Sony CDX-MP40 Car CD/ MP3 Player

Pros: Cool looks. Cheaper than a CDchanger. CD-RW compatible.
Cons: Awkward to insert front panel. ID3 tag scrolls once only. Display colour / brightness.

OK. So my wife is sick of her in dash cassette player and is jealous of my CD playing ability. Or at least that was the case. Now I'm sick of carrying a folder full of CD's nevermind changing discs every half hour when the album inevitably gets to the ...

Pros: No-nonsense. Highly functional. Excellent value. CD/CDRW/MP3 playback. Remote control. Removeable faceplate.
Cons: No cutting-edge visualizations. LCD screen. Remote could be more sensitive.

The best way to really write about anything is typically to tell people what you are going to tell them, then tell them, and lastly follow up by telling them what you've just told them. I'll try and stick to this train of thought. First, I will explai ...

Pros: Cheap, plays mp3s
Cons: Absolute crap display, Titles scroll once, ugly

I'm just going to get down to it. Sound I have 4 rockford 100w speakers, with a infinity 200 watt powered sub in my car. Since I had a decent cd player before, The Kenwood Kdc8017, I can make a pretty good comparison. The Kenwood player ...

Pros: Price, looks, DSO, 3 band EQ
Cons: No WMA, just scrolls the title of an mp3 once, navigation a bit cumbersome

This is my second incursion on the MP3 HU market, and to be quite frankly, I'm very pleased. It does ...

Pros: A automotive MP3 deck for the rest of us.
Cons: Occasional MP3 skips on cold mornings until it warms up after 5 minutes.

So, when I bought my car it came with the state of the art single tape deck. Which would not have been a problem if I actually owned a cassette tape, or owned a tape deck to record some of my CDs to tape so I could listen to them in my car; I mean as ...

Pros: Sounds great, great features, looks sleek.
Cons: Has a tough time playing dirty MP3 discs, scrolls song title only once.

This is a great product! I have always be fond of Sony's products, and when I went looking for a CD/MP3 player, I knew I had to get this one. I shopped around, and found the best price I could, and ordered it online with the intentions of installing it ...

Pros: Sound quality, MP3 capability, Satellite radio compatability, Remote
Cons: Remote is "line of sight" only, a fibre-optic option would be nice!

Let's get some things clear from the outset. I'm not under 30,I'm not a car hi-fi expert or enthusi ...

Pros: Cheapest MP3 CD player on the market at the time of purchase.
Cons: Beeping when turn off ignition Advertising Plays files out of order No display dimming

This has made me a smarter shopper. I'll know what to look out for in the future when shopping for an in dash MP3 CD player.

The first noticed irritation was that it beeps every time you turn off the ignition. The only way to disable this is to hook up an external amplifier. Go figure?

The next noticed irritation is that when you turn it off, it is constantly showing you a scrolling advertisement for itself. How irritating!

I find the bright display too much. When driving at night, I usually open the cover - this turns off the bright display.

The most recent irritation (the one that prompted the writing of this review), is that it has a VERY ODD way of alphabetizing. It will play those files with capital letters before those with lower case letters. For instance, below is an example of the order it would put the following 4 file names:
AAZ
Aardvark
Zen
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Pros: Good sound and power
Cons: Too-bright display; buttons unlabelled/nonintuitive.

This unit's display is super-bright and is very distracting at night. There is no way to dim it. (Work-around: flip down the faceplate. This is dumb.)

The buttons are very hard to figure out. Most of them are unlabelled. My friends (who haven't read the manual) can never figure out how to operate it.

Otherwise, the unit works great and is a good value.