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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Sony XNV 660BT - Great product
By Chris
Three months ago I bought a new Nissan Altima 2011 and declined the factory audio from the dealer, saving $3000. I think that most cars come with or the dealers rip you off with the pre-installed audio video package and when plenty of choices out there these days, so why settle for less while paying more? So, I have been on the hunt for a great multimedia system for my new car, reviewing Pioneer, Kenwood and the rest of the breed of models. Finally, am happy that I made the choice for Sony XNV660BT.GPS is excellent, TomTom provides turn by turn so well, all nearby places of interest, and surprise, warned me of everything, including the Red Light cameras placed by the city. Saved right away a couple of hundred dollars there!The screen is awesome, crystal clear and DVD plays with vibrant colors. I bought Alpine 3 way speakers for the rear and with the Sony EQ, the sound is rich and full inside the car. BT works just fine, did sync immediately with my IPhone and Blackberry Storm without any problem, and audio streaming was effortless. Multiple audio sources with USB in the glove box make it a perfect companion for any device. The knob on the screen is cute and very handy.The package contained night vision rear view camera and BestBuy guys installed it at the perfect place, just next to the license plate, flush and neat. The view in color is real good, either day or night. I like esp. the display of the distance of objects behind the car, that helps.All in all, this unit beats all the competition hands down with the price, product quality and ease of use. Cost? I got this package, rear speakers and installs all done within my budget of $1000. Can't be happier. Highly recommended.A happy customer.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Great if your main use is GPS, Bluetooth phone and Bluetooth music streaming from your phone, Radio and DVD mp3 or DVD movies
By Juicex
I love this unit because it meets all our needs. 4 stars because of cons listed below. I installed it myself in a 2011 Honda Civic EX and been using it for about 3-4 weeks. Installed the unit by itself (No Satellite radio or backup camera added)Pros:-Bluetooth phone works well for the primary phone or primary driver (when my fiance drives the car, she has to manually go into the menu and click on her already paired phone in order for her to use it) - Sound quality for caller and receiving caller is great (had to reposition microphone to do this)-Bluetooth music streaming works very well with excellent sound. Pandora and all... Several reviews mention how hard it is to navigate from the unit, but if you just leave it on shuffle that's not a problem or what I do is just stream from my phone so I can easily use the phone's music app to navigate thru... I'm not the type to want to change songs all the time while driving, i have playlists I make based on my mood and just select on my phone before I start driving (or change it safely at a red light :).-Great quality screen, viewable in the sun-Sound - with XPLOD setting turned on, the sound quality sounded significantly better on Honda stock speakers than it did with the factory radio.-TomTom GPS is excellent with latest UI that beats Garmin in my opinion, IQ route + detailed lane change pictures are not in Garmin I believe.....great addition of removable unit that can be plugged in to your pc for free map updates from users for life or for 1 year directly from TomTOm-Radio - touchscreen interface, once you get used to, very easy to navigate and even finds stations based on genre-DVD player - Plays movies just in like a normal dvd player, use of remote makes this extremely easy. Sony LCD screen makes colors vivid and visible in sunlight-Screen brightness dims for the radio, etc but not GPS when you turn on your headlightsCons --One of my biggest disappointments, having to navigate thru the menus to activate an already paired phone when switching drivers....-Ipod - navigating thru ipod music collection as others have mentioned, is hard-TomTom gps doesn't automatically switch to "night mode" when you turn on headlights or based on time... (not sure if this may be a seeting i haven't found yet)-The screen wasn't calibrated out of the box, so for a few days I was totally disappointed on how hard it is to press the buttons until I read the manual and it said you can calibrate the touchscreen! (Touchscreen has been easy to use since)Self Installation details for Honda Civic EX 2011-I bought wiring harness and antenna harness from Amazon - additional $25- Scosche gray double din dashboard kit from Amazon - $40 (color match is almost perfect)- steering wheel controller from Amazon - $40 (Haven't gotten this wired properly yet, will update later)-I found forums that showed how to remove Honda civic dashboard panels with detailed pictured instructions. This was the easiest part.-Bought a soldering iron from home depot to solder honda wiring harness to Sony wires included with the sony unit. (All color coded that matched perfectly)-Removed factory radio and transfered A/C vents, and A/C controls, air bag light and emergency blinkers button to the scoshe dash kit-Plugged back in all the wires-Voila!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
I wish I could return this
By johnny
The GUI for this unit is slow, sometimes unresponsive, and just plain blows! Looking though your iPod from the unit is horrible, you can't go back to the last artist you were listening to when you want to change what's playing, you have to start at the top of the list again. With the slow, unresponsive GUI and processor speed...it's a royal PITA!The unit's audio quality is good, the display looks good, and the NAV was working great UNTIL YESTERDAY, then I got lost in the middle of nowhere(in the middle of the night) thanks to the inability to locate a GPS signal. It wasn't that one wasn't available, the unit was having problems. Looked into this online, and it seems other people have had the same issues.Oh...and the U.S. version doesn't have TomTom live..TomTom and Sony apparently just "pass the buck" to each other when Nav issues get brought up! I'll find out if this is true when I call them on Monday.I would not buy this unit again, I actually just looked to see if I could return it, but I'm about 12 days past the return window.
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Another waste of time......
