Customers love the Android Auto and Apple CarPlay features of this digital media receiver. They appreciate the ability to use navigation apps like Waze and access their music and other features on their phones while driving. The receiver has also been praised for its ability to modernize older vehicles and bring them up to date with the latest technology.
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Pros mentioned:
Carplay, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome sound and easy install!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this as a Christmas gift for my son that does lots of driving. This gives him the ability to use Android Auto for his Waze app and charging his phone at the same time. My son has a 2008 Ford Escape XLT.
There are videos out there about installing similar radios into the Escape, but they talk about cutting the OEM harness. This does not have to be done. Ford uses a data line with their OEM stereo systems to power them on, so in the existing OEM harness there isn't a +12V ACC line. You will need to get something to wire directly to the fuse box. I got a "Littelfuse Blister Pack Fuse Holder - FHM200BP" from a local O'Reilly Auto for a few bucks and used fuse #37 in the fuse box (might be different for yours) as that would come up when the ACC was turned on, but no voltage when the key is off. I also picked up an antenna adapter.
The fuse holder was wired to the red line going into the radio side of the harness. Everything else was wired to existing harness as normal, but followed for the speakers as they might be different for your radio. I have included the OEM wiring and the harness to help.
Great stereo with the Android Auto!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome stereo
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great sound and easy to navigate user interface. Looks great in my truck.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Installation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good product and installation
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works great and they finished the installation quickly. Answered all of my questions as well.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Stereo
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Love it! They did an awesome job with the installation was very fast. The guy showed me how to work the touch screen stereo overall was a very great experience from best buy
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
JVC great stereo
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Awsome It looks really good in my dash and so convenient to have everything at your fingertips. Back up camera is quality and works great when backing into my trailer
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
thumbs up
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At first it’s a little confusing to run, but it works pretty good. Wiring it in wasn’t too big of a hassle
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love Best Buy
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
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Works great installation guys were also great love best buy
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
New RV Radio
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Purchase for my RV and its perfect. The Staff at best buy where awesome. The installers were very professional and had ro think outside the norm when installing in my RV but did a fabulous job.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Radio
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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He was nice an friendly love it he did a really good job
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
JVC stereo
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Stereo has been a wonderful purchase.
Sounds amazing.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Carplay
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Radio
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The stereo itself works great functions great. The install of it was OK when I first got it back. They didn’t hook up the back up camera. The phone function on it was connecting via Bluetooth and via CarPlay, but you couldn’t hear anything through the speakers took it back. They fixed all that issues. It was great got it back. They said that the install kit that they had was for the newer versions of the ram 1500 when I got it back home after that, I pulled it all off move the brackets on the stereo itself to push the stereo out through the hole to make it look better and more flush sanded some of the plastic down where the old stereo was then I also removed the CarPlay port and put a flush mount in as well to make it look better. All in all was great installers were great. Just need to pay a little bit more attention to detail with the installers or if something comes up they need to make sure that they contact the customer a little bit better and go over things with them. Other than that everything is great now.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Safety & Entertainment included!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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This an excellent product for my daughters birthday present. It is the exact size a young woman is looking for in a car stereo and provides a much safer experience when she is behind the wheel of an automobile. I am very happy and satisfied with the quality and value of such a great product!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
LOVE THESEE RADIOS
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Ordered this digital radio receiver for our old 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 truck we just bought as we love these radios - we have installed them in all of our vehicles - we also ordered and installed a backip camera - only thnng is, fof the older trucks the witing 8s tricky and not as "pretty", well because these ttucks were made befor all 8f these fancy electronics - also, fof the backup camera, we rzn into a problem with the turn signal lever - this seems to be a spnewhat common problem with the oldef vehicles, as the latching becomes loose over the years - we searched for and found a video, for which we are going to hopefully resolve the problem - the backup camera works, but you have to keep hold of the lever - so we are hoping that the video resolution solves that problem
BEST BUY: Please make your text entry box bigger, I was not able to go back and fix my typos, so I hope people can read and understand my post
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Cons mentioned:
Screen
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Ok, for the money
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this in november 2024 it took a month to get an install appointment. Sound quality is good. The touch screen stincks. You have to touch it like 5 times to get it to repond. Its been 2 weeks since installing, i still cant answer the phone with bluetooth interface. If you're expecting stock sound system quality keep looking. Probably need to spend 2x+ $ i'm keeping it but im not thrilled. Would not recommend
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Carplay, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great head unit for the price.
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this for an upgrade to my son's stock unit in his Jeep Patriot. With the right adapters (thank you Best Buy for your help here) and some patience, I easily installed this by myself. He loves it, and his major need for CarPlay has been addressed. Great head unit for the price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good system
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
About the stereo system for my daughter for a car she loves it. Everything sounds good in the car. The only problem I had is that I got charged for parts that was already in the car that didn’t have to be changed out, but they charged me for it and changed it out for I just didn’t understand it
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Stereo and dash kit
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This is the first time I’ve purchased a stereo and dash kit from Best Buy but the service was excellent and so is the quality I will definitely continue to purchase items from here
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Carplay, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
04 Camry
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Great price ! We added it to our daughter’s 04 Camry with the camera she loves it . Apple play iss really nice .
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Installation, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect buy for price
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great stereo, not too complicated to install. Highly recommend for newer car owners
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great budget entry level stereo
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Pretty good stereo for the price, sounds great paired with a 4 channel amp powering 2 61/2 kicker door speakers and a kicker monoblock powering a 12 inch rockford fosgate in a standard cab silverado. The unit has a 13 band equalizer with plenty of settings to fine tune the sound to your liking. The only cons is its only wired carplay which i prefer wireless but it is what it is and the volume swith is not a knob which takes a bit longer to lower the volume. With all that said this is still a great unit for the $250 price tag. If you’re on a budget this stereo will not disappoint!