An update on my car stereo
It's been a year since I bought my fancy car stereo . I wanted to mention that I've ended up not using most of the fancy features. The built-in MP3 player had issues with my 1000-song / 100 album / 4 GB music collection: It took a long time to scan the USB storage each time the radio turned on. It was difficult to navigate the album and song lists. Chinese characters were not supported. It took a long time to "continue" a paused item, especially a long item like a podcast. The bluetooth pairing only worked with one phone at a time, which was awkward in a two-driver family. Here's how I use it now: I connect my phone using both the radio's USB (so the phone is being charged) and mini stereo plugs. I use the phone's built-in music player. I have the radio set to AUX to play the music from the stereo input plug. It's a little bit cluttered, because of the two cables, but it gets the job done. The phone's music player UI is so much better t...