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Sony CDX-GT510 - Radio / CD / MP3 player - Xplod - in-dash - 52 Watts x 4
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + ShareVery good stereo
(4 out of 5) by Virtually Done on Oct 17, 2007Very good stereo, worth the price.
Purchased from Crutchfield, through their Amazon store. Crutchfield's printed instructions for my 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix were not correct. A quick phone call took care of the problem.
Also purchased the Sony HD radio tuner. It works fine, but is a little too big. I had trouble finding a space to put it.
Purchased from Crutchfield, through their Amazon store. Crutchfield's printed instructions for my 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix were not correct. A quick phone call took care of the problem.
Also purchased the Sony HD radio tuner. It works fine, but is a little too big. I had trouble finding a space to put it.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Poor Design
(1 out of 5) by Jay Grabow on Feb 21, 2008 (Omaha, NE United States)I should have researched more, but I've owned Sony products before, and they were all great designs. Not this unit.
PROBLEMS:
--Small buttons that you can't read - All aftermarket units do this, (not just Sony). Invariably, the stock units have much better button layouts that can be operated with gloved hands, and labels you can read.
--You have to open the faceplate to load/eject the disc. While this may be common among aftermarket units, it's annoying if you're used to regular front load units. It also distracts you from driving.
--Resetting the clock isn't intuitive. You have to mess around too much for what should be a simple task.
--WORST FEATURE: When you turn the unit off, after a minute or so, the unit plays a commercial on the LED screen! I couldn't believe it! Passengers get "treated" to Sony marketing with scrolling text about the "features" of the unit. The only way to switch off the commercial is to keep the unit on and simply turn down the volume. Sony obviously designed the display to attract buyers in the showroom, but once you buy it, it keeps advertising to you! I bought it to play music, not to play commercials!
POSITIVES:
--It does sound pretty good.
--It remembers the last input and defaults to it each time you turn it on.
I'd never buy this unit for another vehicle. I don't recommend it to anyone. Granted, if I'd spent more time comparing features when I bought it, I may have been a better informed consumer, and I could have avoided it.
PROBLEMS:
--Small buttons that you can't read - All aftermarket units do this, (not just Sony). Invariably, the stock units have much better button layouts that can be operated with gloved hands, and labels you can read.
--You have to open the faceplate to load/eject the disc. While this may be common among aftermarket units, it's annoying if you're used to regular front load units. It also distracts you from driving.
--Resetting the clock isn't intuitive. You have to mess around too much for what should be a simple task.
--WORST FEATURE: When you turn the unit off, after a minute or so, the unit plays a commercial on the LED screen! I couldn't believe it! Passengers get "treated" to Sony marketing with scrolling text about the "features" of the unit. The only way to switch off the commercial is to keep the unit on and simply turn down the volume. Sony obviously designed the display to attract buyers in the showroom, but once you buy it, it keeps advertising to you! I bought it to play music, not to play commercials!
POSITIVES:
--It does sound pretty good.
--It remembers the last input and defaults to it each time you turn it on.
I'd never buy this unit for another vehicle. I don't recommend it to anyone. Granted, if I'd spent more time comparing features when I bought it, I may have been a better informed consumer, and I could have avoided it.