iLO CA3000V Car CD / MP3 Player
- MP3 / WMA Playback: MP3 Playback
- Additional Features: Animated Display
- Player Type: CD
- Controlled Devices: XM Ready
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It's not even worth the time to put in your car
Pros
nothing
Cons
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I would not recommend this for anyone.
I bought this stereo this past Sunday, because it looked like a great deal. By Monday morning, I was in a panic, because I could not find my receipt. Thankfully, I found it, because the radio is going back. Initially, I was attracted to the LCD screen. That's about the only thing on the radio that has any redeeming qualities.
The stereo does not do ID tags for your mp3 disks, and instead lists them as Track 1, Track 2, etc. I have no idea what track number 50 is, much less which folder it is in, etc. Going to the tracks is hard enough. To select a track, you use the dial instead of up and down buttons. To make things worse, the dial is extremely sensitive, and when coupled with a slow reaction time, you usually end up skipping tracks you didn't mean to. When the car is turned off, the player does not remember where you were in the song and starts over after it reads the disk AGAIN. Taking the faceplate off and putting it back on takes the radio out of cd mode and into radio mode.
There are no rca outs so hooking up an amp easily is not an option. The memory card feature is useless if you want to access different types of files. Even though I had mp3s on my disk, it only wanted to show the pictures I had. The reception is horrible. This is the only aftermarket radio I've ever bought that has a worse reception for radio stations than the factory radio.
The radio also sticks out an inch farther than it should...and that's not because I don't know how to install it, but because of poor design. The detachable face only detaches the left side of the radio, leaving a very tacky looking lcd screen emerging from your dash.
There are absolutely no inputs at all on this radio, except for xm radio.
It makes a ton of noise just reading the disk that you put in. The faceplate is not motorized to come down. The preset buttons are really small and hard to push. Again, you use the dial for the stations instead of an up or down button, making getting the station you want difficult.
Overall, I would not leave this radio in my car if I had been given it.
The stereo does not do ID tags for your mp3 disks, and instead lists them as Track 1, Track 2, etc. I have no idea what track number 50 is, much less which folder it is in, etc. Going to the tracks is hard enough. To select a track, you use the dial instead of up and down buttons. To make things worse, the dial is extremely sensitive, and when coupled with a slow reaction time, you usually end up skipping tracks you didn't mean to. When the car is turned off, the player does not remember where you were in the song and starts over after it reads the disk AGAIN. Taking the faceplate off and putting it back on takes the radio out of cd mode and into radio mode.
There are no rca outs so hooking up an amp easily is not an option. The memory card feature is useless if you want to access different types of files. Even though I had mp3s on my disk, it only wanted to show the pictures I had. The reception is horrible. This is the only aftermarket radio I've ever bought that has a worse reception for radio stations than the factory radio.
The radio also sticks out an inch farther than it should...and that's not because I don't know how to install it, but because of poor design. The detachable face only detaches the left side of the radio, leaving a very tacky looking lcd screen emerging from your dash.
There are absolutely no inputs at all on this radio, except for xm radio.
It makes a ton of noise just reading the disk that you put in. The faceplate is not motorized to come down. The preset buttons are really small and hard to push. Again, you use the dial for the stations instead of an up or down button, making getting the station you want difficult.
Overall, I would not leave this radio in my car if I had been given it.
