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The Cd and Radio functionality are what I expected and great. The controls and function switches are positive and feel solid. The bluetooth connectivity to my samsung SG800 works and the microphone is acceptable. I have it in an elderly MX5 that is noisy and people can hear what I am saying even with the hood down. Marry the phone and the radio and it connects when the engine and radio turn on and off when I get out the car. One word of warning, if you are sitting in your car with the engine off, and ignition on and chatting on the phone and then start the car, the radio turns off momentarily and cuts you off. No major issue though.

I have the optional Ipod doo-hickey (AX110IP) to connect the radio to my Ipod. Sounded great and my expectations were high; no more lose CD's rattling around in the car. Problem is the scrolling through the music (80Gb) is painful, you can choose Artist, Albums or playlists. Then you have to scroll one by one through them. (1 or so seconds per artist/album) The player also always starts with the first album alphabeticaly and plays track 001. It does not take long before you hate that track. Playlists or the shuffle tracks is the way forward. Moving or holding the selector arm down makes no difference and the manual is nonexistant for the Ipod bit. I am also thinking of getting a 2GB ipod shuffle so I can put my "driving" music on it and not have the other stuff. Hence the 4 stars..... Oh yes the sound is full and good through standard issue Mazda speakers!
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Very good all round:
Nice array of feature that have been well thought through.
Great audio quailty, lovely crisp and clear reproduction
Bluetooth connected with no problems to my M3100 SPV
Voice calls are handled very well, clear communication, voices are presented well.
Menus and phone books work well. The joystick controls the menu and even in my low/hard suspension car I have no difficulties working it by touch when I'm watching the road.

The only negative side is the contacts for dialing are stored in the unit, that maybe different if you have a Sony phone. But you have to dial the number or recieve a call from the number before you can store it in the phone book. Then you can assign a name to the number.

I used this for around 9 months. It's great for handsfree calls and streaming audio from my W880i was awesome. The only reason I'm not still using it is that my new car had a better integrated stereo with built-in handsfree.

i am delighted with the product and was delivered on time,many thanks for a great service,John.