Dual XR4110 AM/FM USB/SD/3.5mm Mechless Receiver
- 30 Station presets (18 FM / 12 AM)- Auto station store- Preset scan
- Play MP3/WMA files- Supports up to an 8GB SD Card
- Front panel USB connection- Full speed USB (12Mbps)- Play MP3/WMA files from most mass storage devices
Product Description
60 Watts Peak (15×4)- 1.0 DIN chassis – No CD player – “Mechless” design- Import ISO/DIN mountable- Electronic volume, bass, treble, balance, fader- 1-Pair of preamp outputs (Rear)- USB front panel output- 3 Selectable EQ curves
Dual XR4110 AM/FM USB/SD/3.5mm Mechless Receiver
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I didn’t expect much from this, but was still disappointed.
1. The AM tuner is nearly useless. Reception is much worse than OEM, resulting in almost no channels being found during scan. Manually setting the tuner to stations previously available resulted in static.
2. It will not play songs from a 2GB SD card. It just locks up trying to decode the file structure. Maybe it works with smaller cards/fewer songs, but I’m not about to buy and carry a stack of cards in my car and swap them in and out. That’s what I did with CDs, and I bought this unit to get away from that.
3. Selecting different sources is nearly impossible. If I plug my phone in to charge via the USB, it will not select other sources. It keeps automatically trying to play from the phone’s memory card and getting an error.
Add in the usual gripes I was willing to forego (lame blue backlight, no clock, weak amp), and this thing becomes a paperweight. It’s only useful shut off as a USB power source. You can buy one of those for your cigarette lighter for $5 and retain your stock stereo and actually listen to something.
Don’t waste your time.
Rating: 1 / 5
Decent tuner, looks way more expensive than it is and sound is good. This was put in my boat as I just wanted a radio. The mp3 function is a fantastic idea. I always thought dual was junk until I bought this.
Rating: 4 / 5
But in this day and age there is NO excuse for such a sloppy implementation of an mp3 player. Right off the bat, you can’t even make an ordered playlist of any kind. The manual of course says that the tracks are ordered in TIME ORDER!!! What?!?!?! This is what happens when you let GEEKS AND NERDS control product development. I should either be able to place my mp3s in a folder and have them be played in track order AND/OR be able to create playlists and have it play them as listed in the playlists. Even your cheapo chinese knock-off mp3 player can read playlists and or play in some kind of HUMAN READABLE order but TIME?!?!? Come on! Even alphabetical would have made more sense. I just plug my iPod into the aux port but the SD/USB reader is next to USELESS!
Rating: 1 / 5
The radio is a decent low end radio. My application was an install is a couple of work trucks that my company owns. I purchased two. Both installed easily and worked well. One developed a problem of not holding the channel pre-sets after turning the radio power off and on. I returned it and received a overnight replacement from Amazon. The old unit was shipped back for free. The whole exchange was very painless. I was impressed with the way they took a potentially negative situation and turned it positive.
Rating: 4 / 5
I installed this a week ago. Installation was typical: 8 wires for 4 speakers – 3 wires for power, ignition, and ground – and an optional power antenna line. Additionally, the receiver has 2 RCA pre-amp outputs on the rear. No changer controls or back-side dvd inputs. One thing of note is how extremely short the chassis is. Normal receivers are about 6″ deep, this receiver is only about 4″. This would be an excellent choice of receiver if you have an abnormally shallow mounting space.
The display is numeric only, which is no problem for radio and aux-in playback, but makes it difficult to search SD cards and USB drives filled with hundreds of MP3s. Additionally, If you keep your MP3s separated in different folders for artist and album, you’ll want to rearrange them more simply as navigating folders is more of a guessing game. The Blue display is easy to read but very bright. There is no way to dim the light either.
Radio reception is good, but searching is slow. The Seek function is accessed by holding the forward and backward control buttons. When it finds a station, it stops, and you must release and repress-and-hold the control button again. There is no way to quickly scan from the front of the frequency range to the end of it. This is made more frustrating by the fact that the sensitive seek function stops at even the weakest stations. Once the presets are set, however, this is no longer an issue. I would be more aggravated by it if I frequently listened to the radio while traveling.
Audio output is adequate, nothing more. 15watts per speaker leaves the head unit unable to punch out any measurable degree of bass. If you want to drive 6x9s and expect any lows, you’ll probably want to add in at least a small amp.
Bear in mind, the USB input is NOT INTENDED FOR iPOD CONTROL! The USB outlet is for plugging in USB flash drive loaded with MP3s. If you want to play music from your iPod, you’ll be plugging it into the front Aux-In port.
Rating: 4 / 5