Sound Storm Laboratories ML41B Car Audio Stereo - Single Din, Bluetooth, No CD DVD Player, FM Radio Receiver, USB, AUX Input, Wireless Remote Control

Just came in today; I have to admit I'm impressed with it so, far it not the loudest head unit I've had over the years but I didn't want something that was loud since I'm in a 1990 Ford Ranger single cab pickup that I've been slowly getting to proper order just to get back and forth to work in, I do like the Bluetooth in it not as good as some but for the money it decent enough, and at lease if I have a call from my Doctors office to set up appointment real quick without pulling over to the side of the road to answer, haven't tried the SD card slot out yet though not sure if I will use the feature or not since I'm not really in to playing with MP3 Folders over the years on other Head Units, but as of now I'm giving it a thumbs up for a simple light weight audio system. Update: I knocking off a two stars unless I figure out, why I can't get music streaming to work, I can get my bt to work with Hand Free Calling, though all of the sudden, Music Streaming quit working no matter what I do, disconnect est. so not sure why it quit all of the sudden it do this till I last called my mom to let her know I was on my way home from coming home late from work, so she didn't worry since I have Low Blood sugar and Seizures Second update; went out to the truck this afternoon to figure out what was going after having a hum in the speakers and found out that positive wire came loose, it was just dangling from the wire nut though still was on enough to give it energy for fm only, so after changing it with a smaller nut my bluetooth and stereo is totally operational again so bumped my rating back up

I bought this unit for a project I was working on and was very impressed with it for the money. First off, it sounded great with a decent amount of power. I wouldn't rate the power as high as the company but good enough to run a set of home speakers at a pretty high volume with some good dynamics. I would say maybe 25 watts a channel if that, but plenty loud for what I needed. Also the unit is equipped with low-level inputs if you want to use an out-bord amp for more power. All the features worked perfectly including the Blue-Tooth. My phone latched right on to this thing no sweat and worked great with absolutely no drop-outs whatsoever. An added bonus was the radio tuner. These units usually suck for reception, not this one though. Without any antenna this thing pulled in two stations dead solid in stereo. And is amazing with an antenna I don't know if it was just this unit or what but I was impressed. Display is nice and clear with all the buttons and controls laid out in a nice way and easy to understand. I don't know how long this unit will last but for the money your getting a lot.

Does not fit 2003 Buick century. Does not have removable trim on stereo. Or face which is fine but can't take trim off. Works great tho for a low price stereo. Bluetooth stays connected.

Cannot beat this receiver for this price! Installation is simple, and the quality is surprisingly good. Bluetooth is perfect, and the fm radio is solid. Cannot go wrong with this unit!

By far, this is the worst radio I have ever purchased. I installed this device 6/13/2015 and have had nothing but trouble. 1. The sound quality - The sound quality of the device is sub par. Even for a cheap radio it sounds amazingly cheap. The treble seems to have taken over the entire audio output and the only semblances of "Bass" are a joke. If you do not have an amplifier or amped sub, forget about bass. The equalizer does not help. You get to select from treble, more treble with foggy bass, less treble with foggy bass, all treble. You get the point here. You will get better audio from a cheap pair of headphones plugged in your phone. 2, The buttons - the button quality is astoundingly bad. Several times I pressed the power button to have nothing happen. Luckily it comes with a remote that allows you to power it on from there. If you get this device, expect to be pressing buttons several times to get one action to happen. 3. User Interface - This was a bit of a concern. Seems like they tried to rethink things a bit and got them all wrong. Aux is not labeled Aux, it is An1 or something of the like which looks like Antenna. Bluetooth is listed as BR (bluray). FM is some horrible collection of letters and numbers that I ignore. 4. Bluetooth - THIS WAS THE MAIN REASON I BOUGHT THIS DEVICE and yet it is possibly the most dreadful Bluetooth (BT not BR) experience that I have EVER had with ANY device EVER. This was so bad that I will have to breakdown for you what all happened. Day One, install went well. but my Galaxy Note 2 would not connect. After I restarted the device it connected. After being disheartened by the lackluster audio quality I debated removing the device, but left it installed so that I could continue to test it. Day Two: In the morning the device would connect without issue. Music would play and, while the audio quality was deplorable, it was nice to have access to my music via Bluetooth. On the ride home, the device connected as it did in the morning except the connection must have been bad. The music was garbled. I disconnected the Bluetooth and reconnected it, same thing. Played the music from my speaker on the phone, no issue. reconnected and played the audio, garbled. Made a stop by the store and when I came back out to continue my ride home, the connection was fine and the garbled sound was no longer there. Day Three and Four: In the morning the device connected fine and on the way home the same Day Five: The device struggled to connected on the way home. I was starting to think it was heat related, but it was the coolest day of the week. Day Six: The device only connects to Phone Audio not Media Audio. Restarted my Note 2 and turned off the vehicle (and power to the device) . After I power them back up I repair and connect them both, same issue. I tried the same again, same issue. The device would not connect to media services. Tested the phone on my BT earbuds, connected without an issue. Only the radio itself would not work properly. I would like to say I could return the device, but I damaged it after many days of torture. It was my chance to strike and now the glass over the LCD is broken rather badly. If you want to buy the device after these warnings, at least wear gloves with some padding. My knuckles now hurt. This device is my number one regret so far this year. Save your money and get some sushi or tickets to the movies, but do not, I repeat, do not get this device and expect anything good out of it for any amount of time. ***Update - USB is now part of the problem*** While I had hoped that the device would at least let me use USB, even that is sporadically failing. The USB seems to power cycle at times. If you have anything connected to USB (like I have a USB Bluetooth dongle because the onboard bluetooth is that bad) the connected device will restart. In this day and age I am pretty sure it is more difficult to make a device with this many problems than it is to not.

Installation -- I installed this into a 2002 Kia Rio. There are no corresponding holes to screw this unit into the stock location, but I was able to make it work. Also, there's an extra few millimeters of plastic surrounding the radio face that I needed to trim before this would fit well. If I had fewer tools or was more timid about cutting stuff up, this might have been a big deal. The wiring harness is simple, and getting it soldered to the stock harness was fiddly, but no problem. Adapters may be available for your vehicle, but you'll still have to do some wiring connections to connect it to the plug which goes into this unit. Physical Quality -- The buttons click loudly, the rotary knob is shiny hard plastic... it feels quite cheap. The lights are bright enough for sunlight, but too bright for night driving. The button labeled "Mute Light" does turn off the light, but only the button backlights, while the brightest source of light -- the number display -- remains on at full power. The display itself is gimmicky -- there's flashing lights that sort of correspond to the audio you're playing. It's only truly responsive when listening to a Bluetooth source. Any other source -- SD, Aux, USB, radio -- it updates perhaps four times a second. Not a biggie, but it is kind of cool to watch flashing lights that really do correspond to your music. Audio Quality -- the amplifier chip in here is a 15 watt per channel chip. I don't remember the actual amplifier chip used in my unit -- TDA-something -- but it's only a 4 x 15W amp. Don't be fooled by the hyperbolic specs on the box or the front of the unit (they disagree with each other anyway!) It's really only capable of putting out that much power, and it uses the back of the sheet steel chassis as the only heatsink -- not adequate for any serious sound needs. If you're connecting tweeters and midrange speakers to this unit, there will be plenty of output from this wattage. Don't expect any real bass output -- you'll need a separate amplifier. The sound quality is good, within the 15 watts per channel. There was a faint hum noise audible when no music was playing. For a home amp, this is not okay, but there will always be enough noise in your car to make it a non-issue. Sound quality was good from every source. I couldn't detect any difference between Bluetooth, SD, Aux-In or radio. The audio differences all came down to quality of the source. If you're listening to heavily compressed mp3, or compressed streamed audio, you may notice. Radio is all heavily compressed (not digital compression, amplitude compression, meaning quiet passages are made louder, loud passages are quieter) so you might notice that from radio. About the radio: the reception is TERRIBLE. Stations I can pull in with every other device won't work with this radio. It is bad enough to knock a star off my rating, and I'm wondering about getting a replacement. For my morning talk radio, I have been using an old MP3 player with FM plugged into the Aux-In port. It's almost as though the antenna wire in the unit is broken. I have a 200W amplifier using the RCA line-out plugs. The signal adjusts with the volume of the unit, and there isn't a way to adjust it. I'm going to need to get a preamp to increase the level of the signal if I want to be able to adjust the subwoofer sound level. Features and function: The display is made of seven-segment LEDs. This limits what can be displayed. For instance, when you select Bluetooth, it displays b and then a backwards 7 which is supposed to be a T. Pressing the volume knob brings up Bass, Treble, Balance, Fader, Loudness, Stereo-Mono, and Equalizer. You've only got two seconds to start adjusting, and figuring out what the seven-segment LED are supposed to be saying usually takes longer than that, so get ready for some frustration while you try to figure out how to adjust your sound settings. Significantly, pressing the "Clock" button brings up the clock display, but it only shows the time for five seconds. There isn't a way to configure this. When playing from SD, this will continue playing the track and track position that it was playing when you turned off the unit. So audiobook fans rejoice. Bluetooth works very well for audio, but not for phone calls. I tested it by pushing the green pickup button and said "Call Karen" into the air. My phone in my pocket woke up, listened to me, called my wife, and the speakers started playing the ringing noise. Then my wife answered and said "HELLO?????? WHAT'S GOING ON?!??? WHAT IS THAT NOISE???? ARE YOU STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC???????" so let's say that's not a feature I'll use again. The microphone in the radio picked up every noise and vibration, and I guess there isn't a good noise-cancellation implementation built in. SUMMARY: I paid $17 for this, and I don't regret it, since it does work

I put this in my 2003 Subaru Baja and it sounds and works great. Works as advertised. Yes you can make and receive cell phone calls, listen to satellite radio from your phone and the CD player has great functions. Make sure you order for the car you intend to use it in and you should not have any install problems. The remote control also is a nice to have.

These Sound Storm Labs radios are very good for what they cost. I have put them in a lot of my project cars and I especially like that the mechless (ie - no CD Player) units have a shallow mounting depth. I especially like them in Range Rover Classics as there is not much extra depth available. I put this one in a Jaguar convertible. Even without an amp I am able to clearly hear the stereo at freeway speeds (70+mph). I don't listen to the radio or Cd's anymore but either stream my phone through Bluetooth to the unit or play an SD card filled with mp3's. The Bluetooth on this works well and I am able to have phone conversations without struggling to hear. This stereo sounds great and I am able to adjust the settings to my liking. These units do not have all the features of the top brands. There is no dimmer for the lights. You can't program the screen color. There is no add-on for Sirius/XM. But then again, you're not paying $150+ either. Bottom line, as long as SSL keeps to making these units at a reasonable price I will buy one for every project car I own.

Quedé muy satisfecho con el tiempo de entrega, fue antes de la fecha prevista. El precio del producto es acorde a lo que ofrece el estéreo. Todo lo que ofrece funciona bien, sólo hay algunos detalles. Lo que no me gustó fue que en algunas estaciones de radio no se escuchan bien o se escucha interferencia. Durante la reproducción de música por USB hay breves pausas frecuentes. Las llamadas por Bluetooth se escuchan perfectamente. El sonido es bueno. Fácil y sencillo de usar. Lo mejor que puedo decir fue la experiencia de comprar por Amazon, excelente servicio. Recomendado 100%.

I’m giving this five stars because it worked as advertised. Was easy to install (I purchased an install kit with wiring highness from Amazon at the same time). To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much for the price, but it actually works perfectly fine. Sounds way better than the factory stereo and the Bluetooth connected the first time. I would recommend it if you’re looking for a cheap stereo that is better than the factory one.

Fast shipping Easy installation (never installed a half deck before). Better sound than 2004 stock stereo.

This was installed on a boat Sound is good and clear Easy to install

El estéreo cuenta con un excelente sonido y es fácil de instalar, su manejo es intuitivo y su precio de descuento fue muy bueno.