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Works like a dream. Easily installed, sounds great with my iPhone. Even charges it (although it says it's not made for it) Completely satisfied.
loved the product. got it in a reasonable time.i will definetly order from this person again
Even one of my older stereos from 4 years ago has a phone interrupt line. Extremely annoying when you have over 200 folders of music and want to get to the middle quickly.Workaround: created folders A, B, C, etc. There is just enough power to spin up the Passport drive, which then allows the stereo to auto-detect a usb device. Extremely annoying, to say the least. Instead, it physically reads the folders/files from the drive in the order they appear on the device.
This is a wonderful feature that puts my stereo in an infinite loop. Lucky for me, my Parrot bluetooth device cuts the audio coming in over the speaker wires, but I still have the subwoofer sound coming through.Workaround: manually pause/mute the stereo, and maybe build a relay system to kill power to amp (triggered by Parrot)2. I bought this stereo to run my Passport usb drive with all my music from the glovebox, which I don't want to have to unplug all the time.Workaround: manually hit source button to change back to radio EVERY SINGLE TIME the stereo powers up, or disconnect/kill power to usb device so it isn't auto-detected.3. skipping during random play is not randomRandom play on this stereo works great. no phone-interrupt wireI didn't know anyone would make a car stereo that didn't have this feature.
and placed the group folders in these based on the first letter of the band's name. In other words, the music files are most likely not going to be in alphabetical / numerical order, which is great if you like random play, but sucks when searching for anything.Workaround: wrote a vb app that forces windows to copy folders/files in alphabetical / numeric order to the usb device.5. This stereo, however, does not have the means of reading the TOC from the usb device. not enough power for some usb devicesApparently the stereo outputs a max of 0.5mA to usb devices.
As soon as it starts playing, it draws too much power, which kills the stereo and usb drive. The problem is, if you don't want to listen to the current song and you skip to the next song, it doesn't pick a random song, it skips to the next song on the hard drive (i.e. 1. folder/file search defaults to beginningWhen listening to, say, the 5th song of the 26th folder on my usb device, I sometimes would like to jump down a couple of folders to look for another song. However, the wonderful file search feature of this stereo doesn't start at the current song that is playing, it starts at the beginning of the device. Now I have 27 primary folders (gotta have one for bands that start with a number), and can now delve down into the subfolders to reach the bands.6. reads files in order they were copied to usbMicrosoft Windows has a neat feature they use, called a table of contents. if you are listening to song 3 in folder 5 during random play and skip ahead, the next song played is song 4 in folder 5 - not very random).Workaround: rewind the song as it plays.
defaults to usb (if plugged in)When the stereo is powered on, it auto-detects the usb port looking for a device, and if detected, auto-plays. It will rewind to the very beginning, and actually rewind into the end of the song that appears on the drive right before it. Now there is enough power to spin up the drive again, so I get to go through this again and again.Workaround: bought a mini-usb power cord for a gps device, and spliced it into a data usb cable so I can provide power to the usb drive via the gps power cord, and data to the stereo.4. This feature allows one to access the data stored on a drive in any order they wish (alphabetically is usually the primary choice). It truly is random (unlike JVC, which apparently hard-codes a random pattern into their units so the 'random' pattern is the same every time). Then let the previous song play to the end, and then the stereo will pick the next random song.
This does what it says. I was expecting a rear aux jack but it only has one in the front. The UI still feels a little clunky, but its growing on me after a few weeks of use. My biggest gripe is there doesn't seam to be a way to turn of the beeps when you press buttons.
¡Ay carumba, Loooceeee.") Someday maybe I'll find the time, but in the meantime, thank goodness my favorite NPR station is just two clicks of the "Source" button and one jiggle of the toggle thingie away. I'm sure there must be a way, once you acquire an advanced degree in electronics, to program this unit to automatically recall radio stations or CD tracks, but frankly, I haven't had enough time to peruse the bulky 120-page manual that comes with it.
I plan on getting an iPod and like the idea of being able to plug it into this unit. However, once installed, I discovered it has its limitations.
Based on other reviews and the excellent price, I bought this puppy to replace the factory-installed unit that came with my car. Even my simple-stupid factory original stereo could remember which radio station or CD track I was playing last when I turned off the car.
Set a radio station, the unit forgets it the minute you switch off the engine. Same with a CD.
(To be fair, more than half the manual is in foreign languages. Lord help me when I get an iPod.
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