JENSEN MPR210 7 Character LCD Single DIN Car Stereo Radio | Push to Talk Assistant | Bluetooth Hands Free Calling & Music Streaming | AM/FM Radio | USB Playback & Charging | Not a CD

I wanted a radio that would provide streaming radio capability in my old truck. This radio is incredibly small and light. Easy to wire and the wiring diagram was easy to understand. Installation was a little challenging because the DIN mounting bracket was designed for the radio to slide all the way in. My Ford truck had a plastic trim that was designed to fit between the radio faceplate and the DIN mounting bracket which prevented the radio from snapping-in to the bracket. This radio does not have a removable trim ring around the front face (what you see in the Amazon ad is the way the radio slides-in. The size and weight of this radio is impressive, no rear mounting support bracket is required (even though Jensen did provide a screw hole in the rear heat sink).The audio power (volume) is adequate, not quite as loud as my other radios (also rated 200W), but close. The tone controls do not provide any graphic equalizer, only BASS, TREBLE and Loudness, but the radio does produce a decent sound for an inexpensive radio. The Bluetooth paired easily but I had to turn the volume in my iPhone to max to get decent volume on the radio. The controls feel quality and have detent click (even the volume knob).Jensen paperwork says the warranty is 1-year (2-year if you register on-line). Amazon says the warranty is 2-year (3-year if you register on-line). I saved the Amazon ad with my warranty paperwork. On-line registration was easy and not very invasive (personal information). I do recommend you take a picture of the radio serial number before you install it (handy for on-line registration).

The price is extremely attractive, and still this unit is remarkably well-designed. Clarity and volume are excellent even in a Gen2 (1999) Dodge Ram with ancient factory speakers. Bluetooth syncs immediately and automatically without fuss, and works perfectly so far. I keep a USB flash drive in the front USB port in case I want to play some good albums without touching my phone. Unlike other USB players I've used, this unit allows moving from file folder to folder with dedicated buttons, allows seeking through the position of a track, and displays the folder name and file name on the front display- all extremely nice features when you have hundreds of songs on a single drive. There is a mute button and the play/pause button works in both USB and bluetooth modes. There are no complex menus- front face buttons let you do practically everything including changing input modes with one touch, except adjusting sound levels and a few minor settings in a simple and effective menu. The knob has good steps in volume between notches- not too high that you can't get a good level, and not so low that you have to turn the knob a lot. FM and AM reception are excellent even with an aftermarket stubby whip antenna. The blue display is nonadjustable in color and brightness but I'm very happy with both as standard. Installation was done with soldering and shrink wrapping to an aftermarket harness- that was my choice; you can install different ways but the simple user manual told me everything about the wiring I needed to know. I would be extremely happy with this unit at twice the price or more, but as is, it has a rare mix of features, usability, good design, performance, and price. Unless you insist on some details like adjustable illumination color, prize high audio power without separate amplification, or are very picky with sound performance, you can't go wrong with this unit. Compared to using an FM transmitter (which is so close in price you may as well pony up for a head unit like this), you will likely consider this a substantial improvement over your factory radio.Some details from the box: power is 14W RMS/50W peak x 4 channels @ 4 ohms. Front USB port charges at 1A. There is a front 3.5mm headphone jack input and a stereo RCA preamp output on the back. Box says it plays MP3s (that is the only file format I tried) so I would guess if it also supported FLAC, AAC, etc it would say so. Happy hunting.

Does everything it says on the box. Straightforward, no frills stereo. FM reception is excellent with the factory antenna, BT pairs instantly every time. It defaults to the last mode (radio, bt, or USB) when powered on, so it picks up right where you left off. Sounds quality is great for the price, much better than the old factory radio in an 2nd gen Ram with 4 basic speakers. Goes plenty loud and the volume has good spacing steps. Surprised how many car stereos I've used that get basic details like that wrong or have buggy BT connections.Controls are straightforward and intuitive to use. The manual really isn't needed. You can pick 4 preset EQ (the usual "rock", "pop", ect),or manually set basic bass/treble. Basic, but all you can expect at this price, and honestly all most people need.It does have a subwoofer output, which I do have wired to a small 8" self powered mini sub (plenty for a single cab truck). The one downside is the sub output level is NOT adjustable. Even some other basic head units usually let you do that, not here. The signal is quite "hot". I ended up turning the gain on my sub almost all the way down to get a decent balance and not have bass totally blowing out the sound.The other con is despite having an alphanumeric display, it doesn't show title/artist info over Bluetooth. It just shows a static " BTMUSIC" at all times. You can switch it to the clock, but that annoyingly doesn't "stick" between ignition cycles.Another mile annoyance,but once that seems very common in virtually every car stereos I've tried,is BT volume is way lower than anything else. Radio,a comfortable level is maybe 10-12 on the volume. Switch to BT, phone volume maxed, and you can't even hear the music at all at that level. You have to turn it up to 20-25, and more like 30 for spoken word podcasts to hear clearly. But then switch back to radio, or at the next key on, it blows your ears out since it comes back on at the last volume setting.You get basic play/pause, forward, and back controls for BT, and folder/file jumps for playing off USB.The display is also not dimmable, but I don't find it annoyingly bright at night.It has a built in mic for BT phone calls,which I expected to be terrible, but really wasn't as bad as I'd thought. Saves a step of routine a remote mic wire clipped to the visor, and sure it shaved a couple bucks off the price. It doesn't sound great, a bit noisy, like talking on speakerphone outdoors, but the person on the other end said they could understand me well enough.It does support the Jensen companion app, but this is totally not needed,and really doesn't add much. You can more or less just use your phone as a "remote", which given you presumably are sitting within arms reach of it at all times, seems rather pointless. I guess if it was on a boat or RV or something that might be useful? Although music over BT you can of course just control from your phone, it acts effectively just like any Bluetooth speaker or headphones.For $30 (and I got it on sale for under $20), kind of hard to complain. It's bare bones, but does what it says and almost certainly sounds better than a 20 or more year old factory radio.