Advantages: Very slim design, can play CDR/RW, good anti-skip, it's a sony Disadvantages: Front door is a bit fiddly. Caddy is flimsey
...I personally had a Sony CDX-T62 already installed when I brought my second-hand Escort last year. It's been a solid performer, with one drawback; it didn't like CD-R or CD-RW discs. By "didn't like", I mean that sometimes you could play a disc just fine, and sometimes it would skip like crazy. A few discs I made just didn't work, and the unit reported there was no disc!
This isn't Sony's fault. There are differences between a CD-R/RW disc and a ... ...you get everything you need. Sony have not been stingy with the cableing supplied. If I had to re-wire the drive into my car, I could easily have gotten it under the passanger seat again (where the old unit was), or even under the boot.
I was lucky in the sense that the cableing and everything was already done for me with the CDX-T62. All I had to do was to remove the CDX-T62. And replace it with the new CDX-T69. Thankfully, it 'just worked'. As ...
riblet 18.03.2006
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Advantages: looks nice, small and compace, good quality sound, weel manufacured Disadvantages: slow at changing discs, disc holders fragile.
...car hooked up to my sony cd player for a while now and i have no regrets buying it. Fair enough, it does take a while to change discs, but no longer than it would take to take out a cd, put it in its case, and load another one manually. The cd can be changed in a matter of seconds at the touch of a button. It is a great advantage to have a cd changer for many reasons, firstly, it is a lot safer than changing a cd while trying to drive, it is also ... ...bieng handled, they will remain in good condition for much longer than if they were bieng constantly loaded and stored in your door pocket. Another profound advatage is that it is a very small changer, which allows you to fit it in a corner of your boot, or even under your seat, which eliminates any possibility of it getting stolen, and keeps your cd's out of view too.
Qualitywise, the sound is perfect, and it has a suspension system to stop the ...
frik15 03.02.2004
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