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Tuesday November 1, 2005
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 Sony just announced at SEMA (the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, which focuses on the automotive industry) the XPLOD MEX-1GP AM/FM CD/MP3 receiver. Loaded with 1GB of flash memory, it can store up to 500 mp3 or WMA files that can be loaded via a USB port located on the faceplate, or play CD-R/RW discs.
To copy over tunes: Simply, detach the faceplate of the radio, carry it over to your Windows PC and attach it via USB. Your PC will recognize it as an external hard drive. Then, load it up with your music. Finally, carry back to your car and reattach it to the base unit, and you're in business. The LCD screen can show track information (album, artist, track name) and will allow you to shuffle your music. It doesn't look like you can create playlists, though, but we haven't heard back yet from Sony. But it is packaged with a wireless remote so your backseat passengers won't be clambering over you when they want to play DJ (doesn't that always happen?). The XPLOD MEX-1GP AM/FM CD/MP3 receiver will retail for $350 and will be available in February 2006. (No shopping links yet!) More information on this product at TechnoRide.com (hosted by PC Magazine) as well as continuing coverage of the SEMA show.
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November 10, 2005 3:16 PM
I think you billion dollar company guys shouldnt be holding back by coming out with just a 1 gb face but you should just come out with a much larger copacity right off the bat so that you dominate that new media source and you wont even have competitors because i already know a bunch of people that are waiting for something like this but dont want just a GIG. Putting just 1 GB on this great piece of work just makes it obsolete before it even hits the shelves, besides who only has 1 GB of music on their computer anyways the average person has at least ten, and as for people like me i have over 60 GBs of music on my computer and what am i supposed to do with 1 GB, throw it away. So come on guys get with the program and make the launch of this device something to remember because i know i am going to get this when it launches.
December 21, 2005 8:43 PM
Im with Nick on this one. Get bigger storage and I will be interested. There is already one of these types of stereos available on ebay except that it its better. It has a USB slot AND a multi-card reader for SD cards etc. I think some work needs to be done. Im waiting for the best option to come out before I buy. Oh, COST will be important. The one on Ebay was for sale at $189 which is more attractive than #350. Get with the program and give the customer what he/she is after. I personally like the idea of having my music stored on SD cards and being able to slot them in and out. Cheers.
October 19, 2006 12:54 PM
Hi guys, I have tried with a multimdeia player which plays mp3 and wma and in addition, also able to play any avi or DVD files with up to hd defintion. I have it in my MPV and it just function well with no skipping of musics or dvd moves. I bought it at US $150 and a 320 GB hard disk at US $90. All in it cost about $240 and you can store all your entire collections of music files in the system. It also functions like an external hard disk with USB connection. It seems the audio company are too slow in such production innovation. You can email me for mor info at ckw2@np.edu.sg.