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2013 Update, third review: My unit is broken... First the motorized screen went completely wonky in 2012 and would randomly move up and down randomly. Sent Customer Service an email. Was told they couldn't help me, that I need to call the support line. Why have an email for support if I have to call? So I called, got put on hold, then disconnected. It could have been my cell phone, I don't know. Ok fine, I called back and sat on hold for over 20 minutes before I just hung up. Eventually the screen just got stuck in the loading position. It won't go up or down. Then months later the sound just started randomly cutting in and out. Finally in late 2012 it just died completely. No sound at all. Troubleshooted it myself, check connections with Ohms meter, finally called customer service while I was off during the holidays. Sat on hold again. Hung up. I'm looking for a new head unit now from any company other than Boss. I don't even want to mess with the awful interface, numerous issues, and absolutely horrible tech support/customer service...
CURRENT BOTTOM LINE: This unit is awful and unreliable. Stay away. Leaving up the old review just as a reference. I really wanted to like this unit. Now I'm just shopping for a different one.
(this review was previously a 4 star and a 5 star, now it is a 0.1 out of 5)
Previous BOTTOM LINE: If you have the money to buy one of the name brand $600 DVD/Bluetooth units, then buy one of those because their interface screen graphics are much nicer. If that's not an issue for you, or if spending over $600 for a head unit is, then consider this head unit.
This is my second review as the first unit came to me and turned on but did not play sound. Tech support was impossible to get ahold of the first time around. Props to Amazon for extremely speedy delivery of both the first and second replacement unit. Now, after receiving the replacement unit and installing it, the same problem occurred and it would not play sound. So I called tech support and surprisingly got right through this time. However the tech did not help and offered little support other than maybe there is a short in your vehicle or a blown fuse. After another hour of troubleshooting it myself I decided to swap the first unit's wiring harness with the new wiring harness. Problem solved! Turns out the issue with the first unit was a short somewhere in the wiring connector, which also affected the second unit because I originally left the first harness connected. Problem fixed by dumb luck and hours of frustration trying everything, not by tech support. For the speedy delivery of first & replacement unit, Amazon gets 5 stars. For lack of any help, Tech support gets 0/5 stars.
Contrary to what other reviews have said the unit DOES have a night time dimming function. Press and hold Mute button and the screen goes black. Perfect for night driving. When you want it back on to change a song or whatever, just simply tap the screen anywhere and it turns right back on. Furthermore the screen has contrast, color, brightness settings. You can turn the brightness almost completely off if you want to in about 2 seconds. tap screen, brings up display icons, tap Tools icon, tap Video icon, hold down Brightness adjustment. Simple.
Most everything can be done by remote, so if youre worried about safety of driving while changing songs, learn how to use the remote. Easy fix.
Interface graphics are cheesy like a 90s DOS program. Either get over it (I did considering this unit does everything it claims to, SD, USB, Auxilary, DVD/R, MP3, MP4, VCD, Bluetooth for hands free cell phone) or turn off the screen by holding the Mute button and use the remote or turn the screen back on to change songs or whatever and then shut it off.
Loading times are as advertised in other reviews, about 4-6 seconds for a video DVD, less for a CD. Switching sources take 2-4 seconds. Does seem like forever waiting 6 seconds for the DVD to load, but once it does load it skips scenes and/or tracks quickly.
The sound quality beats my old Aiwa top-of-line CD player (10 years ago), and rivals my previous Alpine & Kenwood head units. Also beats a previous Pioneer head unit I had for a few weeks in sound quality hands down, which is why I got rid of that one. I was skeptical buying a Boss brand head unit specifically because of sound quality, but I'm glad I bought it. Forget what some of the others have said, this thing beats any comparable
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