Panasonic CQ-C1305U WMA/MP3/CD Player/Receiver

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ovals but the overall sound is much clearer though still not the cleanest I've heard and that's a testiment to the unit's amp section, which was something I could never claim with the old stock head unit. Now I've heard better stock head units than what came with the Ford so I know that they are capble of being quite decent sounding to start with.

As far playing CD's, this one really does shine for both commercial and burned CDs I make. One thing to keep in mind is never try to overburn the CD's and stick to the specifications spelled out with WMA/MP3 data discs according what Panasonic recommends as well as never mix CD audio tracks w/ data tracks on the same discs either but you can mix MP3/WMA tracks on the same disc, but keep them in seperate file folders per Panasonic's instructions and you should have no problems. Now mind you, I have not tried to do an MP3 data disc yet so can't say how the player works with them, but with CD-DA discs, the player plays them supurbly. I have not tried the Aux in yet but good to note the level issue with it from other posts.

From the little I've used the FM tuner section, it seems very good and I only listen to 2 NPR stations and one Adult Oriented Rock station, when I listen to the radio at all, it's pretty much CD's these days.

When I had the stock head unit in the truck, I played CD's using a portable and a cassette adaptor, which helped some w/ the sound as CD's are much better than cassette but the bass was lacking and anything with heavy bass did not fair well at all as it felt trunkated to say the least, the mids and highs were OK at best but a bit tizzy in the higher registers but with the this unit, the speakers cleaned up considerably although the bass still is OK it's much better and does go a bit deeper but still lacking in true deep bass though, however, have to watch the volume w/ heavy bass as the unit's extra power may be too much for most stock speakers as you'll experience hard knocking w/ the smaller fronts in partucular found in most older cars and trucks which can lead to physical speaker damage over time.

Some quibbles, the buttons could be a bit bigger and some of the secondary function labels needed to be lit as well and I will agree the blue power button is on the bright side, but tolerable in my case.

Overall, I like the layout of the faceplate and wished it came equipped w/ the case for the faceplate like it's more expensive brethren do which is odd considering Panasonic recommends you don't touch the contacts. Makes no sense, really.

Overall, I really like this unit and am glad I bought it.

Panasonic CQ-C1305U WMA/MP3/CD Player/Receiver

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ovals but the overall sound is much clearer though still not the cleanest I've heard and that's a testiment to the unit's amp section, which was something I could never claim with the old stock head unit. Now I've heard better stock head units than what came with the Ford so I know that they are capble of being quite decent sounding to start with.



As far playing CD's, this one really does shine for both commercial and burned CDs I make. One thing to keep in mind is never try to overburn the CD's and stick to the specifications spelled out with WMA/MP3 data discs according what Panasonic recommends as well as never mix CD audio tracks w/ data tracks on the same discs either but you can mix MP3/WMA tracks on the same disc, but keep them in seperate file folders per Panasonic's instructions and you should have no problems. Now mind you, I have not tried to do an MP3 data disc yet so can't say how the player works with them, but with CD-DA discs, the player plays them supurbly. I have not tried the Aux in yet but good to note the level issue with it from other posts.



From the little I've used the FM tuner section, it seems very good and I only listen to 2 NPR stations and one Adult Oriented Rock station, when I listen to the radio at all, it's pretty much CD's these days.



When I had the stock head unit in the truck, I played CD's using a portable and a cassette adaptor, which helped some w/ the sound as CD's are much better than cassette but the bass was lacking and anything with heavy bass did not fair well at all as it felt trunkated to say the least, the mids and highs were OK at best but a bit tizzy in the higher registers but with the this unit, the speakers cleaned up considerably although the bass still is OK it's much better and does go a bit deeper but still lacking in true deep bass though, however, have to watch the volume w/ heavy bass as the unit's extra power may be too much for most stock speakers as you'll experience hard knocking w/ the smaller fronts in partucular found in most older cars and trucks which can lead to physical speaker damage over time.



Some quibbles, the buttons could be a bit bigger and some of the secondary function labels needed to be lit as well and I will agree the blue power button is on the bright side, but tolerable in my case.



Overall, I like the layout of the faceplate and wished it came equipped w/ the case for the faceplate like it's more expensive brethren do which is odd considering Panasonic recommends you don't touch the contacts. Makes no sense, really.



Overall, I really like this unit and am glad I bought it.

Panasonic CQ-C1305U WMA/MP3/CD Player/Receiver

...

ovals but the overall sound is much clearer though still not the cleanest I've heard and that's a testiment to the unit's amp section, which was something I could never claim with the old stock head unit. Now I've heard better stock head units than what came with the Ford so I know that they are capble of being quite decent sounding to start with.





As far playing CD's, this one really does shine for both commercial and burned CDs I make. One thing to keep in mind is never try to overburn the CD's and stick to the specifications spelled out with WMA/MP3 data discs according what Panasonic recommends as well as never mix CD audio tracks w/ data tracks on the same discs either but you can mix MP3/WMA tracks on the same disc, but keep them in seperate file folders per Panasonic's instructions and you should have no problems. Now mind you, I have not tried to do an MP3 data disc yet so can't say how the player works with them, but with CD-DA discs, the player plays them supurbly. I have not tried the Aux in yet but good to note the level issue with it from other posts.





From the little I've used the FM tuner section, it seems very good and I only listen to 2 NPR stations and one Adult Oriented Rock station, when I listen to the radio at all, it's pretty much CD's these days.





When I had the stock head unit in the truck, I played CD's using a portable and a cassette adaptor, which helped some w/ the sound as CD's are much better than cassette but the bass was lacking and anything with heavy bass did not fair well at all as it felt trunkated to say the least, the mids and highs were OK at best but a bit tizzy in the higher registers but with the this unit, the speakers cleaned up considerably although the bass still is OK it's much better and does go a bit deeper but still lacking in true deep bass though, however, have to watch the volume w/ heavy bass as the unit's extra power may be too much for most stock speakers as you'll experience hard knocking w/ the smaller fronts in partucular found in most older cars and trucks which can lead to physical speaker damage over time.





Some quibbles, the buttons could be a bit bigger and some of the secondary function labels needed to be lit as well and I will agree the blue power button is on the bright side, but tolerable in my case.





Overall, I like the layout of the faceplate and wished it came equipped w/ the case for the faceplate like it's more expensive brethren do which is odd considering Panasonic recommends you don't touch the contacts. Makes no sense, really.





Overall, I really like this unit and am glad I bought it.