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I got the head unit and it works almost perfectly with my iPhone. Browse speed is super fast, just like you're on the iPhone. I'll list my complaints (minor), but I recommend this head unit to anyone who has an iPhone or iPod touch.

1. It's hard to see the LED during the day. The sun shines on it and everything is dimmed out, it's perfect at night.
2. If you're on the phone before you connect the iPhone, the music will play through the bluetooth.
3. Sometimes I get a no ipod connected message. Doesn't happen often and removing and replacing the phone fixes it.

Like the title says, almost perfect, and definitely worth the price.

Edit: It also charges the phone as well, great bonus!

Great Sound, easy to work, looks great, but not all iPods are compatible. Make sure your iPod is compatible before you buy!!!! I have the new nano ( 4th Gen.) and guess what.... Not compatible!

The sound is great; it's powerful and crisp. (With the note, I am not any super audiophile and this is with the car's factory speakers). Radio reception is very good also. The CD changer is "behind" the swing-door faceplate, which gives more space on the faceplate. The radio memory buttons (1-6) are very tiny compared to most radios. Two factors to think about. (1) The pop-off faceplate is easy to pop off but I find it pretty awkward to hook back on. (2) There is direct IPOD input, but the IPOD interface is pretty awkward. Think about going through 100 albums or 1000 songs, punching the "forward" key one at a time! And it takes a while for the Sony to display each new album name or track name (like 1/2 second). I bought this for the ipod direct input, but it turned out, manipulating the IPOD through the SONY is awkward and I tend to use the IPOD just with a short auxiliary sound cable. If you were listening to something like book-on-tape via IPOD the fact it is plugged in and charging might be worthwhile. If these two factors are not a concern for you, you'll be happy.

I've had this Sony Head Unit for over a year now and it has worked great. I bought it for its control of my Ipod and I have not been disappointed. Works great. And the other thing that many people might not think of is that I don't get any glare on the screen. I can always see what its doing or read the clock. Every Pioneer that I previously owned had terrible glare and if the sun was shinning I couldn't see anything on the screen. This one works great.

I love Sony and was really happy to find this deck at a good price, I only have one problem. I wanted to play my new Ipod from this deck but this deck dosen't support the new Ipod nano.