inputs.text: comprehensive review pros cons - bought head retail store yesterday im impressed overall quality productinstallationif know youre car stereo installation would imagine breeze first time ive ever actually work wiring elements stereo unit wonderful learning experience youre not comfortable playing wires particularly splicing would highly recommend unit professionally installed personally use wire harness purchased install last car stereo splice wires wires connected headi installed 97 pontiac sunfire complications big issue ran install deck doesnt fit completely dash area car im not sure whether human error not though professional installation could probably fix many issues anyone isnt familiar sunfire structure difficult work radio installation unless first remove half innards car upsidedown bat position no \\mounting strap\\ car unless included packaging radio no knowledge method actually getting mounting strap inside rear radio area stereo currently sitting snugly inside radio slot may take car bestbuy somewhere see something better itfeaturesi thoroughly impressed unit definitely eyecatcher particularly since bright blue light face panel makes stand lot faceplate open position nice lcd screen relatively simple easy understand read theres no flashy animation every time turn screen no visualizations music anything else get information need without search hard screen want keep drinks cup holder though want keep panel closed position open position takes space compact vehiclesthe radio pretty standard amfm radio clear reception aided ability switch distance local reception strengths recording presets easily done different ways radio automatically store presets holding asps button individually store presets simply pushing number want store preset second two also radio scan presets stopping one five seconds decide want listen particular station could go detail users manual pretty clear different functions ive read reviews felt manual rather cryptic perhaps reprinting besides amfm radios basically thingsi not xm radio cant really say anything one way particular feature think pretty awesome xm ready little work involved put xm receiver vehiclesoundim still using stock speakers car sound coming head unit great crystal clear sound great balance across spectrum highs lows mids loud function works well make sound pop eq settings good particularly like \\beat\\ setting seems make things sound best ears even keep sound flat coming head sounds goodconsso far complaints one major complaint others minorcd player may not fully \\properly\\ installed experiencing issue another reviewer mentioned not seem antiskip protection unit lightly knock head unit causes cds skip reason gave product three stars plan try contact duals customer service reps see defect head unit personally no major problem dont really listen cds anymore plug mp3 player listen radio 90 time id like functional cd player nonethelessiplug minor would like see unit like integrated aux jack almost every head unit aux jacks easily integrated unit without use separate input wires snake around figure put iplug jackanother review read mentioned dimmer option lights would nice could see valid addition unit like lights dont really bother able tone bit wouldnt hurt feel distractionmy overall impression player worth every dollar spent great experience learn work wiring install stereo unit like im definitely thinking im going go somewhere get installation finished professionally might help skipping problem wellnd \\properly\\ installed experiencing issue another reviewer mentioned not seem antiskip protection unit lightly knock head unit causes cds skip reason gave product three stars plan try contact duals customer service reps see defect head unit personally no major problem dont really listen cds anymore plug mp3 player listen radio 90 time id like functional cd player nonetheless iplug minor would like see unit like integrated aux jack almost every head unit aux jacks easily integrated unit without use separate input wires snake around figure put iplug jack another review read mentioned dimmer option lights would nice could see valid addition unit like lights dont really bother able tone bit wouldnt hurt feel distraction overall impression player worth every dollar spent great experience learn work wiring install stereo unit like im definitely thinking im going go somewhere get installation finished professionally might help skipping problem well