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Sony MEX-BT 2700
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Works a treat, easy install...
(5 out of 5) by I. Hewerdine on Aug 27, 2009 (London, England)I've had this in my car for about a day, but I'm already very pleased with it. I had three reasons for buying it:
1. The old stereo was silver in a black dash and ruined the interior appearance of the car.
2. I wanted bluetooth phone pairing for calls... no more struggling with earpieces on bits of sticky rubber string
3. The interface and button placement on the JVC already in the car was utterly useless and resulted in constant jabbing of the wrong tiny button unless the car was on a lovely smooth road (sadly this is england and those are rare). Plus the display was constantly scrolling from one set of info to another, needlessly drawing my attention with its pretty little flourishes... very annoying.
So...
1. Its black and looks fine now. Phew.
2. Bluetooth pairing worked very simply with my nokia handset and calls seem to be totally fine. Everyone says they can't hear any feedback of their own voice and that they can hear me fine. You can't ask for more than that. I drive an mx5, which isn't the quietest cabin in the world, so it must be pretty decent. I haven't tried it at 50mph with the roof down yet, but I think that would be asking a lot!! You can answer calls, do voice dialling (if you've set it up on the phone) and dial the last number you used from the stereo very easily. You can also stream music from your phone, with the stereo allowing you to pause or skip back and forth. Minimal but useful functionality there...
3. Button placement and interface are fine. They're not great but they're certainly better than the JVC and all buttons are seperated enough that you don't poke the wrong one accidentally when you hit that ripple or pothole. Oh, and you can turn off the annoying twiddly scrolling and flashing. What a relief.
Installation was a piece of cake despite never having tried to install or remove a car stereo. Once the old one was out (who decided to fit a silver stereo in a black dash before I got this car...) the new one slotted in easily and the provided wiring adapter clipped right into the wiring loom. I think I was done inside 30 mins. Just a few plastic clips to prise off carefully on the old unit and some unbending of metal tags that hold the cradle into the dash.
All in all, its very well featured, works fine, sounds good (a first mention of how it sounds in this, a stereo review! I figured a Sony unit would be at the very least adequate), didn't cost the earth and went in very easily. Top marks.
1. The old stereo was silver in a black dash and ruined the interior appearance of the car.
2. I wanted bluetooth phone pairing for calls... no more struggling with earpieces on bits of sticky rubber string
3. The interface and button placement on the JVC already in the car was utterly useless and resulted in constant jabbing of the wrong tiny button unless the car was on a lovely smooth road (sadly this is england and those are rare). Plus the display was constantly scrolling from one set of info to another, needlessly drawing my attention with its pretty little flourishes... very annoying.
So...
1. Its black and looks fine now. Phew.
2. Bluetooth pairing worked very simply with my nokia handset and calls seem to be totally fine. Everyone says they can't hear any feedback of their own voice and that they can hear me fine. You can't ask for more than that. I drive an mx5, which isn't the quietest cabin in the world, so it must be pretty decent. I haven't tried it at 50mph with the roof down yet, but I think that would be asking a lot!! You can answer calls, do voice dialling (if you've set it up on the phone) and dial the last number you used from the stereo very easily. You can also stream music from your phone, with the stereo allowing you to pause or skip back and forth. Minimal but useful functionality there...
3. Button placement and interface are fine. They're not great but they're certainly better than the JVC and all buttons are seperated enough that you don't poke the wrong one accidentally when you hit that ripple or pothole. Oh, and you can turn off the annoying twiddly scrolling and flashing. What a relief.
Installation was a piece of cake despite never having tried to install or remove a car stereo. Once the old one was out (who decided to fit a silver stereo in a black dash before I got this car...) the new one slotted in easily and the provided wiring adapter clipped right into the wiring loom. I think I was done inside 30 mins. Just a few plastic clips to prise off carefully on the old unit and some unbending of metal tags that hold the cradle into the dash.
All in all, its very well featured, works fine, sounds good (a first mention of how it sounds in this, a stereo review! I figured a Sony unit would be at the very least adequate), didn't cost the earth and went in very easily. Top marks.