Sony MEX-N5300BT Car Stereo Single Din Radio with Bluetooth, CD Player, USB/AUX

I got this Sony to replace my dead CD player in my Toyota Sienna XLE, that had a hidden JBL system in it. Sounds great and had Best Buy put it in. He said they wished BB sold that model because it has every hookup in the rear of the deck for connecting everything. The remote control is not great, and has very tiny printing that requires squinting while driving??!! The menu on the deck is also not easy to see while driving. The bomb is the app on the phone. The phone app controls everything perfectly for the Sony unit. Easy peesy. The EQ settings would take an hour to do on the deck, or 2 seconds on the phone app. Besides the not so great menu options, my other peeve is the changing of inputs or sources. NOW, I may be doing something wrong, but you hit source for say CD or tuner, and the item flashes and does not activate. Sometimes hitting the source button again while something is flashing will get it to activate. I have deactivated the CD just to get the tuner ON. Like I said, there are too many functions being handled by one button, and I may be doing something wrong. I have been doing sound systems for decades and I still get stumped from time to time. Bottomline, this Sony system was a mere $130 and has many other features too. The Bluetooth is VERY GOOD, and grabs my phone calls with zero effort. Music by BT is also incredibly good sounding. I tested the AUX front input with a Sports WAlkman cassette player, yep, sounded awesome. USB tunes with a thumb drive, yep, sounded awesome too. One thing I found out, the Sony 5300 doesn't do WMA lossless, and only lesser versions of killabit recordings. MP3s at 320kbs sounded great too. I think the only lossless it plays is iTunes FLAC. I don't have any of that. Unit has Pandora, iHeart, and Sirius XM radio too. The installer said that my old radio was probably better, NOT, Sony has always put great tuners in their gear, and this radio is much better than the OEM stock radio in my Toyota Sienna. Music stations sound super too. It gobbles up way more channels, and on the app, was easy to program multi channels. Comes with a microphone for handsfree phoning, and shocked me when I got my first phone call, and I didn't need to setup anything!!!! There are things to learn, and I will try to update the things here that kinda sounded negative, because I may not be doing something correctly. I haven't played with this at all, but the unit has a ridiculous amount of colors to program for the LED lights on the dash. N5300BT is a great buy for the money.

Excellent sound clarity & Beats.. Very much satisfied & value for money.Highly recommended.

Other than the fact that it is lacking an option to select Tuner-STP, which prevents the unit from tuning to even frequencies in other countries, the unit is definitely an improvemen in sound and functionality over my old Sony XPLOD. If there is a firmware update that can address the tuning issue like in the Euro models, that would have made it an excellect purchase.

Got this head unit to replace factory sub/amp/headunit while upgrading the power overall. Works great, sounds great, was easy to install with wiring harness. One gripe, this replaced a double din unit, so I got a spacer slot expecting to place my phone inside while connected via bluetooth... Unfortunately as soon as I place my phone inside it will lose bluetooth connection. Small downside as it still connects and stays well connected in other convenient locations for the phone, pocket, cup holder, etc. Otherwise this is an awesome unit I will use again for vehicles that do not need a double din or screen for backup cam etc.

It worked perfect out of the box. Easy install. I previously bought a blaupunkt stereo and amp. The stereo didn’t work right out of the box so I returned everything and just bought the Sony. No amp needed. It’s truly an all in one head unit. I have Rockford Fosgate speakers so the sound is loud annd clear even Without an amp.