Review written by 2bad from not far enough

Way good deal! You know , i am a little bit picky about my stereos . I've had a Pioneer DEH-P800PRS about 3x more $ and a Pioneer DEH-P980BT about 3x more $. I must say I am very satisfied with this stereo. Sure it doesnt have all racing cars or dolphins on the display but, thats okay. You wont regret it!!

Review written by Mike from Placerville, CA

Great value! I would pay $160 for it without losing sleep. Ive had it for a month. Lets go down the features list.

1 HD radio, the only thing that makes it worth it is the Tag button. sound quality is great when driving is the city, countryside it goes in and out of HD to regular.

2 Ipod control works like a charm, I can control from radio or ipod.

3 Aux jack is on the face plate, I wish it was in back, works good.

4 USB port plays files off of a flash drive, useful.

5 Blue tooth is perfect, when I turn on my car it auto connects with my phone. when I make a call it puts it on the speakers and the mic picks up my voice good. Pauses music and displays phone number for incoming calls.

6 Cd works like its supposed to.

7 Three sets of pre amp RCA. I used the sub woofer RCA. I can change the power level of the sub from the stereo seperate from the bass, this is handy because some songs I want more or less base from the sub. Turning it all the way down turn off the sub ( I do this when Im sitting in my car listening to music at school in between class when the car is off, subs will kill a battery within a half hour).

8 Looks. The blue lighting is cool and so is the design, ( my opinion Duals look way cooler than any other brand) Some other reviews say that the buttons feel cheap... they are fine. would buy again. PS free shipping to CA makes up for the pricey taxes. Thanks sonic.

Review written by Sean from Elpaso, TX

easy fast and cheep with no problems, i will buy more.

Review written by Matthew from Hummelstown, PA

The best money I've ever spent on a car audio product. Worth every penny. So many great features.

Review written by stephan from denver, CO

Built in HD radio tuner so you have hd stations out of the box.
controls are fairly easy to master
love the choice to control IPOD from the head unit or the IPOD
USB input works great for flash drives
bluetooth phone pairing idea is nice (with incoming phone call, music is automatically paused or muted and callers phone number is displayed on head unit and ring tone is played through the speakers. you then either answer or ignore call via control on head unit. you hear the caller over your car speakers which is nice but i found myself having to lean close to built in microphone on head unit to be heard on other end)

Review written by PC from Irving,TX

All advertised features work perfectly! HD reception - great!, Bluetooth - fully working right out of the box! fabulous - USB and AUX connectors! Useful remote controller, easy to use !

Review written by Bruce from Vancouver, WA

Application: 2001 Accord, Bluetooth phone, HD Radio and iPod Control
Pros:
-Ipod Control is intuitive and works well.
-Bluetooth works well as does caller ID, easy to set up
-HD Radio with iTunes Tagging is a great feature. Its nice to be able to tag a new song you like.
-Sonicelectronix provides all the accessories for installation which is super convenient.
-Stereo Bluetooth. I do not use this much, but it is a cool feature.
-The faceplate is well laid out.
-USB works great for charging devices.

Cons:
-Display is somewhat hard to read in the daylight.
-The scrolling text is almost impossible to read

Note: For iPod Control two good options are to either operate in iPod mode or Aux mode. The advantage to iPod mode is that if you change modes or take a call, the iPod gets paused. The advantage to running in Aux mode is that you can use the iPod for navigation which is easier to read and it still charges.

Review written by Anthony from Poplar Grove, IL

All the built in features of the unit worked perfectly in my 2002 Civic. The Bluetooth, AUX, USB, HD everything worked great. The frustarting part is that the readout is absolutely NOT readable in the daylight. The durability is a 3 because all the buttons on the faceplate require an excessive amount of force and they sound and feel cheap. If Dual can make all these features work well I think they can certainly make the display and buttons better and this is why I rate the Ease of Use as a 1. I am returning it to exchange it with either a Kenwood or Pioneer and will purchase the separate HD tuner.

Review written by Cheng from Richmond, CA

It has everything you need (BT, MP3 player, HD radio, USB, 3.5 Aux, Ipod compatible) at a great price. Only complaint is that the harness from the receiver does NOT have a line for the power antenna, so when I switch on the radio, I get little to no reception.