set" for those who need to do the same, but be careful and know what you're doing. Gain settings.) If only deeper settings included more HPF and LPF options...which I asked them about and if they planned on adding that in any update. They couldn't seem to give me a clear answer. Given the OS on this radio appears to just be a slightly more stable version of the very same OS on some of the no name Chinese $50 touchscreen radios, I would not hold my breath. Since it's been about a year, I'll ask support if there's any updates now and report back. Support is friendly and mostly helpful, but limited as to feedback. Support 8/10. LONG TERM RELIABILITY: So, as I've said, I'm a delivery driver, so I use this thing daily, and lots. I've had it for about a year before I wrote this whole review. How has it help up? Well, the bugs seem to have gotten slightly more frequent, but again, not unbearable for the cost...I guess. Again, I'll ask about updates from support and see what happens there too. The radio is more or less the same as it was when I got it. The ratcheting mechanism that slides the screen ui or down has gotten ever so slightly weaker, so it slowly lowers on bumpy roads, but nothing that can't be rigged where you want it like I said earlier. The volume knob...it's gotten very iffy and is losing reliability. Rapidly spinning it back and fourth for a few seconds helps sometimes, and I may try electronic cleaner spray to see if that helps. Thats the downside of volume knobs, they're moving parts. I'll report back there. But overall it still works 9out of 10 times that I start the car without issues. And if those bugs come up, a restart fixes that too. Reliability 6/10. I hope this helps people make an informed decision.

-So far everything works great! Install was easy and fit like a glove in my 99 Buick without having to trim anything. Bought a Kit for bracket was simple as always. I really like the Video playback settings, So I can control even when driving for my passengers. I Installed the Unit yesterday and Talked with PLZ Support through Facebook to get the latest updates.. Let me tell you seems like its extra steps or a pain, but they made this easy with very detailed instructions in English throughout the entire Install & Update, was quite surprised honestly. I Got a New boot Logo for my Vehicle Show it shows a Buick Logo on startup, along with the most recent updates. Android Auto works decent wireless so far. USB can also watch Video playback as well easily, and looks great! Had to Convert all my Movies to 720p around 800bit through VLC and for free. Now i have any movie I want to watch on the go. The Mirror App works, though I haven't played around to much to figure out settings for Netflix or Prime wont show anything but black screen on the Head Unit while mirroring. So far for the Price of this Unit and the Customer Service being so quick to respond and help. I give it *4 Stars and will keep updated if any changes. -UPDATE: I'm picky so to me these things matter. When Connected to Android Auto, Youtube Music works and sounds fine. But when making calls through Android Auto or Bluetooth, on Phone, FB, Navigation, or any other App than Youtube Music, I'm getting high pitched distortion which is a bit of a bummer.. Audio Quality goes from good from Music to Bad in Calls or Navigation quick which i use a lot.. I had to to re-do my Subwoofer RCA connection, as i went straight to the Green Subwoofer hookup on the unit, instead of the normal L & R Red & White RCA Audio. Sub sounded great, but It randomly makes my Sub pop when i start the car so I switched and lost sub controls which is a bummer. But rather not have my Sub blow from popping.. The Quality of Audio on Calls and Nav being poor is a bit a bummer so far while Wireless. Will mess around and see if i can tune it better, also need to replace my Tweeters/Speakers before i give up on it and buy something else, and will keep updated, and I will change my stars if i can fix these issues.. Sound Quality in my last Head Unit was a Pioneer, and didn't sound bad using AUX at all. So, I will buy new Speakers/Tweeters since I need them anyways and mess with settings a little more, and will try out AUX as well, But that defeats my purpose of needing Wireless.. Id prefer not to have to buy any adapters. Also hoping the Unit lasts without issues as i saw a few reviews mention not connecting after a few months, and will definitely keep yall updated. UPDATE: Bought bad ass Speakers and Tweeters sound great and not the issue at all.. The unit just has POOR Audio Quality even while using Auxiliary. Customer Service told me to mess with EQ settings which believe me I have.. Its a cheap unit so if I want Quality guess I have to pay for it. Which goes up quite a bit. So if you want a quick cheap setup that works alright, its decent but for a permanent solution I think I'll have to return because I use my radio all day long delivering and the Quality being poor gives me a headache.