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For the price this Sony Reciever is top of the line. I bought mine a few months ago because I needed a new stereo for my Jeep and I was browsing around and saw this one. I love the fact that it has bluetooth and a built in mic for handsfree calling. Not to mention the fact that it plays seemless music with my iPhone with NO WIRES!!.

When a call comes in you definitly know it, and you just hit the main control button on the reciever to answer its that simple. If I'm playing wireless music it automatically switched over to the call and switches back when the call is over. If your phone can do voice dialing you can load that information into the reciever for voice calling your contacts.

Not to mention its an Xplod. I had one in my first vehicle and loved it, and I love this one. I put my Sony MEXBT2600 through a durablilty test by putting it in my 4x4 jeep wrangler and it really holds up to some punishment.

anyway i highly recommend this product.

I had this radio installed about 2 weeks ago. It sounds good, no real complaints. you have to read the manual a little bit to get the hang of setting the stations, clock etc. I dont really use the blue tooth. the only thing i noticed is that that volume knob doesnt stick out very far so you cant really get your fingers around it. and you sorta have to giggle the face plate off

It seems like a decent unit, the sound is OK and the controls are not horrible. there are some quirks in the features though. the display dim is controlled from the system its self, there is no wire connected to the head lights or the dash dimmer switch. also, if you dim the display, it only dims the display, not the rest of the lighted controls. the lights are always on if the ignition is on, even if the unit is off. if you don't turn the display mode off it will scroll an advertisement every 4 seconds so be aware of that when you install it.

When I pair up the bluetooth with my phone I get no sound at all from the speakers. I am using an LG VX8350 which is on the list of supported devices, it pairs just fine but I get no sound when making a call or from the streaming audio.

This receiver has a very disappointing Bluetooth telephone connection. People on the other end of the line cannot understand the conversation clearly. It is not possible to have a reasonable conversation through this radio. The tuner is below average, I get clear reception with my Pioneer Stereo that I have in the other car while I get noise interruption with this radio. Spare yourself some diappointment.... I returned this radio!

I've really enjoyed this stereo. It makes life very easy, jump in the car and the phone is connected to the stereo. I don't have to worry about recharging any batteries or connecting any wires to my phone. The mic in the unit has a high and low level setting right on the front panel and it sounds good to anyone that I have called so far. The voice dial on my Nokia phone work great through the stereo.

Bluetooth stereo on my wife's Blackberry is just about the same as an FM station, the aux input is much better. The CD full of MP3's is the easiest.

I knocked off one star for the detachable face plate. I prefer the flip down faceplate to the removable one. I would also like Sony to have the song title constantly scroll through the display like on WinAMP but that's just my personal preference.