Does the pioneer DEH-80PRS head unit play flac files

[masterblaster1]

Hi, Does the pioneer DEH-80PRS headunit play flac files,if not, can it be simply updated to play flac files, or can you get a modded one to play flac files. .Thanks

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[huberoy123 10+ year member]

According to the search, it does not.
The Pioneer DEH-80PRS head unit supports the following music file formats:

• MP3
• WAV
• WMA
• WAV (compressed)
• WAV (compressed, AAC)
  It does not support FLAC files, but it can play MP3 files directly from the car radio.

Are you open to converting your files to a format supported by your stereo, or looking for a unit that plays FLAC?? I have the JVC KW-M560BT, and it is confirmed to support FLAC playback. I don't use FLAC, so it wasn't a requirement for me.

 

[masterblaster1]

Hi, thanks for your reply. Darn |I was hoping it would. I'm not set in stone on the pioneer, But was looking for an oldschool head unit like the pioneer dex-p99rs that was top of the line,like the pioneer but plays the flac files at the highest level of fidelity. Not sure why the pioneer dex-p99rs didn,t play flac files being as high end as it is. I half to have something at least as high end in sound quality as the pioneer dex-p99rs. Was there anything at that sound quality level that played flac files. thanks

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

The reason it's considered the benchmark is that it's strictly a pre-amp —no extra electronics, all audiophile-grade caps, parts, board design, copper-plated chassis, quad AKM DACs feeding the 8-channel RCA outputs, it's a focused SQ statement piece.

It's ALL about the SQ —nothing else. FLAC files didn't really get support for many Pioneer products until after the P99RS was out of production. You'll not hear any difference between uncompressed lossless USB and FLAC, nada.

I've just picked one up and will be feeding it via the lossless USB input.

I can"t wait!

 

[supernov4]

Ural concert cdd
Bonus points if you can find one in the aluminum brief case

Sound
- 24-bit DAC, 24-bit ADC
- Line in + MIC-in (stereo)
- 6 independent, fully controllable line outs (7V) + a SUB-out
- 6 pre-amplified channels (max 4x45W + 2x35W)
- 6 independent channels for digital sound processing
- 6 independent high-precision delay channels
- A 3-band cross-over (12/24 dB/oct)
- 30-band Graphical Equalizer (an equivalent Parametric Equalizer is planned to be implemented as an option)
- Independent control of the stereo base for 3 pairs of stereo channels.
- An embedded generator of the test and measurement signals

CD
- Media: CD-DA, CD-ROM(-R,-RW); Also supports mixed CDs.
- Filesystems: Multisession ISO9660/Joliet, UDFS
- Compression formats: (AD)PCM, MP3, FLAC (OGG Vorbis support is planned). Supports WAV files containing (AD)PCM or MP3 data. Can play video (AVI, proprietary codec).
- CD-Text (for CD-DA), Tags (for compressed formats)
- Electronic antishock (~10sec for CD-DA, ~1.5Mb for compressed formats)

FM Radio
- Digital (hardware & software) radio signal processing
- FM (stereo), UKW (stereo)
- Frequency step is 10kHz (0.01MHz)
- Support for RDS, including time synchronization (Radiotext support is planned)
- Ability for "blindly" selecting a station (sound preview)
- Can repeat last 10 seconds of the radio translation without losing any information

User Interface
- Graphical VFD display
- Intuitive control by a single button (an encoder)
- Animated menu
- Multiple language support for fonts and encodings (UNICODE-16).
- Voice comments (currently it only can say what time it is, but they plan that it will comment menus as you navigate)
- Support for common remote control units (2 different RCUs are shipped with the device). It can read IR-codes from your remote and assign it to do any supported command.

Expansion interfaces
- An embedded adapter for the car ECU (K-line interface is currently suppported), car diagnostic software (trip computer, code scanner, etc.) The Diagnostic software is not yet implemented, they say they plan to finish it by the end of the year 2005. It will support KWP2000 protocol at first. More protocols may be added later if users request.
- High-speed proprietary MegaBUS interface (5MBit/sec):
* ATAPI BOX: An external device to support ATA-compatible devices (HDD, ATA CD/DVD). The ATAPI BOX development is in progress. It is not yet released.
* External sensors (not yet implemented)
* Link to a PC (not yet implemented)

Support & Software upgradability
- Firmware can easily be upgraded by the user. Just put the new version on the CD and insert it into CDD.
- User can upload animations (currently only video clips on CD are supported, not the animations).
- Developer's site on the net - URAL ConceRt CDD Project |

Service capabilities
- Can work as a trip computer/diagnostic device (not yet implemented)
- Non-volatile memory for all the settings
- Embedded real-time clock
- Calendar, alarm-clock, timer
- A notepad, voice recorder and games (these are not yet implemented)

Security
- Power saving timeouts
- Support for hands free function (not yet implemented)
- Driving parameters monitoring (speed, etc.; not yet implemented)
- Multi-level anti-theft system (includes password protection, which is also good for keeping strangers away from your sound settings).

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Nice, but it's not the pure audio preamp the P99rs is, not in the same game.

And, it's nowhere to be found.

 

[supernov4]

Nice, but it's not the pure audio preamp the P99rs is, not in the same game.

And, it's nowhere to be found.

I was mostly just trolling

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I was mostly just trolling

Nice...

 

[masterblaster1]

Thanks for everyones input so far.I would love to run a pioneer Dex-p99rs. But my set up has rear fill as well. That's why Iwas hoping to use a pioneer Deh-80prs to play my flac files. No one really answered yet if a pioneer Deh-80prs can be updated or modified to play flac files.

 

[supernov4]

No you cannot play flac files from that pioneer head unit
No you cannot modify the 80prs to play flac files for any reasonable amount of money

You can uncompressed flac files into wav format and play them from the 80prs

Or maybe use a different source unit like a phone out into a external dac then into the aux input on the 80prs if you want to play those files
Then you will have the super sq's

May i ask what other equipment you have in your system?
Also is your vehicle sound treated at all?

 

[masterblaster1]

Hi, Vehicle is sound treated.It is a 1993 thunderbird, It is pretty much all oldschool equipment nobody uses anymore like alpine anniversary 7909 ,alpine 3321 eq, apine spx-f17t crossovers , 4 of them, alpine 3545 amp for alpine 6010 tweeters and alpine 6062 midranges, and same amp and speakers for the rear ,plus 2 6012ex subwoofers and hifonics zeus 600 watt 2 channel amp for subs.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Thanks for everyones input so far.I would love to run a pioneer Dex-p99rs. But my set up has rear fill as well. That's why Iwas hoping to use a pioneer Deh-80prs to play my flac files. No one really answered yet if a pioneer Deh-80prs can be updated or modified to play flac files.

I, too, have rear fill - sort of. - and you can do this with the P99RS too. I will have the front midbass channel split going to my Xcelsus Magama 220.4, powering the Rainbow 6.5" Profi crystal cone midbass up front, and a pair of Morel MSW 265 Shallow Classic Series 8" woofers in the rear doors using the same crossover setting for the front midbass combined with a much lower LP setting from the amp for those rear woofers at 200 hz to impove with some rear fill but more importantly, that midbass region from 70-200.

So, depending on your crossover frequency settings, it works great. I will simply tune the front and attenuate the rear using the amplifier gains, getting both fill and a bit of added midbass output to boot!

 

[masterblaster1]

Thanks Doxquzme for the idea on how to use the pioneer dex-p99rs for rear speaker fill as well.Every input is greatly appreciated.​