- AM/FM, CD, MP3/WMA, USB, Bluetooth-ready, HD Radio receiver
- 4 x 50 Watts peak power with one RCA pre-amp output
- Detachable faceplate with white on black dot matrix display
- Includes auxiliary input, USB port; add BTM60 module for Bluetooth
- One-year limited warranty
Amazon.com Product Description
Built-in HD Radio reception–it’s free nationwide–with CD and MP3 playback, a front-panel USB port, and the convenience of a detachable faceplate: that’s the Dual XHD6425 receiver. The XHD6425 allows playback of your favorite MP3 and WMA files recorded on CD-R and CD- RW discs. Its powerful on-board DSP processor decodes the compressed audio while maintaining near-CD sound quality. An internal SRAM buffer provides ESP (ElectronicSkip Protection) to virtu… More >>
Dual XHD6425 4X50 Watt Bluetooth-Ready HD Radio and MP3 Player
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#1 by E. Shaw on April 11, 2010 - 2:49 pm
Although I have always read the reviews for products I have purchased,I have never written a review for anything. This is not a review for the Dual HD radio/cd/mp3 car player,as I haven’t installed it yet,I’m sure it it is worth every penny I paid for it.Dual has been making quality electronics since I was a kid. I just had a comment on Amazon’s customer service. I ordered it in March and when it didn’t arrive when expected, I tract the shipment,per UPS it was delivered 4 days earlier. I contacted Amazon,with their amazing “help button”,explained to the rep and received a replacement 3 weeks later. the best customer service bar none.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Amanda F. Alexander on April 11, 2010 - 3:53 pm
This radio is a peace of crap. I bought it in janurary and is already messing up and sucks. The Radio portion quit working all together No HD or regular FM radio. Also the volume button is already wearing out I will try to turn it down and it will raise the volume instead and I will have to shut the radio off and turn bak on. Overall Do NOT buy this radio go for a name brand not this crappy Dual.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by M. Carpenter on April 11, 2010 - 6:36 pm
At this price this is a great head Dual XHD6425 CD receiverunit the HD fm is as good if not better than HD tv.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by D. Kaplan on April 11, 2010 - 8:59 pm
The radio is really nice for most applications. The HD fidelity and additional multicast stations make the HD radio worth the premium. I wish that the radio had an “HD Lockout” feature. In some areas, the HD broadcast stream and the analog stream are not perfectly synchronized. In marginal reception areas, this means that as digital reception is lost, it will revert to analog. The reception will thrash back and forth. If the streams are perfectly synchonized, this is not a problem, but if there is any delay, it makes it difficult to listen.
The radio was clearly designed with the USB interface as an afterthought. The unit plays my music (mp3 and wma) just fine, but there is really no indexed navigation capability to find the artists or albums. You have to go directory by directory to find what is up next in the file system. It is not purely alphabetical either. There is really no “album” or “artist” index function.
The limit of 127 directories is also a severe limitation if you are trying to carry your collection with you on a USB stick. My guess is that when this unit was originally designed, the idea of an 8Gb thumb drive was not in the development picture. I had hoped to do a paper catalog of my directories by track number (the only way to random access music), but found that any time I added or subtracted music from the disk, the unit re-indexed my files, making my “cheat sheet” (based on track number)useless.
USB play is fine in random mode, or if you have a co-pilot who can find your desired selections, but it has become easier to just plug in my MP3 player through the AUX port.
Still, it was a great value, but if you are looking for full integration of digital music, you may want to consider a head unit with more robust technology.
Thunderbeast
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Russ & Keitha on April 11, 2010 - 10:45 pm
Great Radio for the price does everything as advertised, received the radio in 2 days
Rating: 5 / 5