{"id":2410,"date":"2012-10-08T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T04:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2015-06-27T12:18:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T00:18:32","slug":"sony-xav-701bt-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/sony-xav-701bt-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony XAV-701BT Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/Sony_XAV_701BT_Discontinued_2013_2014_\" target=\"_blank\">Sony XAV-701BT<\/a><\/strong> is the one of <strong>Sony&#8217;s<\/strong> latest double din head-units, with a 7&#8243; touch screen and more features that you could shake a stick at makes for a very fun and\u00a0versatile head-unit! My first\u00a0impression was that it was a very sleek looking unit with a large\u00a0screen and simple but functional buttons at the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2526\" title=\"701bt_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sound quality of this unit is\u00a0superb\u00a0with its EQ7 7-Band\u00a0Equalizer, S-MOSFET and 3 high power 5v Pre-outs. For the few weeks I was using the <strong>Sony XAV-701BT<\/strong> I ran 2 sets of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/Digital_Designs_DD_CS6_5\" target=\"_blank\">DD-CS6.5 Components<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0front and rear off the head-unit and 2 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/DD_3512e_D2\" target=\"_blank\">DD-3512-D2 Sub-Woofers<\/a><\/strong> off a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/DD_M3a_Amplifier_Discontinued_2013_2014_\" target=\"_blank\">DD-M3a Amplifier<\/a><\/strong> through the Sub-Woofer Pre-Out. I was and am very impressed by the sound that the \u00a0<strong>Sony XAV-701BT<\/strong> produced with components running straight off the head-unit as I usually amplify all my speakers\/components.<\/p>\n<p>The touch screen on the <strong>Sony XAV-701BT<\/strong> is very\u00a0responsive and like all the other <strong>Sony XAV<\/strong> head-units it has gesture control which comes in very handy for changing tracks without looking at the unit while driving! It is also very easy to navigate\/use and even people not familiar with touch screens would still be able to use it in a flash without any hassle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7\u201d TFT WVGA Touch Panel Monitor<\/li>\n<li>Dual USB 1-Wire Connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Built-in Bluetooth<\/li>\n<li>Smartphone Connectivity*<\/li>\n<li>Passenger App Control for iPod\/iPhone<\/li>\n<li>Variable illumination<\/li>\n<li>Mirrorlink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 178 x 100 x 185 mm<\/li>\n<li>Mounting Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 182 \u00d7 111 \u00d7 160 mm<\/li>\n<li>Weight (kg) Approx. 2.4kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monitor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LCD Type TFT Active Matrix<\/li>\n<li>Screen Aspect 17:9<\/li>\n<li>Screen Diagonal (Inch\/cm) 6.95&#8243;<\/li>\n<li>Screen Size (W x H) (mm) 156.60&#215;81.60 mm<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: Number of Picture Segment 800 x 480<\/li>\n<li>Dimmer Yes<\/li>\n<li>Colour System PAL \/ NTSC \/ SECAM \/ PAL-M automatic select<\/li>\n<li>Motorized\u00a0Yes<\/li>\n<li>Brightness (cd\/m\u00b2) 500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preset FM18 \/ AM12<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Best Tuning Memory (BTM) Yes<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0CD Playback CD-R\/RW, MP3 (with ID3Tag v.2.4), WMA, AAC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Amplifier<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S-MOSFET Output Power 52W<\/li>\n<li>Pre Out 4.1ch<\/li>\n<li>Sub Out Yes<\/li>\n<li>EQ7 7-Band Equalizer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2527\" title=\"701bt_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_2.jpg 458w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/701bt_2-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overall I feel the <strong>Sony XAV-701BT<\/strong> is one of the best double-din head-units to have come out of 2012 so far, being very beautiful yet simplistic in looks, it has a very smooth and quick touch screen and the ability to use Mirrorlink makes it a very appealing double-din head-unit.<\/p>\n<p>Mirrorlink only seems to work with compatible\u00a0Android phones though which means all the iPhone users can not make use of their GPS or onscreen APP&#8217;s. This still wouldn&#8217;t stop me from buying one myself though as the functions that do work with iPhones\/iPads work so\u00a0seamlessly and not being able to use my GPS functions on my iPhone isn&#8217;t really a big deal as I don&#8217;t really use GPS enough to justify this function.<\/p>\n<p>People that do have a compatible Android phone will love the Mirrorlink function though as it allows you to display many APP&#8217;s onscreen including YouTube, GPS Maps and many more! If you own a compatible Android phone this is the head-unit for you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sony XAV-701BT is the one of Sony&#8217;s latest double din head-units, with a 7&#8243; touch screen and more features that you could shake a stick at makes for a very fun and\u00a0versatile head-unit! My first\u00a0impression was that it was a very sleek looking unit with a large\u00a0screen and simple but functional buttons at the [&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\/2410"}],"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=2410"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5925,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions\/5925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}