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Boss BV7340 In-Dash 3.2" DVD/MP3/CD Widescreen Receiver with USB

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Recently I was looking for a new CD receiver for my car costing less than $150. After researching and comparing, I was ready to hit the "Add To Cart" button for the Sony CDX-GT700HD. I like all its features, including HD Radio, front USB, front Aux input, Subwoofer output, WMA/MP3/AAC formats on memory and CDs, iPod control, 52 watts x 4 and, of course, its price.

Suddenly, I realized that I needed it to play DVDs, and this is when further research took me to this player: Boss BV7340 In-Dash 3.2" DVD/MP3/CD Touchpanel Widescreen Receiver with USB. It does everything the Sony does, except for the HD Radio part. And thinking it twice... I could easily exchange this feature with the DVD playback and 3.2" display options in the BV7340. Add also a nice flat design, a rear camera input, SD card reader, external a/v input, pre-amp output for all channels including subwoofer, 80 watts x 4 power, a bit lower price than the Sony!!! And then I finally hit the ATC button.

When I got it home, curiosity avoided me to wait for the installation process and I jumped to test it in my home theater using an external 12v battery, my two front Athena Audition AS-F2 full range speakers, and my Energy S12.3 300w powered subwoofer (all 8 Ohm). I played the Austin Powers "Goldmember" DVD and the sound was great! The receiver alone moved the trio with applomb to loud enough levels and robust bass. I then added another couple of AS-F2s as rear and this receiver rocked! The screen also looks nice with balanced colors. I bypassed the "Engage the Parking Break" message by connecting the pink cable always to ground with the black one. (I sure won't do that on the car).

Perhaps my only complains should be the slow speed when reading any media, and the loss of the first second when you skip to next song (I'll reaserch on how to avoid this behavior). But this Boss is so feature rich that I will recommend it in full.

I purchased this player hoping to get a good product. I DID NOT! the touch pad does not work and is too small to see on the road. The remote works fairly well except for FF mode in media play. one year later after being repaired under warranty, the cd player skips and the tuner no longer works. PIECE OF JUNK!

good product, great sound and it looks great in the car. everything positive with this car stereo. the only downfall is that is kind of hard to take out the front panel when your leaving your car parked. overall a really great product

i bought the boss bv7340 and it started good. had it installed at 10 am march 12th. by 3 pm march 12 the screen was white/ blank. thats bad when u buy something brand new and it doesnt work just after maybe a hour worth of use. overall its slow but is nice. my opinion i would never buy a boss cd player of any kind again.

I've had this unit for about a month and I am satisfied. While it is a bit slow to power on (20-25 seconds), or change source(another 10 seconds), all features work as advertised. I have it setup it my van with video output to a tv and a/v input from an xbox. It handles media from SD card or usb surprisingly well. Navigation through the menus is confusing at times but not a real showstopper. for the price, Its hard to get something with all the features this head unit has. If it performed just a little faster i would've given it five stars.
Boss BV7340 In-Dash 3.2" DVD/MP3/CD Touchpanel

The radio works fine, and was simple enough to install, it's only that the USB slot does not read the Zune, Or ipod. Not sure whats going on there. Other than that its a nice radio that lets you edit the color in the menu.

just recieved this product yesterday got it professionally installed today for 50 bucks due to my wires are all messed up with no harness on the factory wiring and prev owner just connected the speaker wires any odd place thus confusing me. Shop had a tester for that which i didnt have made the installation a breeze. The unit does look cheap compared to my pioneer avic d3 in my other car but im not wilingl to spend that much on my beater car. Its a 20 year old car so the graphics on this matches the car itself looks like the old nintendo graphics looks cool on this car but not on a modern car. The cap for the usb looks flimsy and the 3.2 inch screen is small. The quality of the screan is good and of high quality,the sound is also improved and has a better base then my 15yo kenwood it replaced. But for 150bucks installed that is pretty good. The boss speakers and this HU all cost me about 175 bucks and thats with installation so if your looking for the cheapest of cheap then this is probably your best bet. Hopefully it will last for at least a few years. If looking for better quality i would suggest buying the clarion 3.5in dvd HU much better quality and a little bit bigger for 120 bucks more but for me im broke!!!

Pros-easy install, wires are higher quality then power acoustiks, it worked compared to the Power Acoustiks Ptid 3200!!!, reception and sound quality improved on my old car, buttons are touch sensitive which makes it cool, 8 bit graphics are a nice touch on an old car, DVD are high quality, SD card and USB card reader and aux input, PRICE!!!

Cons-casing looks cheap compared to Power acoustiks but that didnt work, Face plate also looks cheap but works , menu can be a bit complicating at first esp trying to save your radio presets, 8 bit graphics are ugly on a new modern day car, CD loads are long about 8 sec are changing tracks are long too.

improvements-bigger screen maybe 4inch, better built quality, faster load times would be great. but adding all this would prob make it cost more too!!!

Este radio es grandioso,el menus es facil de manejar te lo aprendes en 5 minutos si lees el manual.las imagenes se ven bien bien nitido,.. los video tambien se ven realmente asombroso.le cambias los colores al menu, tiene ecualizador y lo mejor de todo es que se olle nitido nitido. lo unico malo es que dura mucho para cargar la memoria osea conectas la memoria usb y para empezar dura como 10 seg pero despues todo es realmente bueno. lo recomiendo...la carita es desmontable es superfacil de instalar..tienes algo si no conectas el cable que va al brake del carro los video ni las imagenes las podras ver pues el sistema las blokea..el menu es totalmente touch....