Home > Consumer Reviews > Clarion DXZ385USB CD/MP3/WMA/AAC Receiver with CeNET Control, Front Panel USB Port, Satellite Radio Ready

I'll keep this review simple: this product does all that it says it can do, and does it well.

I installed it myself into a 2-speaker system in my Nissan Pickup. The sound is really clear and vibrant, and it is loud enough without distorting for me to listen to music with the windows rolled down at freeway speeds.

If you plan to install this yourself then you will probably need a wiring harness. I bought mine from Crutchfield and installation went very easily for me, although I have installed a couple of stereos in the past, so that experience probably helped.

I did a lot of research here on Amazon to find a good quality stereo with a front panel USB port. After much consideration I chose this Clarion unit, and I am really happy with my choice.

Only issue I had was that it took over a month to recieve the product. I live in Hawaii, but even so, this was a REALLY long time to wait (my last Amazon purchase showed up in 3 days). I even ended up calling the shipper to find out what was going on, since they never sent me a confimation email nor a tracking number (I bought this through Amazon, but not directly from Amazon). Still, slow shipping says nothing about the product which I am very happy with.

This stereo does everything I wanted. I can play my Sansa Clip through the aux jack, and if I plug my Zune into the jack AND the USB port, it will charge at the same time! Got a great price from DiscountJungle.

I like this radio, It has plenty of features, including the USB jack(which charges an ipod) and AUX jack right on the front. The USB sometimes works with my iphone and other times it give me an error. Ipod works all the time. Aux jack also works well. This also has a detachable faceplate and the part with the USB and AUX jacks are not apart of the detachable part which is great because I never have to unplug anything. I have an amplifier connected alond with subwoofers and the lowpass filter works pretty good and allows me to also change volume of the subs. I love the red lights, it matches the theme of my car, but the display itself is extremely hard to read in direct sunlight! I have to close my sunroof in order to see, Not much of a problem for me tho. The biggest complain however and the reason why I gave it 4 stars is because its so difficult to navigate menus, I literally have to keep the manual in the car because it gets so confusing sometimes. Lucklily however, the manual is written well because when i do consult it, I always find my way.

Not very often is anything car audio a great value. This is certainly a great value. Sounds better than I ever imagined. I have a Nakamichi CD400 in my other car with a home made amp 9 from 41hz.com (absolutely amazing sound/imaging), but this thing being so cheap and easy to use is hard to beat at its price point.

The unit has descent sound. It's an inexpensive way to hook-up an mp3 player to an auto sound system. But the user-interface is very confusing. The UI is non-intuitive, very hard to learn, and just as hard to use.

If you want to spend a mere $90 to play your mp3's and you don't feel the need adjust base/treble very often, then this is a unit you might like. However, if you like to adjust and control base/treble and such, get something else. (mucking with the buttons on this unit is an auto accident just waiting to happen.)