{"id":1110,"date":"2012-05-09T11:12:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2012-05-09T11:12:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T23:12:16","slug":"sony-cdx-m60ui-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/sony-cdx-m60ui-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony CDX-M60UI Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Marine Head Units the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecaraudio.co.nz\/Sony_CDXM60UI\" target=\"_blank\">Sony CDX-M60UI<\/a><\/strong> is the king of the marine units! With its 3 x 2v Pre-Out, Rear USB Input and being\u00a0Satellite Radio ready. The <strong>M60UI<\/strong> has more than enough features to keep any audiophile entertained while out on the water!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CDX-M60UI1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1222\" title=\"CDX-M60UI\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CDX-M60UI1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CDX-M60UI1.jpg 601w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/CDX-M60UI1-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In-dash Marine AM\/FM, CD, MP3, WMA player with Remote<br \/>\niPod and iPhone USB direct connectivity via your standard iPod-to-USB connection cable allows you to charge, control, and playback your iPod through the receiver and stereo system<br \/>\nDrip panel and a conformal coating on the circuit board<br \/>\nUV coating to resist yellowing and fading<br \/>\nDetachable face<br \/>\nBlack and White dot-matrix display<br \/>\nSwitchable blue and red button lighting<br \/>\nCEA-2006 compliant amplifier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peak: 52 watts x 4 channels<\/li>\n<li>RMS: 17 watts x 4 channels<\/li>\n<li>MP3 ID3 Tag Display (Title\/Artist\/Album)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Playback and Audio Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playback of CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, WMA, and AAC<\/li>\n<li>SSIR-EXA tuner with 18FM\/12AM presets<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Soundstage Organizer 2 (DSO2)<\/li>\n<li>EQ3 (3-band parametric equalizer with preset tone curves)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Expandability Options:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 Sets of 2V preamp outputs (front, rear and subwoofer)<\/li>\n<li>SIRIUS or XM Satellite Radio Ready: Sony SIRIUS package or Sony XM Package plus subscription required<\/li>\n<li>HD Radio Ready: Sony XT-100HD Tuner is required and sold separately<\/li>\n<li>iPod and iPhone Ready: Direct connection through USB<\/li>\n<li>Front-panel auxiliary input: 3.5mm (headphone jack) allows connection to portable media devices such as MP3 players, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Rear USB input: For connection to iPod, iPhone, and other MP3 devices<\/li>\n<li>Marine Remote Control Ready: <strong>Sony RM-X11M<\/strong> or <strong>RMX60M<\/strong> required and sold separately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The things that really stand out to myself in this unit is the iPod\/iPhone control and the fact it has 3 x Pre-Outs so you can add-on an amp for the front speakers, rear speakers and a sub. Although I couldn&#8217;t see myself having a sub pumping while fishing since it would more than likely scare the fish away, but I could have it pumping while travelling to my favourite fishing spots tho!<\/p>\n<p>On a last thought, this unit could also be useful for people with cruiser motorbikes that come with factory head units as a replacement unit that would easy endure\u00a0all the elements while cruising the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Marine Head Units the Sony CDX-M60UI is the king of the marine units! With its 3 x 2v Pre-Out, Rear USB Input and being\u00a0Satellite Radio ready. The M60UI has more than enough features to keep any audiophile entertained while out on the water! &nbsp; General Features: In-dash Marine AM\/FM, CD, MP3, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1232,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}