Sony DSX-S310BTX

Great stereo, Wouldn't buy it again.

I had decided on either this stereo or the JVC KD-A925BT. I chose this stereo because I liked the 4 line text display and the "tune tray"
The bluetooth is great, connects to anything I've tried. I can read the display easily from any angle in any lighting conditions. It's fairly easy to navigate and find what I want to play.
I wouldn't buy this again because of one really irritating feature. I loaded up my USB thumb drive with some music, but mostly Audiobooks, Lectures, Things with long (over an hour) tracks. The problem lies in the fact that it doesn't remember where it last played, in a USB drive, after the car has been turned off. Fast forward is not really that fast. It can take you 10 minutes to fast forward one hour into a track, 10 minutes with your finger on the button. Some books I listen to have tracks that range from 1 to 10 hours. For me, missing such a basic feature is just plain poor design. No where in the owners manual did it say that. I had to get with customer service to see if somehow I was missing something. They told me that is normal and this car stereo will not remember playback position from a USB thumbdrive.... (it will from an ipod) I thought Sony should have done a much better job with this. I should have went with the JVC.
How about someone do a car stereo with interchangeable faces. From time to time if I'd like to upgrade I can buy an new face that has new features or whatever instead of pulling the dash apart every time i'd like a change.

Talk about integration!!!

I purchased this deck and it sat on the shelf for months before getting my 1988 Audi back on the road. This unit still keeps impressing me. When the iPhone is inserted not only do you get the music and telephone but if using the maps/directions application they come over the car speakers while the music continues in the background. The sound and customization options are more than adequate and pretty simple to configure. I would recommend this product to anybody.

great radio for the harley

Bought this radio for my Harley works great. just wish it actually had separate bass and treble controls. love the internal usb plug using my thumb drive loads thousands of songs, who needs cds.

Awesome!!!

I bought this unit roughly a year and a half ago and everything on it has been working perfect so far. The only problem I have with it is that the Bluetooth won't sinc with my new iPhone 5 but it worked perfect with the previous iPhone models though.

Fantastic product!!!!

The best of all the digital music players in one. Bluetooth technology, memory stick music, Ipod,just about whatever kind of music you can think of can be played with this unit. Fantastic. Just do not get it wet.

Follow Up...

After a couple of years, the Stereo still runs well. Much happier with it now.
As far as USB playback on long track, I found that if it's encoded in AAC format it will pick up where it left off regardless of track length. The other formats will lose their place after the car is turned off (on longer tracks)
I probably would buy this one again after all.
Navigation, like others suggest is sometimes tricky with the knob. Other than that I have no complaints

Great package for the price!

The Sony S310BTX is a great value for the money. Its a true 5 channel head and its many features, like the Dash tray for the iphone, Ipod, mp3 player is priceless. The face plate is well featured and all text on screen is highly visible. I have bought 3 of these units for harley davidson motorcycles and they work great!

Great product

Great product, works really well. very easy to use & sounds amazing. thanks

JUST BUY You will LOVE!!!!! it

So great I bought a second one for another vehicle, I also am thinking one may be ordered for motorcycle.

Nice unit, not intuitive

I am replacing an older sony to add blue tooth connectivity. I also kept the unit Sony because the adapter for the Honda to Sony steering wheel adapter is already present. The unit looks and sounds good. Connectivity works reliably. The controls are not intuitive and requires a manual or lots or work to find. Controls takes more steps then I would like. Overall I am happy with the unit, if I had to buy Sony I would have no problems recommending the unit. If it could by anything I might buy something different.