Dual XML8100 AM/FM Mechless Receiver with iPod Dock, BT Ready, SWI, iPlug

 

Dual XML8100 AM/FM Mechless Receiver with iPod Dock, BT Ready, SWI, iPlug, Remote (Black)

 

Product Description

Dual Electronics 200-watt mechless AM/FM in-dash Docking Station for iPod and iPhone devices. Securely dock your iPhone or iPod in the dashboard of your auto, appreciate the convenience of a “control center” that is perfect in front of you for painless and quick access from arm’s length and switch effortlessly and safely from iPod to AM/FM mode and the touch of a finger.If you personal an iPod touch or an iPhone, you can now safely delight in all the cool apps in the vehicle - from listening to World wide web radio by means of vehicle speakers whilst navigating to a destination and exploring an region for locations of interest, to locating the most beneficial deal on gas, checking film schedules in the nearest theaters and choosing a restaurant for dinner. You do not will need a separate windshield mount, and you will not drain your batteries. And if you just want to listen to your preferred tunes or audio books from your iPod player, the Docking Station lets you do so safely and conveniently. It offers a “home” for your iPod in your auto, and you can browse your playlists and decide on music directly from your iPod menu applying the familiar iPod scroll wheel.So verify your CDs at the door, as only iPods and iPhones need apply. Remain tuned for news about upcoming accessories for the Docking Station such as apps, a GPS Receiver and a Memory Storage Module with arecording function that will allow you to record music you are listening to on the radio.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 10 x 5.4 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002OR17LS
• Item model number: XML8100
  

Consumer Reviews

Most of the features of this unit are thoughtful and operate properly. When the face is closed, you have access to all the unit controls. Additionally, the front face swings open to present an iPod dock and a second set of controls that deal with most of the unit's functions. The iPod dock is good and sturdy my iPod Classic fits in it greater than it does inside a Bose Sounddock. It has an aux input and programmable subwoofer/rear output, as nicely as a spare preamp output.
The EQ settings are not as detailed as I would like, but they aren't poor. There is bass and treble settings, no mid. There is also no built-in crossover, which I would favor to see in any head unit with a dedicated subwoofer out, but once more, for the price tag, this is to be expected.
The big fault, yet, is in the programming.
One of the nice touches on this device is that you can set the EQ separately for each and every input - radio, aux, iPod, or bluetooth. Nevertheless, unless an iPod is set in the dock, the iPod mode does not seem in the audio settings menu, so you can't adjust the EQ for it that way. And the kicker? When an iPod IS docked, there is no way to access the audio settings menu the only button for that is on the front panel, which does not function when the faceplate is open to let an iPod to dock. Effectively, it is impossible to adjust the EQ for the iPod, with the factory radio.
I've figured out a single workaround if you purchase a dock-extender cable, you can plug in an iPod, and then close the front panel. Alternatively, you can set your iPod into the dock, then plug the aux cable into it and fundamentally use it in aux mode - you'll have the capacity to transform the EQ, and your iPod will stay charged, on the other hand you will not be able to use the remote to manage the iPod.
EDIT Added 2/20/11: As lots of commenters have now pointed out, you can adjust the EQ employing the remote control when the iPod is docked. Press the Audio Settings button on the remote to cycle via every EQ setting, and use the volume buttons to adjust that setting up and down. I nonetheless give some thought to this a crappy answer to a difficulty that should certainly have been caught in testing, but I also take into account it way too minor for me to purchase a various head unit. I nonetheless like this a single pretty a lot, significantly more than a year following very first installing it.

Was hunting into having a new auto stereo for my wifes van, 1993 Aerostar. Been buying about.
She wanted one with an Ipod dock. Identified this right here on Amazon. Noticed that Walmart also sells
identical one for a couple of cents a great deal more then Amazon. Walmart had it on Clearance for $50.00 new.
Bought it.
Stereo was pretty simple and use of a wiring harness created it that considerably simpler.
Sound is amazing out of the factory 17 year old speakers. Really uncomplicated controls.
Ipod dock could not be a lot easier. Just slip in and it goes to playing. Complete
controls of Ipod from the stereo. Sound is awesome.
Remote is tiny. Buttons tricky to read. Not to be applied when driving. Much more
for your rear passengers to use when they connect their Ipod or other MP3
device to it.
Would recommond this to any one. Thinking about receiving one particular for my truck.
NO CD PLAYER. BUT, with an Ipod you truly do not will need a single.

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