Who wants to drill holes in their dashboard?

The description/specifications for this item said easy installation - well, I don't consider any installation that involves drilling holes in your dashboard as easy or sensible! I expected it to have a sucker device or a way of fixing the holder less permanently - who would want to destroy the dashboard of their car for a holder that won't be useful if you change your phone in the future? I'm going to try fixing it on with some sort of velcro stickers, or will be returning the item. If I sell my car in the future, I'm sure the buyer will appreciate the dashboard being intact. Is this normal with in-car holders? Surely not?

cd tuner with everything.

This has everything you would ever need unlike other manufacturers,such as line in line out, sub out,comprehensive cd playback,windows media audio, mp3 and wav.You cant go wrong, tiny remote controller, fitted straight into my car physically and electrically without a hitch.
Sounds awesome with crystal clarity.Front mini jack means you can connect what you like, ie dab, mp3 player, mini disc, etc etc.the best for your money.Guaranteed.

Stunning in every way

This car kit I have used now for over a year, it has great battery life, I only charge it up about every 6 or 7 weeks and it is used regulary. Voice clarirty is perfect both receiving and sending, the unit is small and lightweight and very portable, you can clip it to your sun visor, or sit it on your desk either way it fits in your rucksack with no problems.

You can add up to 5 phones to this unit easily and its easy moved from one car to another, if you have more than one car.

Would highly recommend this car kit.

One minor downside is that it wont work with the W550i unless you answer the call manually we resolved this by upgrading my wifes phone works a treat with the W850i and the W910i

Bril

My next door neighbour recommended this piece of kit.It is much better than my headset. I also use it at my desk at home.

Good sound, but not the easiest to use.

I bought this as a replacement for a 12 year old Panasonic radio/cassette deck that has served me very well. I was attracted by the SACD facility as I have quite a few disks.

The first unit I received was faulty - a loud clicking noise emanated from the front left speaker so this was not a good start, however Amazon replaced it without a problem.

The sound quality from SACD/CD/Radio and AUX input are all very good which was the key for me. There is no shortage of power either.

However, there are some usability issues:-

It won't load a disk immediately after turning the car ignition on - you have to wait 5 seconds before the disk will go in. It also takes quite a while to read disk - although this may be down to the number of different types of disk it will read.

For some reason, the display settings revert to their default settings (track number and track time) each time you change the CD which is annoying - I like to see the current time or the track titles if available.

I also find the buttons to pause/shuffle disks very small - they are on the numeric buttons that change the radio preset - the text on these buttons is also very small.

Another quirk is the ability to change the rotary dial to work in the opposite direction - so anti-clockwise to turn the volume up as opposed to down - very odd to be able to set something like this when you can't choose what you want to see on the display by default.

The front panel fittings also feel a bit flimsy - it will be interesting to see how long it is before one of them breaks off.

On the whole, it is a good deck, but unless you need SACD playback I'm sure there are equally good CD/DVD players available for much less.

Awesome

Awesome player, easy to fit, sound quality superb, arrived within a couple of days from Carhifionline, highly recommended, all round excellent service and product!

very good product

This product is very effective with the controls light up when on which is great to see what you need to use and it also gives it a classy look. The blue display is awsome which also has clear lettering. The sound quality is excellant. And with the cd entry point is hidden behind the faceplate (which is removeable) from the front it just looks like a car radio and no holes on site to stop items gettin in that should'nt go.

IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE YOU BUY!! NOT!!! COMPATIBLE WITH IPOD!!!

I Purchased this item from Halfords who also fitted it. The Sony MEX-BT3600U is an excellent product, but there is one massive drawback! If you intend to use this product with any iPod it is NOT I REPEAT NOT COMPATIBLE!!!
The USB connection on the front is only for use with a memory stick or SONY'S own MP3 products.
If you connect your iPod to the USB it will play but tracks are played randomly & you have no control over what you listen to. If you try to search for artists & tracks then all that comes up on the display is garbled characters!
The only way you can use this product with an iPod is to get a lead with 3.5mm jack on each end then plug one end into your ipod headphone socket, then the other into the front of the Sony MEX-BT3600U. Then you can control you tracks via the iPod. The sound quality is not as good as via the USB & the iPod battery runs flat almost immediately!!!