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)

 

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Item 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 automobile, appreciate the convenience of a “control center” that is suitable in front of you for painless and quick access from arm’s length and switch conveniently and safely from iPod to AM/FM mode and the touch of a finger.If you own an iPod touch or an iPhone, you can now safely delight in all the cool apps in the auto - from listening to Internet radio through vehicle speakers while navigating to a destination and exploring an location for areas of interest, to locating the top deal on gas, checking movie schedules in the nearest theaters and discovering a restaurant for dinner. You don’t require a separate windshield mount, and you will not drain your batteries. And if you just want to listen to your favorite tunes or audio books from your iPod player, the Docking Station lets you do so safely and quickly. It supplies a “home” for your iPod in your vehicle, and you can browse your playlists and pick out music directly from your iPod menu employing the familiar iPod scroll wheel.So check your CDs at the door, as only iPods and iPhones need to have 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
  

Technical Details

• Listen to your iPod tunes or to Internet radio via free apps like PandoraRadio or iheart radio - all through your car speakers.
• Take control of your commute with the Traffic.com free app, and turn your docked iPhone into a GPS navigation device with apps
• Listen to your favorite podcasts or to audio books with apps such as Audiobooks and iLibrary + Audio. They?ll make the ride go faster.
• Charges Ipod While Docked
• Control From Ipod Or Head Unit

Customer Reviews

Most of the capabilities of this unit are thoughtful and work nicely. When the face is closed, you have access to all the unit controls. Also, 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 nice 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 negative. There is bass and treble settings, no mid. There is also no built-in crossover, which I would choose to see in any head unit with a dedicated subwoofer out, but once again, for the price tag, this is to be expected.
The significant fault, then again, is in the programming.
A single of the good touches on this device is that you can set the EQ separately for each and every input - radio, aux, iPod, or bluetooth. Then again, unless an iPod is set in the dock, the iPod mode does not seem in the audio settings menu, so you cannot 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 permit an iPod to dock. Proficiently, it is impossible to adjust the EQ for the iPod, with the factory radio.
I've figured out a single workaround if you buy 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 alter the EQ, and your iPod will remain charged, however you won't be able to use the remote to manage the iPod.
EDIT Added 2/20/11: As countless commenters have now pointed out, you can adjust the EQ utilizing the remote manage when the iPod is docked. Press the Audio Settings button on the remote to cycle by means of each EQ setting, and use the volume buttons to adjust that setting up and down. I nevertheless give some thought to this a crappy answer to a difficulty that should certainly have been caught in testing, but I also give consideration to it way also minor for me to decide to buy a several head unit. I still like this one really a lot, extra than a year after very first installing it.

Was searching into getting a new auto stereo for my wifes van, 1993 Aerostar. Been shopping about.
She wanted one with an Ipod dock. Discovered this here on Amazon. Noticed that Walmart also sells
identical one particular for a handful of cents even more then Amazon. Walmart had it on Clearance for $50.00 new.
Bought it.
Stereo was quite uncomplicated and use of a wiring harness made it that a lot easier.
Sound is amazing out of the factory 17 year old speakers. Rather effortless controls.
Ipod dock could not be much easier. Just slip in and it goes to playing. Complete
controls of Ipod from the stereo. Sound is awesome.
Remote is smaller. Buttons challenging to read. Not to be utilized when driving. Way 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 acquiring a single for my truck.
NO CD PLAYER. BUT, with an Ipod you honestly don't have to have one.

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