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radroach · 12-28-2015, 06:44 PM

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Sorry to thread jack since this is a radio with a phone mount. The radio install is clean looking when you aren't scrutinizing it. It sounds good and it worked perfectly with using google voice commands (pressing the voice button or the OK button on the remote) with my Nexus 5x.

The flaws I have with it so far.

1.) If you don't have a front power button on your phone (like iPhone or Samsung) or double-tap to wake then you might have a problem. Fortunately I can just squeeze the top bracket and it will push my power button.

2.) The unit isn't super flush, you can see it poking out. This may be due to me losing the bracket that comes with it and just using the one the shop had.

3.) A lot of the functions, like pairing phones, requires the remote. You don't want to lose that.

4.) Volume buttons instead of a knob. Always a worse choice. The buttons beep, that sucks. Maybe I'll find some settings to change that.

5.) The blue LED's are awful. I'm going to have to cover them with light dimmers: http://www.lightdims.com/store.htm

12-28-2015, 06:44 PM	#104
radroach Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: car Location: usa Posts: 2,162 Thanks: 1,028 Thanked 867 Times in 530 Posts Mentioned: 35 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	@PandaBRZ pics have a pretty strong HDR effect on Sorry to thread jack since this is a radio with a phone mount. The radio install is clean looking when you aren't scrutinizing it. It sounds good and it worked perfectly with using google voice commands (pressing the voice button or the OK button on the remote) with my Nexus 5x. The flaws I have with it so far. 1.) If you don't have a front power button on your phone (like iPhone or Samsung) or double-tap to wake then you might have a problem. Fortunately I can just squeeze the top bracket and it will push my power button. 2.) The unit isn't super flush, you can see it poking out. This may be due to me losing the bracket that comes with it and just using the one the shop had. 3.) A lot of the functions, like pairing phones, requires the remote. You don't want to lose that. 4.) Volume buttons instead of a knob. Always a worse choice. The buttons beep, that sucks. Maybe I'll find some settings to change that. 5.) The blue LED's are awful. I'm going to have to cover them with light dimmers: http://www.lightdims.com/store.htm Last edited by radroach; 12-28-2015 at 07:22 PM.