Discount Fusion MS-IP600G, iPOD Dock/AUX/AM/FM/ Sirrus Ready Marine Stereo

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This thing ROCKS. It is so well thought out. It has everything I want in a marine stereo.

I installed it a month ago and I am really hoping it holds up. I've gone through lots of boat stereos over the years but this looks like the last one I will ever buy.

This unit does not have CD player in it which is a HUGE plus as far as I am concerned. CD players only last a season or two down here on the Texas Gulf coast. I wanted a stereo that had simple way to connect my iTouch/iPhone to the stereo. The Fusion IP600G makes it so easy. Flip down the gasketed face plate, push in the pod, flip up face plate and crank it. The pod is sealed in tight. No cables, no adaptors and no iPod sliding around on the deck.

I also ordered the IP56 Remote Control. Even though the stereo is supposed to be very weather resistant, I mounted it in the console to keep it out of the weather. I mounted the remote control on the dash. Mounting the remote requires drilling a big 3" hole in the dash but there was room. I drilled out a smaller 1 1/4" hole where an old remote use to be. Turned out to be a very neat installation.

The controls are big, easy to see, easy to use and very intuitive on both pieces. I really like the volumne knobs. You don't have to look at it to do someting as simple as changing the volume. Both units have a mute button which has always been one of my requirements. Being able to kill the stereo quickly is very useful when things go ballistic on board. The remote has a screen and shows song names and other important info as does the stereo unit.

It has a ton more capabilities than I will ever use. Got them both at a great price on Amazon I highly recommend it!

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There is plenty positive to say about this stereo. Firstly, it's built like a BSH. If you drop it during installation it might dent the floor. It is really solid. The keypad has a simple layout, something I also like and one of the reasons I replaced the Kenwood stereo in my boat. I had two Kenwoods so far and they can be pretty complicated to figure out.

This unit is powerful and has plenty of punch, so may not need an amplifier. I'm not an audiophile, but the sound quality seems pretty good. You can adjust the the bass and treble, but that's about it (a 5 band equalizer would have been nice). The lcd display is large, crisp and very readable, even from a short distance. The drop face design to plug in the ipod is clever and very well built. It comes with a variety of plastic harness adapaters to cradle just about any ipod model, and these adapters are beefy and built to last.

I wouldn't tell anyone to not buy this stereo, but here's a couple things I don't like about it (and this only pertains to the radio tuner). On lake Ontario I was able to receive a lot of radio stations clearly with the Kenwood. Using the same antenna (which is just a random length wire hidden under the fiberglass), the Fusion had trouble with a lot of stations and they came in weak. The Kenwood tuner has it beat there. Because of the weaker reception, the autoseek function found only a couple stations on the entire FM band. To move from autoseek to manual tuning (which allows you to toggle though the FM band .2 MHz at a time), you must hold down the Forward or Reverse button for 3 seconds. What really annoys me is it then retrurns to autoseek, so every time you want to move to another station manually you have to hold the F or R button down 3 seconds again. It would have been nice if the Fusion was programmable to allow it to lock onto one tuning method or the other.

But, since I rarely use the radio anyway and bought this unit mainly for ipod use, this isn't too much a problem for me. ipod functionality on this unit is simple and elegant. I'm hoping to improve tuner reception with a better antenna.

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When my JBL Marine stereo went, I researched online and everyone seemed to say Fusion was the Marine stereo to get, and I have to agree. This stereo rocks. Don't bother buying an amp, the internal one will be more than enough while cruising. I chose the IPOD/IPhone version of the stereo because we don't use CD's anymore. It comes with several adaptors for each apple version you may have. They just slide right inside the unit and out of the way. It does not have an adapter for the IPHONE 5. But you can hook it up thru the external adapter, you just lose the ability to control and read all the songs and titles.

Don't even bother looking around at other stereos. Also, get the MS-WR600 wired remote control for it. I installed the stereo down in the cabin, and remote on the swim platform. It's great to have it back there and being able have full control of everything.

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Purchased this to replace an original equipment Clarion in our Sea Ray. Love the sound quality, the iPod dock is fantastic and the menu is very intuitive. The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is the mounting template was inaccurate, the cut-out was not big enough and required rework on my mounting plate.

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This radio had its first test the other night when I gambled and lost on a 30% chance of rain with the top off my jeep. The seats got wet, interior got wet, the dash got wet and the stereo got wet. Turned on the jeep as the water glistened on the stereo and waited for something bad to happen. Instead it worked perfectly.