New from SONY, a hidden chamber car head unit for playing from an iPod

[HondaKid]

Sony is releasing this in the summer, I think they had a previous model that was a rather poorly designed as far as the iPod chamber went. This looks to be a keeper, no more loose iPods sitting on my car seat. Priced below $200 as well.

iPods do get fairly hot when used for extended periods, so I am a tad concerned about this aspect as the chamber has no airflow.


SONY Xplod DSX-S200x (http://www.techlocation.com/it-gadgets/sony-xplod-dsx-s200x-car-stereo-mp3-player/)

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp85/kamakurakid/Sony-Xplod-MP3-Player-1-580x251.jpg

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp85/kamakurakid/Sony-Xplod-MP3-Player-2-580x433.jpg

[97luder]

looks pretty sweet, id be waiting on getting it tho first modle is going to have some flaws

[HondaKid]

Worst title ever on Beyond, but ya get the idea.

[Nismorphed]

Hidden stash pocket

[Integra10]

Originally posted by Nismorphed
Hidden stash pocket

:werd: Does it close up all the way? If so over heating is definitely going to be a problem.

[4lti]

Sooo stupid.
The point of a iPod is so I can easily pick my songs through the menus of the ipod.
Why would I want to be picking my songs through a 2" display?
Id rather have the plugged in ipod so I dont have to scroll though every song on that little sony screen.

[chkolny541]

werd, selecting a song from the HU is a pretty big pain, it takes forever to scroll through

[dirtsniffer]

on my brothers E90, he gets a pretty awesome interface through his nav, i think it is like 15 lines or something

[HondaKid]

I think screen size is very important, this SONY does not do it for me. The idea is there, someone needs to run the right way with it.

[4lti]

Pretty much this is just a Big CD now.
You still gotta pick all your songs exactly like you were using a CD.
Only this time you have 200 songs instead of 20 to try and scroll through hahaha.

[flipstah]

Whatever happened to putting the iPod in the glove compartment?

It worked well for iPod-dedicated decks, similar to mine.

[04es]

i believe fusion has a deck like that too, i prefer fusion to sony.

http://www.fusioncaraudio.com/north-and-south-america/car-audio-1/head-units-6/caip500-68-product.aspx

[ex1z7]

Originally posted by flipstah
Whatever happened to putting the iPod in the glove compartment?

It worked well for iPod-dedicated decks, similar to mine.

That's how mine is.. Pioneer deck - wire in the glove compartment - ipod stashed in there.. I personally prefer to use USB drives for music but that's just me..

[Grogador]

No airflow, tiny display, fiddly cable instead of proper "dock", oh and it's a SONY product. FAIL!

[Thaco]

WILL MINE IPADS FIT IN DURRRR?