Home > Consumer Reviews > Phase Linear BT1611i AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA/USB/SD Card Receiver with Bluetooth (Black)

Easy Installation.
Does well all it's supposed to.
Works with all SD, SDHC cards and USB.
Good simple Blue Tooth connection to phone.
Enough power to enjoy it.
Good sensitive Tuner.
Worth the price.
Do NOT go to their website for installation advise - they have it wrong!

i mainly bought this for the SD Slot. it took my 4 GB card. This Radio Is the Best Ever! It Does everything what it says it will do! with No Defects. SD Card Slot is the Best thing Ever. I dont own any cd's thanks to this stereo. It was Very Simple to install. The controls are eazy to use. I was going to get a seperate bluetooth kit, but this I saved myself so much Money with the Bluetooth. You hear your calls through all the speakers and the microphone is located on the stereo. Your calls sound crystal clear, the person who you call can hear you perfectly. No Road or wind sound, and you dont have to scream when you are talking on the phone. One thing you cant do with this stereo is you cant lower the brightness of the screen. I highly recommend this stereo to any Music lover, stuck in traffic, has to many cd's in their car Kind of person.

Pro:
1. Bluetooth was easy to setup and works really well with my Nokia 6012i. Wife is usually picky but hasn't complained when I call her from the car (local or freeway). Incoming calls come through the speakers loud and clear so I don't have to tell the other person to speak up... way up... can you shout at the top of your lung because I cannot hear you!? Radio volume cuts off when there's incoming call and goe back when call is over. Forget about dialing on the unit because you would be a crash before you get to the 3rd digit. I just love being able to get in the car, turn the ignition and the radio is on and bluetooth connected and ready to make/get calls. I always forget to wear headset when driving so no more fumbling for it when going 90mph on the freeway or having to worry about headset battery dying. I got a usb bluetooth dongle on ebay for $2 so now I use the headset on my pc for skype :)
2. Comes with ipod adapter and separate mp3 3.5mm adapter, and sd card (behind faceplate), and usb port for thumb drive. I have a few hundred songs on a thumb drive and mp3 player and both work great!
3. Radio works great am and fm in the city.

Considering I got it for $96 with free shipping and $40 for shop install, this is the best bargain I got in a long while and it far exceeded my expectation.

Exactly as described. The ipod and mp3 connections work great.I had previously been using an fm transmitter which was inconvenient.The bluetooth phone feature is awsome it is easy to set up and clear to both parties. Even if the radio is off when a call comes in it turns on. Thats a great feature. Haven't tried the usb or sd card slots will be trying that soon, as I have a lot of CD's that I will now be able to record from the receiver onto the 2gb sd card, no more switching cd's while driving! So far I have been more than pleased with this receiver. The radio stations are also crystal clear. It looks great in my dash, it does take some getting used to the brightness at night, you can adjust the contrast but not the brightness of the background. I got used to it after the first night of driving around to realize its not a big problem. All in all a great radio for the $84.00 I paid for it. I needed a speaker phone set up and I wanted to listen to my Zune and Itouch 16gb and this radio came with the wires, many of the more expensive ones did not. In regards to the Itouch 16gb, to charge it you need to buy a passport connector for around $30.00 we did, but it wasn't necessary if you just want to listen to your touch and not charge it.

First love the products features, bluetooth, mp3, usb, ipod....The only problem I have had the power on button stuck in. Found that the plastic button underneath is quite fragile, bad design. I fixed it, but use the remote control for power on and off. Rest of buttons are fine. the Bluetooth surprised me as it works extremely well, at least on my end, so far no complaints. the unit comes with all cables (ipod, and Mp3) so you dont have to buy one. I found installation really simple however I bought an interface wiring kit, and went from a double din to single din on this unit. (Ford F150) Overall I recommend this unit, would have given 5 stars except for the funky power button.