Thoughts on this radio?

[adsm08]

http://www.dakmart.com/p11109/Sony-...-Gt330-Cdxgt330/product_info.html?language=en

Looking at this, wondering if you guys think it's any good. Not looking to build a super system, just something decent with good options on it.

I found one for $100 at Walmart.

 

[exbass94]

Looks good. I'm a big fan of Sony head units. They're very intuitive and easy to use and reliable.

 

[4x4fun]

Sony HU are good for the price, your right. There not the best. But when you can get them for $80ish there pretty darn good for the money.

 

[snomaker321]

i have the cdx-gt32w. no complaints in the well over a year ive had it. only thing ive noticed is that cd's sounds significantly better than an mp3 player through the aux, not sure if that is typical. I think mine was like $75

 

[adsm08]

well I'm not too worried about the MP3 function since my MP3 is pretty basic and I doubt it would work with the radio, and everything on it was taken off my CDs, so... if it's on my MP3 player I have it on CD too.

 

[adsm08]

Well, my grandparents gave me $100 today for my graduation/birthday so I went back down to Walmart.

They were sold out of the 33 series, so I bought the 34 series because it was the same price .

Looks like it is basically the same radio just some different shapes for the buttons and blue instead of red lights (hoping I can change them to red because my truck has a red interior).

 

[rangercrawler]

My favorite has always been Alpine.
I always see them in the big rigs and fire trucks which is pretty cool.
The Alpines are the sharpest looking ones for trucks in my opinion.
You should get one with the bluetooth feature, you push a button when your phone rings and the call comes over your ranger speakers, its very convenient because you don't have to be one of those dopes on your phone running into people or one of those dopes with a ornament in their ear.

 

[adsm08]

My favorite has always been Alpine.
I always see them in the big rigs and fire trucks which is pretty cool.
The Alpines are the sharpest looking ones for trucks in my opinion.
You should get one with the bluetooth feature, you push a button when your phone rings and the call comes over your ranger speakers, its very convenient because you don't have to be one of those dopes on your phone running into people or one of those dopes with a ornament in their ear.

Well, I already bought the Sony since it had all the features I wanted in my new radio, and it was in my price range (which suddenly jumped from $0 to just about the exact price of the radio I wanted today at dinner).

As for the bluetooth radios, I try to stay off the phone altogether while I am driving for a number of reasons, safety only being one of them. I also can't understand anyone too well, and my phone is getting up there in phone years, and the battery only lasts about 10 minutes with the bluetooth turned on.

 

[Schwinnstingray1964]

and my phone is getting up there in phone years, and the battery only lasts about 10 minutes with the bluetooth turned on.

Which is like 217 in human years...

 

[adsm08]

Which is like 217 in human years...

Pretty much, my grandpa used it for about 3 years (he never upgrades on time, we always have to remind him for at least 6 months) and then that phone was nicer than my new one, so i grabbed it, and I've been using it for a year, but I dropped it in a storm drain, and the battery life has been steadily getting worse ever since.

Bluetooth card seems to draw more power now too.

 

[4x4fun]

Bluetooth card seems to draw more power now too.

yes. your phone will chew up battiers when in broadcast mode. (phone call or bluetooth) so when you run both its even worse

 

[rjppunk]

never been a fan of any sony products save for the ps1 and ps2, they blatantly lie about their spec numbers. I usually stick with alpine or pioneer for HU, if you really just want a cd player you can hook an mp3 player into then sony will probably not let you down.

 

[adsm08]

yes. your phone will chew up battiers when in broadcast mode. (phone call or bluetooth) so when you run both its even worse

Yeah, I know that, but I used to be able to run it for about a day with the blue tooth on.

I think its just an old battery, the drain incident just happened to coincide with the point when the battery started to go down hill faster.

 

[Resurrection Ranger]

I bought an Alpine back in 02 and was shocked to find out that i needed a 50 dollar adapter for the FM antenna plug cause theirs is fancy. I still have it minus the faceplate since some douche stole it at the body shop before i got to take my crap out of a totalled truck. I'd order a new faceplate and pop it in the ranger but that plug adapter rubs me the wrong way.

 

[cody93]

i was given a 2001 f-150 with one of those sony xplod radios, let the truck sit for 2 weeks and the battery went flat dead.... stuck back in the stock radio and now the drain is not as bad. my rangers battery is 6 years old and it has sat for months without needing a jump, with stock eletric/radio too. now i got a sony xplod sitting in the garage, might give it to my stepmom for her POS santa fe. my favorite sony product is either the 3.5 inch floppy, sony walkman or the old sony trinitron TVs. not a big fan of after market radios, cause they are just asking to get stolen by some methhead. atleast with tape, you can get an adapter to hook up an mp3 player too.