Double din stereo or double din radio or double din head unit are all terms which one hears of when they are actually buying a car or when they are renting a car or else they are used when the person wants to install a panel or a radio or stereo system in the car.
Double din means that the panel is 180mm / 100 mm. Single din panels are usually 180 mm by 50 mm.
When you need to buy a double din radio here are some features which you should look for. These double din radios come with various cool features. These have LCD touch screens. These also allow the user to customize the background. These also could have AUX ports which are attached in the front. If however these AUX ports are not in the front, then the chances are that these will be available at the back of the unit. These double din radios are also equipped to come with USBs and they come with DVD and CDs as well. There are some of the double din head units which are even compatible with voice commands, with Bluetooth as well as Pandora.
There are different models for these double din stereo systems as well as the double din radio systems. These have flat faces. There are no knobs and no buttons or even settings for volume. These have a touchscreen which allows the user the complete customization as per their requirements and that too without any of the inconveniences involved.
These double din head units allow for AV inputs in addition to the USB inputs. There are those that have displays which are LED backlit ones. These allow for not only different colors and that too bright colors, but it allows for animation as well.
You need to ensure when you buy a double din stereo or double din head unit to see that the touchscreen is not only clear but it is crisp as well and this can be operated by light touches. Infact, it should feel the same way the smartphone does.
There are some of these systems which have Carplay as well this allows for accessing applications of the iPhone by using the head unit. Therefore, the head unit can double up and be used for listening to not only podcasts but to use Apple maps, read messages, listen to music and it can be used to make calls as well.
