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Lanzar VBD2900MU AM/FM-MPX CD/MP3 Receiver
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + ShareVery good and work fine.
(4 out of 5) by Jonas Pichardo on Apr 14, 2008It not memory the last position in sd/mmc (only the track) and everything work fine
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Got it used... worked fine
(4 out of 5) by Luis C. C on Apr 7, 2007 (Costa Rica)I bought this radio for a cheap price. It was advertised as new, but it was used. However, the problem with the seller has been solved, so, let's review the radio.
1- The best feature: I can connect my USB flash drive or SD/MMC card directly to the face plate and start listening to my MP3 music in a matter of seconds. I've tested it with 1GB drives formatted as FAT16 and FAT32 and works fine. The SD/MMC reader tends to start to skip the music after a few minutes of playback, but I blame it my unit being used.
2- Connectivity: 4 speakers, line out for an amplifier, and a power line for the amplifier or the power antenna. Totally standard.
Tried using SD/MMC cards, USB flash drives, a portable Kingston Travellite USB card reader successfully. However, when connected to my girlfriend's Creative Zen nano, it will not recognize it, both powered on and off.
3- Performance: nice audio output. It's connected to some cheap speakers and the radio can take the best out of them. Anti skip is fine. I've had no skips while driving in bad roads. The AM/FM receivers works fine even in tunnels, provided you have a fully extended antenna. In my work, I have to turn off and restart my car many times per hour, and have found the following:
-It takes from 5 to 9 seconds to start after the radio is powered by the ignition switch.
-In USB/SD modes, it will restart the song it was playing from the beginning, not the spot it left. Good sometimes, bad sometimes.
One thing that bothers me is the fact that you can not set it to display the time by default, so you have to reach the radio every time you want to know what time it is. This would not be a problem if your car has an in-dash clock, but mine has not.
4- The looks: if you like bright radios, this is for you. Since this radio has a flip-down face plate, it leaves space for a huge blue LCD screen surrounded by lots of red lights that looks really nice in the night. However, during the day the shiny faceplate is hard to read. However, don't expect the huge LCD screen to offer a lot of information. It only displays one line of text at a time, showing the file name, followed by the song name, folder name and artist.
4- Controls: The main control is a huge dial to the left. It can be rotated, click-pushed and hold-pushed in order to set it up. Easy to understand, but sometimes this button gets stuck when "clicked".
The unit has multiple SMALL buttons on top and below the screen, that get confusing at times, but you get used to them. Also, it comes with a credit card remote controller that can control almost every aspect of the radio. I find it easier to reach the RC that the radio itself while driving.
OVERALL: 4/5 stars. I like this radio and it will stay where it is until a new one catches my eye. I recommend it as a good gadget for a person that uses USB drives and SD cards. If you are not that kind of person, this radio has nothing new to offer.
1- The best feature: I can connect my USB flash drive or SD/MMC card directly to the face plate and start listening to my MP3 music in a matter of seconds. I've tested it with 1GB drives formatted as FAT16 and FAT32 and works fine. The SD/MMC reader tends to start to skip the music after a few minutes of playback, but I blame it my unit being used.
2- Connectivity: 4 speakers, line out for an amplifier, and a power line for the amplifier or the power antenna. Totally standard.
Tried using SD/MMC cards, USB flash drives, a portable Kingston Travellite USB card reader successfully. However, when connected to my girlfriend's Creative Zen nano, it will not recognize it, both powered on and off.
3- Performance: nice audio output. It's connected to some cheap speakers and the radio can take the best out of them. Anti skip is fine. I've had no skips while driving in bad roads. The AM/FM receivers works fine even in tunnels, provided you have a fully extended antenna. In my work, I have to turn off and restart my car many times per hour, and have found the following:
-It takes from 5 to 9 seconds to start after the radio is powered by the ignition switch.
-In USB/SD modes, it will restart the song it was playing from the beginning, not the spot it left. Good sometimes, bad sometimes.
One thing that bothers me is the fact that you can not set it to display the time by default, so you have to reach the radio every time you want to know what time it is. This would not be a problem if your car has an in-dash clock, but mine has not.
4- The looks: if you like bright radios, this is for you. Since this radio has a flip-down face plate, it leaves space for a huge blue LCD screen surrounded by lots of red lights that looks really nice in the night. However, during the day the shiny faceplate is hard to read. However, don't expect the huge LCD screen to offer a lot of information. It only displays one line of text at a time, showing the file name, followed by the song name, folder name and artist.
4- Controls: The main control is a huge dial to the left. It can be rotated, click-pushed and hold-pushed in order to set it up. Easy to understand, but sometimes this button gets stuck when "clicked".
The unit has multiple SMALL buttons on top and below the screen, that get confusing at times, but you get used to them. Also, it comes with a credit card remote controller that can control almost every aspect of the radio. I find it easier to reach the RC that the radio itself while driving.
OVERALL: 4/5 stars. I like this radio and it will stay where it is until a new one catches my eye. I recommend it as a good gadget for a person that uses USB drives and SD cards. If you are not that kind of person, this radio has nothing new to offer.