Great Stereo for the price

Overall, I'm very impressed with this car stereo because it sounds great, it has a great price tag and it is fairly easy to use.

I got this stereo because my old Kenwood deck was dying after 8 years of heavy use. First off, the sound coming out of it is very clear and it sounds great in my car. Secondly, I don't have an iPod so, I needed a player that worked with flash drives and I love the way I can plug in my 4GB flash drive and let it play. I really like that it remembers where you are on the USB drive if you take it out and put it back in (provided you don't change the data on the flash drive). This keeps me from having to leave my flash drive plugged into it in my car all the time. The MP3 CD player works great as well.

The only issues I've noticed are fairly simple and nothing I can't live with. The volume knob doesn't always read correctly but the remote control works fine for controlling that. This is a problem I had with my other Kenwood deck with the same solution.  more

Awesome Sound!

Now that I have it figured out, this stereo is better than I thought it could be. The day it was installed, the installer and I tried to figure out how the ipod feature works with my 32 gig ipod touch. It took forever to bring up the search function to look for artists, albums, etc., I thought we were pressing the wrong buttons. After plugging in my 16 gig nano, it searched much faster. I'll still use my touch, I now know to just be patient. Still having trouble with the ABCDE search feature. I can search through artists, playlists, etc., with no problem, but can't seem to bring up the ABC function (found it once...don't know what I did to find it again...). Anyway, it's a great stereo and I couldn't be happier! I can't believe how it brought my stock speakers to life. The bass is huge, I don't even use the "Bass Boost" feature, just not for me and my kind of music. Best Buy did the install and did a wonderful job! I gave "ease of use" three stars because you can't figure this thing out  more

Love it! Great value!

Love this stereo! The only problem I've had was learning where to find features, but this is my first new stereo in a long time, so that's probably the reason. LOVE the front usb and aux in ports!!!!! Would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for these features at budget friendly pricing! Don't know about Ipod compatability, but my Creative Zen works fine with it, as well as my XM (through the aux port). : )

Love this stereo!

My husband gave this to me for Christmas to replace the factory stereo in my Honda Odyssey. It sounds great with the standard speakers! Still learning about the features, but LOVE the USB for iPod, sounds fabulous compared to the FM transmitter I used to use with the factory stereo. Haven't tried the remote yet (hasn't made it out to the car).

Haven't had the issue some other reviewers have with the faceplate being a bit loose - good installation and so far so good. Definitely a good product for the money!

A steal at the price

Can't go wrong for $140. Easy to install. Sounds good with factory speakers. Remote is kinda big, but real hard to lose. Bad glare off of the face plate, and the illumination could be brighter. I have one of these in my truck and one in my daughter's Xterra. I plug in my iPod and never think about playing a CD. I can't see why I would need to spend more money on something different.