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Review on πŸš— Podofo Bluetooth Double Din Car Stereo with 7-inch LCD Touch Screen, MP3/USB/SD FM Audio/Radio Receiver, iOS/Android Mirror Link, and Hands-Free Calling Support by Rudolph Mceachern

Revainrating 2 out of 5

For some reason you still get less than what you paid for.

Pros: Sound quality is good when Bluetooth is on. The built in amplifier for the speakers really drives them crazy. That thing can get LOUD. More than half the volume could blast my speakers. (If the audio seems low, make sure you turned it up loud. It's a built-in amplifier.) Installation was easy. There were no problems using the touchscreen. Cons: The radio's Bluetooth screen doesn't really tell you anything. Doesn't show recent call info, contacts are shown but in random order and as far as I can tell the only way to call someone from the screen is to scroll through the contacts list (and since it's not in alphabetical order, it is very difficult to find a contact) The bluetooth audio does not show the currently playing song, only the back, pause and skip forward buttons. In Bluetooth mode, if you play a song and press the home button, the Bluetooth sound will stop completely. Annoying when you're trying to change a simple setting or make the clock more readable, as the screen that pops up when playing music via Bluetooth is pretty basic with a little clock at the top. The built-in microphone is very bad. You said I sounded very far away. Most of the time I have to shout so people can hear me. This may have been an issue with mine, but when the phone first connects it takes about 60 seconds for actual audio to come out. Not a huge issue, except whatever you're listening to on your phone will still play (if you think it's already connected to the radio). So if you don't want to miss anything, you have to pause, wait a while, and then press play. Screen mirroring is pretty much useless. It mirrors the screen but runs at 10fps so the video is meaningless. Also, you have to keep the phone unlocked for it to work and that's why the phone is still slowly dying even though it's online. If you have a large screen phone like Note or Iphone Plus you can easily mount it on your dashboard as the screen size is about the same as radios. Day/night lighting does not work well. At night he would just switch back and forth between them, which was very distracting. You can manually set it to or whatever I just set to night as that was bright enough. sticker and will void the warranty or push a screw through the sticker (not sure if this will void it or not). I ended up spending another $10 on an Aboutbit branded radio and it fixed all of those issues except for the screen mirroring. I suspect that screen mirroring will be pretty bad in all those cheap Chinese radios.

Pros
  • Top marks for support and durability from testers
Cons
  • Replacement availability