Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased the Sony XAV601BT for my 2009 Toyota Matrix. I needed a bluetooth connection for my iPhone 4 to listen to ipod/itunes radio/pandora and also FM radio. syncing and connecting work very well and is easy to use. This unit also has the clean, sharp Sony look. The Sony XAV601BT is overpriced compared to JVC KWAV61BT. I went with Sony solely on the fact that it was in stock and the JVC model sold out like hotcakes. However, I did get it on sale for $449 with free installation and 25% off parts. so regardless it is a great deal ($325 for the JVC would have been nice) One bonus for Sony over the other models is firmware support simply by downloading updates from their website to a usb thumbstick. This is a useful feature for smart phones with frequent os updates. The not so useful feature is mirrorlink. Its a waste of an app. Geek Squad installation was professional, informative and prompt. And Free.

Purchased this for the bluetooth, Ipod interface and back up camera functionality. Everything works great and sounds good. Dont care for the single, small knob. Got it as an open box and was a great deal.

Overall, this is a pretty nice system. It sounds good and the color is great. It has a lot of features that come in handy. The mic is not so great as no one can ever seem to hear me and I am not one who speaks softly! The screen has a delay that is fairly annoying. Anytime you go back to the home screen you have to wait for a few seconds before hitting the next source on the screen, otherwise you will have to hit it twice EVERY time! Also, if I turn off the car while listening to Sirius, when I turn the car back on there is no sound half of the time. I have to switch the source to get the sound back and then I can switch it back to Sirius. The Sirius interface is quite annoying however. Instead of staying on the screen that has all of the presets so it would be easy to change between channels, the screen changes to just the channel and song info after like 5 seconds and then if you don’t like what is playing you have to hit the back button to get you back to the screen with all of the presets! If you don’t choose within like 5 seconds though, it switches back to the screen with just the song info again. This is SUPER annoying!! Now, I just use the remote to flip between my presets because having to mess with the screen to change the presets is a HUGE distraction while driving and I am rather good at multitasking! Another complaint is about the detachable faceplate. The idea of this is nice but the cheap cover they give you isn't going to protect it. Also, they say that the screen is not rated for the heat!! It is in a car for goodness sakes!!! Why do they not make it so it can withstand some heat!!? Sony did not make it easy to detach this plate either. Every time I do it, I feel as though I am going to break it off! My friend did it once and ended up pushing the radio behind the dash kit in one corner!! The install was not so great either. The radio has pre-drilled holes for Toyota and Mitsubishi but NOT for Honda! In my car it is necessary to use the OEM brackets as they attach to the climate controls as well, but the radio will not screw onto the brackets properly. This makes the radio sit at an odd angle which makes it hard to see the screen, especially if you are in the back seats. I would say the install was the most annoying default of this radio. The others can be worked around. I do enjoy the radio and all of my friends are taken with it as well. For the price though, I just wish Sony would have paid a little more attention to the details.

overall great receiver work good sounds good easy to set up Bluetooth phone work good

CHECK THIS WEBSITE BEFORE YOU BUY THIS ITEM TO SEE IF YOUR PHONE IS GOING TO WORK WITH THIS ITEM http://www.terminalmode.org/products/certified-products.html THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS PRODUCT IS TRICKY BECAUSE THEY SHOW YOU EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH THE STEREO AND YOU PHONE BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHICH PHONES ARE MIRRROR LINK CERTIFIED Pros: You can transmit wireless music from any phone with bluetooth so tha means NO NEED OF AN AUXILARY CABLE, the pandora app is amazing is like using you phone you can thumb up or down, bookmark, skip, play or pause. The Phone app is also great, you can dial from, Dialer, Recent Calls, Contact List or Voice Dial. The iPod app another great feature you can look songs like if you were using you iPod or iPhone. Easy to use, good sound(even if you don't have a full audio system installed in your car# Cons: No GPS you have to buy a module to be able to have GPS and is $300. The MIRROR LINK DOESN'T WORK WITH ALL THE PHONES ONLY WITH THE ONES IN THE WEBSITE #MAYBE WITH THE GALAXY S III BUT I WILL HAVE TO TRY THAT TO MAKE SURE).

Love this product, sound and video quality is amazing even with stock speakers. Visual effects are perfect. Love the fact hands free mic for Bluetooth phone calls came included.

Great product highly recomended more features than most, great looking ui

Its a great product and easy to use. Got it for a good proce

My grandson loves the stereo. It was a Christmas present and he thinks its great.

this is a great touch screen radio/ c.d. player works great and easy to use.

Product would be better if Sony would fix the bugs related to the iphone usage on the device.

For the money, this is a good sound system. I have enjoyed having it in my car.

Great unit for the price, great value and Sony quality what's not to like

great product; i love sony products, thumbs up good good

Stereo is exactly what description says but missing the "awesome stereo" part.. Device functions perfectly, and has a great built in equalizer and tuner.

First time with a tunch screen stereo system and I'm loving it and the remote that came with it

Awesome........great.......stylist......cool......

Ok model for it's time. Tons of flaws as of now though!

I returned the pioneer AVH-P1400DVD because i wanted Bluetooth connection built in and the sound had terrible static. I have always installed radios in my own cars just nothing i did worked. Even had a professional installer take a look at it and he could not make it stop. I returned the radio and bought this one yesterday and could not have made a better choice. Installed myself in my Nissan Titan hook up was simple just match colors. It has a front and back usb. I like to use the one in back because the face detaches and prefer not to keep taking the cord on and off also has aux in pack but aux wire not included just bought my own and ran the wires threw the car panels. The mic and blue tooth was excellent no echo in background when calling or receiving phone calls. I like to use the blue tooth to stream my music from my iPhone as well as Pandora. Syncs and starts every time. I Will be buying another stereo today to put in my wife's Nissan pathfinder.. EXCELLENT EXCELLENT RADIO....

Well... The hype tells you can do many things with this radio, reality says no you cannot. 1st of all Drive link is the way you access head unit, there is very and I mean very limited things you can do in drive link and while using drive link. Drive link will let you connect phone and mirror screen in only drive link app. Meaning you can access and look at drive link only on your head unit nothing else except if you use navigation. here is where things get screwy. While in DL (drivelink) you cannot access your phone normally text messages e-mails etc. you cannot listen to the radio,you cannot listen to pandora via the bluetooth wireless connection in fact DL forbids bluetooth wireless and it run simultaneously. So save your money! however if dont use DL pandora streaming is pretty nice with thumbs up and down buttons and song info on screen. hands free speakerphone is fair, everyone says you sound far away or hollow. the reason for buying this is for connectivity to your phone which as of right now it does not do well. Haven't bothered with navigation because I dont want to drive and not have radio or pandora playing.