I have had this unit in my car for about six months now and I LOVE it. It has a great sound with heaps of power at 52W per channel and a seperate RCA output for a subwoofer (which I have connected). The remote has heaps of control and easy to use features to adjust the music to exactly the way you want it or to sort out the display which also has a heap of options to be able to set up exactly how you like it. The dynamic Sound Organiser (DSO) really "lifts" the music from the floor and with five settings you can have the music exactly where you want it. A range of styles from Jazz to Rock and all things in between means the range of sound is fantastic. The active black panel display is excellent. the pictures and animations are good although can be distracting. The only problem with this is that if animations are on the screen the clock won't be showing at the same time. Of course if the animations are turned off the clock as well as track , album and artist information is displayed instead. The only downside I found was that when the stereo was turned off with an MP3 CD part way through; the unit sometimes was unable to continue and the CD would need to be ejected and reloaded. This doesn't happen all the time, just enough to be annoying however the rest of the features and the WOW value of the animated screen more than make up for it. This does not have a removeable faceplate but when turned off the blank screen does look unassuming so hopefully no-one will notice and break in to steal your unit.
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Car Radio - Panel Release, Panel/Quick Release - with CD Player, With CD-Player - without CD-Changer, With changer control - with MP3 Playback, With MP3 Player - 208 Watt
Oct 24th, 2004
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