Home > Consumer Reviews > SONY Sony CDX-F50M Marine CD Receiver / MP3 Player Car Stereo

Plenty of power and versatile. Controls not very intuitive - had to read the manual. Easy to install in my boat as I was replacing an older unit. I like the mp3 player plug as well as the iPod plug.

If the product works fine and you never have any questions then it might be ok. But even if you have a simple question, Sony will probably not be able to answer it and they will then suggest you call them (and go through those endless menus and then be put on hold forever). All I wanted to know is how to hook up an MP3 Player which this model is supposed to be able to handle. Sony told me I would have to buy a $100 adapter! I told them I also have a Dual Marine CD Player and it came with the Adapter! Regardless of what or how I asked the question they had the same answer, I really believe they are instructed to sell this adapter even if the customer does not need it. I figured out how to connect the MP3 Player on my own, I tried the adapter that came with the Dual CD Player, selected AUX on the Sony and everything worked fine. Yet Sony could not seem to figure this out. Why does a company have a customer service dept when all they hire are people who don't have a clue? I will never buy another Sony product.