- 4.3-Inch TFT LCD Touchscreen Biggest in Class! Face is DIN size, screen is 30 percent bigger than competing 3.5-Inch
- Exact DIN fits all Single DIN applications EZ install
- Motorized Detachable Faceplate with BlueTooth
- iPod connection via IC-1 cable
i recommend this unit if you do not mind no music if you hook up the GPS.This was my first Power Acoustik radio purchase. My friends told me stick to the big guys like JVC and Pioneer and I would now recommend to anyone looking at this heap of garbage to do the same. The product description looks amazing and the feature set seems almost too good to be true. I don't even have any good things to list about this so I'm just going to list the bad.
1. The IR port broke after 90 days. You'll realize how important that IR port is the first time you try to turn the volume up by "swirling" around on the terrible touch panel.
2. Power Acoustik custom support is appalling and I wouldn't even consider it support. Expect to wait weeks for a return call or email response, if one is ever returned.
3. Power Acoustik wanted me to pay for shipping in BOTH directions by providing them with a $20 money order. How is that good business or acceptable?
4. Bluetooth. With your phone at the highest media volume setting over bluetooth, the radio is going to play it about half the volume as a radio station. This means you have to turn the raio up 50% more and then turn it back down if you flip back to the radio, else have your ear drums blasted. I tried to contact customer support about this and they were useless.
5. Radio. This is the poorest radio tuner I have ever experienced. A walkman from 1990 picks up radio better than this thing. If you like listening to the radio then steer clear of this thing.
6. Hookups. The head unit comes with one plug that has all of the rca and video inputs/outputs. The problem is that the plug doesn't snap into the unit. It clearly is made for some other unit. Expect this to fall out unless you rig in up in there. I tried to contact customer support about this and they were useless.
I could go on but I think you get the idea. I have bought at least 50 radios over the years and this is the only one that I have been astronomically disappointed in.There are very few things that work well on this unit:
File management is idiotic. It cant show more than about 15 characters of a folder / song title as it the layout is side by side and based on all the same generic software used by dp video, sumas, and so many others.
Most annoying and useless key function is the volume control! You have to spin your finger in a circle (clockwise/counter clockwise) to adjust the volume!! I mean who was the engineer that thought that was cool? Guess they never thought this would be in a moving environment but even stationary it is so awkward.
There are so many things I don't like/dont work I would love to add to this later.
It constantly will turn on but will have no audio until I turn of the car for a while then wait for a period of time and it will come back. Sometimes it wont even turn on it just flashes for a sec then goes black.
There are some thoughtful features, like just pressing in the top right corner to mute it very handy since you cant simply turn the volume up / down.
You touch the power spot (I wont call it a button since it's all touch screen ) to change the input/source selection... doesnt make much sense like so many other designs in this product.
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