So this unit leaves a lot to be desired. But I knew that when I bought it. I just didn't want to put in a HU that tempted others to steal it. This unit has all the modern audio connections one needs, but none of the flash & glamour.

Despite buying it for its stocky-ness, I'm still docking it a star for accuracy's sake. This isn't a dream headunit by any means.

Pros: AUX IN (heck yes), 4-ch. amp support. Stealing it is more hassle than it's worth, I'm sure.

Cons: Ugly little thing. Bright, bright lights that don't convey important information. Primitive, limited controls/menus. All the buttons feel cheap, so cheap...

Its a decent deck with a few features. It does have some quirks. The usb is kinda buggy and works sometimes and not others and also skips quite a bit. The Ipod input works quite well except the controls are impossible to navigate while driving. As far as sound, eh. It does only put out 14w RMS so maybe hook the car speakers to an amp and you would be better off. It would be nice if the lights could be blue and not just red or green. other than that, its a great deal.

It's a bargan at this price.

First of all, thank you Sonic for the excellent price and quick shipping. I bought this to replace a 6-cd factory HU since I wanted iPod integration. For the price I paid, less than $120, I got a great mix of features - aux in, USB, iPod integration, and a nice OEM look.

At least, I thought it looked OEM til I got it installed and turned it on. I was greeted with an obnoxiously bright blue display and green accenting around the buttons. The display color cannot be changed, or dimmed, but the accenting may be changed to red, which is a nice touch. However, it baffles me as to why Eclipse would not make the display and accenting the same color. This, in my opinion, would give it a much, much cleaner look, especially at night.

Sound quality is par. You can't expect the best from a $120 HU, and you don't get the best. I don't recommend using this unamped with high quality speakers, as it will expose all the HU's flaws.

USB and aux-in work well for me. But the iPod integration leaves a bit to be desired. I'm using this with a 2G (2008) iPod touch. Though it reads fine, there is an annoying 1-2 second pause while switching tracks. I see no reason this should happen, since the iPod is flash memory and requires very little time to seek. The difference between the quarter second pause while skipping tracks on CDs and the 1-2 second pause skipping tracks on my iPod is glaring.

The HU does not allow you to control the iPod while it is plugged in. Eclipse's solution is to start at top-level attributes (playlists, artists, genres, etc) and have you enter directory after directory to find what you're looking for, using the volume wheel to scroll.. slowly. This is clunky and slow (not to mention dangerous while driving - PLEASE do it at stoplights or have a passenger do it), but I guess it's the best they could do with a small display. No points taken off here, just an annoyance.

As someone else mentioned, it is impossible to make the display stay on the clock. In addition, it's impossible to set the display to show one attribute of an iPod track. For example, if you want to see the artist, you have to hit the display button 3 times to switch to it. However, as soon as you skip to the next track, it'll show the track name again, and to see the artist... ad infinitum. Another annoyance is that to seek for FM stations, you must hold the button down for about 1 second before it starts to seek. The EQ only offers low,mid, high, fade, balance, and loudness, which is on par for this price point.

Overall, I'm pleased with my purchase, but only due to the low price. I will soon be replacing this HU. If you're just looking for a cheap way to play your iPod/mp3 player/USB stick in the car or replace an old tape deck with a CD player and sound quality isn't so important, I would recommend this. For everyone else, you'd be better off to spend $100-250 more on high-quality HU.

This head unit is very nice and I like the sound and quality of it and you also get nice features like USB, AUX, and Ipod connections. Minor drawbacks are:

The iPod cable would not allow you to control your menu from iPod so you have to do it from the head unit itself.