BOSS Audio Systems BCPA9 9 Inch Single DIN No CD CarPlay Android Car Stereo

This is my second Boss. I had the BCPA 10. I do lots of forest service roads in my rv and the screen would black out intermittently. But for the price i was very happy after 4 years. So i bought the 9. I love the wireless appleplay and the screen seems crisper. So far i am super happy with it.

I installed this in my 2004 Corvette to replace the 1990 era radio that was from the factory. The unit is very nice. The head unit goes in the dash, and the display snaps into it. Android auto was my main reason for getting this and it works great. I also wanted a physical volume dial as my car does not have steering wheel controls and I did not want to have to fuss with finding the volume on the screen while driving. I can just reach for the dial instead. I was worried it might interfere with my gear shift, but the adjustability made it easy to position correctly. Sound quality has been great so far. Between the equalizer and balance/fade controls, I am able to get great sound in my car. I used a NATIKA backup camera and it connected with no issues. Some people complain that it is too bright, especially at night, and it is. I found the work around was to set it to Dark mode always. I do find it is very hard to see the display with my polarized sunglasses. Over all, it is a great addition to my car!

Great sound quality, screen plays and responds fast and clean, controls are easy to learn. Should be a bit cheaper but its a comfortable size for what it is

It was good for a year or so but now it constantly crashes, kicks me off CarPlay and turns itself on and off. Sometimes when you get in you have to turn it off and back on just to get it to connect to your phone. If you forget and start driving you have to pull over to restart your vehicle to reboot it for it to maybe work. Product support was no help. I would recommend saving your money and getting a better brand. 1 star because it works sometimes, and because i couldn’t make it less.

I installed this radio in my 2004 Chevrolet Colorado. I chose this unit because it would enable me to use my mobile phone hands free, and because it would enable me use map feature for navigation. It also enabled me to update the truck with a back up camera to help in tight spaces. I chose this unit because the swivel mounted screen enables me to tilt the screen for better visibility from the driver's seat. I enjoy the auto darkening of the screen for night operations, the radio functions quite well also. Great value for the amount I paid. I have had it in my truck for about a year now. I would say that the installation is best done by someone with soldering skills and the ability to locate and read a vehicle wiring diagram, so I would not recommend for beginners.

I read through so many of the reviews of this product and ultimately bit the bullet and purchased it. I was hoping I wouldn't get a "faulty" one and maybe the ones who submitted poor reviews had defective ones since the 4 stars and above reviews still outweighed the negative ones. I will say literally the day after getting it installed it would cut off and pop back on quickly. Then the following days while using android auto especially on a longer trip of 1 hour or more it would completely restart with the screen staying black for a good 20 seconds and then reboot totally. The quick glitch wasn't too bad and a minor annoyance I was willing to deal with for the price, but the total reboot is quite frustrating especially when you are using navigation and need to know your next step in directions. The audio store that installed it suggested I do a hard reset at the bottom of the unit where there is a small pinhole opening to push. Haven't tried it yet but I am hoping it will fix the issue. I can only hope that if its an issue with just the screen itself and I end up having to contact BOSS about the warranty that they will just send me a new screen and not need the entire unit back because I do not want to pay to have it uninstalled and then reinstalled again. Definitely would now be worth the value and "bang for your buck" in that case!

I haven’t installed a car stereo in decades. Maybe a quarter century, even! Ended up being pretty simple. The 2009 Tahoe had an aftermarket stereo installed about 11 years ago. At the time, it was an Alpine 1U unit and the whole thing installed was $700+. Over time, the unit remained fine but technology had moved on. I really wanted to be able to connect my phone via BT and stream music. The Alpine, having no Bluetooth, meant an after-aftermarket Bluetooth dongle jacked into the Alpine’s rear-panel USB port. Sadly, the setup never worked exceedingly well, forcing me to hard-reboot the Alpine regularly to get BT running. What a pain. Time to stop with the hard reboots! 😹 I check out things online, want a screen, but not take up more than the 1U space reserved. This unit fit the bill just fine - ordered it with the 9” display. The original aftermarket receiver install used some PAC modules to interface the receiver with the steering wheel controls and other truck features. Hoped that changing the receiver wasn’t going to also force me to buy all new interface modules. The hardest thing was identifying the existing wire colors, making sure that this unit had the same setup, and then cutting out the old aftermarket harness and splicing in the new radio’s harness. Took maybe 45 min. Adjusted the PAC SWC-1 for Boss, and bam! it all worked fine. Great sound quality, excellent price, and a huge display. Definitely would recommend!!!

So far so good. I installed the 9" model in a 2000 Toyota Corolla. The adjustable height on the touchscreen goes low enough to be almost below the center heat/AC vents, high enough to be able to see the climate controls if needed, and is forward enough to be able to use them even if you can't see them. So far the quality is great. Nice clear screen that's bright enough in the daylight and dim enough to not be distracting at night (so far). Sound quality is better than expected since I'm still using the factory speakers in the car. I haven't tested MP3/FLAC playback yet, so I can't comment on that. Bluetooth audio and Android Auto are working perfectly. Installation was quite easy. The manual details all the required connections/wire colors. Running the parking break connection wire was a bit of a pain, but that's a fault of me and the car not the unit. I'll update the review if anything changes with more use, but so far I'm very impressed.

Recién lo instalo, así que si presenta algún problema futuro con la durabilidad o fallos actualizaré, pero por ahora todo bien , funciona bastante bien con apple CarPlay, la pantalla tiene ajuste de altura lo cual ayuda a que no estorbe a otros componentes, creo que es una buena opción por el precio

Funciona muy bien . Tiene buena resolución

Worked fantastic! Until it didn’t work at all. Ordered this unit roughly 4 months ago, worked like a charm for the first 3 weeks. Now it doesn’t work at all. No power getting to the screen.

Ayer instálennos el Estéreo Boss pero el final Todo funciona, pero no hay Sonido. No se escucha el radio No se escucha el Navegador No se escucha cuando se hace una llamada No se escucha la música de mi teléfono Ya hice todo lo que marca el manual para esta Falla y NO FUNCIONA, NO HAY AUDIO. POR ESTAS RAZONES LO VOY A DEVOLVER

I have only had it in for two weeks but I am very happy with it so far. The display is very clear and the unit has a good quality feel over all. There is a bit of a lag when changing screens which is to be expected at this price range. It is totally acceptable to me. If you have an older truck like me (2003 Discovery) that doesn't have a parking brake wire at the wire plug, you have to ground the wire coming from the stereo or you will not be able to use Android auto and it would also not display the "General" settings button. After watching youtube videos I got that sorted out, and there are a lot of videos! I had an aftermarket stereo already so the wiring was very easy to do. The sound is far better than my previous Pioneer stereo. I did have to switch the ACC wire for the battery wire because the radio would not retain any memory stations. Again, learnt from youtube. I put in one of the Boss rear cameras as well and it works great. I would recommend this unit. I will review it again once we get to - 30 C again!