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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent replacement for you stock stereo!, 2 Dec 2007
I got one of these on fleabay for a tad over £90 and it is dead easy to fit, even a Halfords muppet can do it. We replaced the Peugeot 106 stock unit, absolutely cra*!, (but suprisingly good sound quality) , with this unit only needing a ISO loom connector from autoleads. The microphone is just behind the panel so you dont have to run a microphone behind the dash and the headlining.
Bluetooth: - When first fired up, it is easy to pair to a bluetooth phone. We have an array of Nokias in the family and the wife's one is a 6111. This paired instantly and up and running in no time. It appears in the paired device as 'xplod' and off you go. It will pair up to more than one phone, and it will do it instantly as soon as you turn the stereo on, good news there. The main issue is that if you finish using one phone , then get in the car with another phone , you have to connect the new phone , despite it all ready being paired. A slight annoyance, and very minor. The best feature by far is that the unit uses A2DP. This allows you to play music from your phone over bluetooth in CD quality stereo. Not all phones can do this , but some can with firmware updates. The quality in call (and ours is a diesel, so very noisy) is very impressive considering it isnt a noise cancelling microphone, or directed right at head height.
CD/MP3/WMA: - Havent done WMA tracks yet, but MP3 sound quality is awesome, for a budget unit, and it has various equalizer settings and also custom that lets you set bass/treble. I used a Steely Dan album (Gaucho) to test with and my mate said that "they couldn't have been stock speakers" in the little 106. No problems at all and Sony doing their usual greatness.
Display: - Can be very bright, especially on dark country roads at night, and difficult to see when the track ID is scrolling, this can be turned off though.
All in all a superb bit of kit. Only a pedant would give it 4 stars, but you have to look at the price.
My only gripes, and to be fair, they are only minor and I should have bought the vastly more expensive one BT5000 if this really mattered, is the lack of pre-outs for amplifiers etc, or IPOD input etc. It does have a 3.5mm jack AUX input , but frankly if they update this model it should be a USB job next time. This is only a budget stereo and the missus loves it.
I like it so much for the money , my Volvo 850 estate is due one at Christmas, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it, and believe me I spent a lot of time looking for a good quality stereo that does everything.
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Impressive, 13 May 2007
This is a nice bit of kit. I sepcifically wanted it for the bluetooth hands free calling and for the iPod connection through the front Aux input and these both live up to what i expected. My main concern was for the hands free calling as i thought the fact the microphone is located within the front panel, and therefore quite some distance from the drivers mouth, would mean you would have to raise your voice somewhat to be heard clearly, but apparently this is not the case as all the people i have called so far say i come across loud and clear as i talk normally. I was also impressed at how quickly the stereo will connect with your phone once you get in the car and turn the ignition on (providing you leave bluetooth turned on on the phone of course). It is only let down by the amount of control you can have of the phone from the stereo itself - you can only answer calls and make a call to the last number redial, and there is no caller display, but it is not difficult to make the calls from the phone itself or pick the phone up to see who's calling, asl long as its not deep in your pocket, and for this price you can't really argue.
The iPod connectivity is straight forward and offer a whole lot beter sound quality and is certainly more reliabe that the FM transmitters i have previously used.
I have not really had chance to review the overall sound quaity of the stereo itself but it is certainly no worse than the factory fitted Clarion i had in before.
All in all a good purchase.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Product, 20 Jan 2008
Bought one of these a couple of weeks ago. A fantastic piece of kit. The sound is excellent and the Bluetooth works brilliantly. Just switch on the ignition and the mobile phone connects almost immediately. The controls are very easy to use.
Would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a hands free option.
Excellent value for money.
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