Home > Consumer Reviews > Panasonic CQ-C1333U MOS-FET MP3/WMA/CD Receiver with Front Aux-in (50W X 4 max)

Looks perfect in my '02 Nissan Frontier

Pros:
1. plays mp3
2. aux. input
3. very easy to use
4. nice remote

Cons:
1. shiny screen can sometimes be hard to see during the day
2. removable face plate is not easy to remove (put not too hard, just slightly annoying)

I am happy with my purchase.

I wanted a product that is affordable, nice looking and has an aux input! this Panasonic got it all. The price was amazing ($79.95) and it sound great in my wife's corolla. Amazon has the free shipping w/ this product, so it was even better. I would recommend this product to anyone who just want a nice cd/mp3 player in their car.

I bought this unit to replace my old car cassette player. I always believed in Panasonic, and I just got one more reason to keep believing. The installation is routine. It wasn't super easy because I did it myself (as opposed to pay for the installation). Other than that I enjoy every moment of using this gadget. The sound quality is great. It has 4 default equalizer setting and you can choose what elements of the sound are most important to you. Also it has a display botton that lets you select what you want to see on the display: the clock, the name of music, time elapsed, or folder name (in MP3). The CD player can play both audio and MP3 CDs. I have tried my own recorded MP3 CDs and they work just fine (thanks god this CD player is not picky at all). The description says that it should play WMA CDs too, but I haven't tried them yet. The player also has Repeat and Random options for play list.

The radio receives FM and AM and has 18 pre-programmed settings for FM (three FM bands) and 6 for AM. The reception quality is excellent (and I have a crappy car).

It also has an extra slot for auxiliary players like ipods. The face plate comes off very easily as a protection against burglery and goes back in with a snap. In conclusion, I wouldn't trade this CD player for anything else in the market and I think for the price you pay, you get much more than just an ordinary player.

I don't like the sound quality of my iPod when it is plugged in to the stereo. It must be turned up very loud to be able hear it. As a car stereo, it works fine.

The feature that sold me on this car stereo was the AUX Input jack in the front. My wife puts a lot of stuff on her MP3 Player that she wants to listen to in the car. We had been using a tape deck and one of those cassette adaptors, but we wanted to upgrade to a cd player and still be able to listen to the MP3 Player. It was an easy install and the sound is as good as the factory speakers in our Subaru will allow. The only feature I needed to get the manual out for was setting the clock, after that everything else was pretty intuitive.