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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2024
Unfortunately, I ordered this 3 months ago and had it on the shelf until I could get time to install the head unit. The installation of the XTRONS head unit with this decoder was easy, but I was left pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my HK amp was not powering up. As it turns out, this decoder was bad/dead. I bought a different unit from another manufacturer, just installed it 1 hour ago and now everything is working. Very disappointing, but oh well, live and learn. At least I can use the head unit now and it so much nicer than the original unit in my W211.
dominique le roux
Reviewed in France on September 22, 2022
Utilisé pour la conversion RCA vers le bus MOST suite au remplacement d'un autoradio d'origine avec ampli Harman Kardon sur une Mercedes SLK.Le système fonctionne, mais la qualité de la conversion et le niveau de sortie ne sont pas au rendez vous. Il faut pousser le volume de l'autoradio pour avoir un niveau d'entrée suffisant sur l'ampli HK. En contre partie, on entend de la saturation dans les étages de conversion. Test identique avec une source audio de qualité sur les entrées RCA.
Oguzhan Yazici
Reviewed in Germany on May 2, 2022
Ich habe mich für dieses Produkt entschieden, da die mitgelieferte Decoder-Box vom Autoradiohersteller nicht funktioniert hat. Ich habe dieses seit knapp 2 Monaten verbaut und es läuft immernoch einwandfrei. Tonqualität ist super!
TyJuan Jones
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2021
Simple design and allowed me to use my new radio with the oem speakers!!
Aaron ARCHER
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2021
Having to buy this lil fella was an un welcomed surprise; perhaps I didn’t read deep enough in the beginning.. Anyway, $100 for this tiny thing seems a bit much (considering the giant radio it supports is basically a computer and was
Elmira
Reviewed in Italy on April 17, 2021
Io ho già comprato una autoradio stereo di mercedes e non sono riuscita di collegarlo , insomma questo mi ha aiutata di spuntala.
PAPA.AMG
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2020
For a 2004 W211 E55. 1st one I received was defective, actually looked like a returned item. Was missing the adapter for optical. No directions. No red wire like I see other boxes have, though the photo for this listing also does not show a red wire. I am not hopeful the replacement item will work, but will come back and update my review. I might have to get the cable that routes to the rear of the car, but cannot seem to locate a seller. I understand the cables are actually reliable, unless this converter box. EDIT: Replacement also did not work. Strange this, if I press the red SOS button, and after minutes of bells and whistles, the stereo then works! Just too many issues. Will try the long cable from the front to rear direct.
AJMILLER
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019
First let me first say: After you install this thing, turn the car off for about 10 seconds and then turn it back on. I installed it on my 2003 E500 Benz, using a Kenwood DNX994S Flagship system. It works just like it's suppose to and I'm pleased. Don't waste your time with the 300.00 ones on ebay. This works just fine... It don't control the steering wheel but it works the radio.
Liviu Gherasim
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2018
Works well It does what its supposed to do.
perlinauto
Reviewed in Australia on June 20, 2018
Does what I've bought it for. Very smart piece of tech; easy plug and play. But still would've been nicer if supplied with a manual explaining which RCA outputs from head unit to connect to, in order to get all 4 channels working with only 2 input channels. Very luckily Seicane makes the same product and the information from Seicane's works.
Harold
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2018
Worked perfectly with my 2007 Mercedes E350. One thing that took me a bit to figure out was that the stock connector is actually 2 connectors in one. There were the 2 fiber optic wires, and a 3-pin electrical connector both in one plug. They are actually 2 separate connectors clipped into a larger plastic connector. I had to unclip the fiber connector, and then that plugged right into this box. The other electrical connector supplied power to the stock head unit, so that's what I used to power the aftermarket head unit.
Ken42n
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018
While this product was intended to function with utmost compatibility to the intended OEM fiber optic amplifier on my CLS55, upon installation and test, the sound was mute and it was far better to just wire the amp to the radio directly
Dem Tools Tho
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2017
I used this to install an aftermarket head unit with the factory MOST fiber optic setup in my 2005 E55 with Harman Kardon and nav. This XTRONS converter worked flawlessly and is extremely simple to hook up (only have to splice constant power and ground). I was a little skeptical this was what I needed since this particular converter is less than half the price of another brand, but it offers all the benefits of and has the same limitation as the other brand (the limitation being that you lose fade control, though sound comes out of all speakers including center).Despite this being an incredible bargain (not only compared to the other brand's price but compared to the price of having to rewire your entire car to bypass the factory fiber audio), I couldn't give these XTRONS units 5 stars because there's definitely quality control issues with them. Long story short, I bought three of them, and this is what I found:* One's circuit board rattled inside the housing and was completely defective (no audio when hooked up). I literally spent half a day troubleshooting the no audio problem before determining the unit was defective and ordering two more units* Another one's circuit board also rattled inside the housing but the unit worked fine* The third one was perfect (absolutely no rattling and worked)Also, the power wire (yellow in the pics) for the harness that came with one of the working units was completely disconnected. This wasn't a huge deal in and of itself, but just goes to further show the lack of basic quality control.The saving grace for the units I bought though (and the reason I considered giving these 5 stars) was that they were shipped through Amazon, so returning the defective converter was as easy as could be. If these weren't being shipped through Amazon (or even any US seller), I'd imagine the return process wouldn't have been anywhere near as smooth. I purchased another XTRONS product through Amazon, but that was shipped directly from XTRONS and came from China. So if you're reading this at some point in time where these converters are no longer being shipped by Amazon, I think it's definitely something that should really factor into your purchasing decision. XTRONS seems like a great and well-established company, but shipping a defective product back to China and waiting for its replacement is no fun. If I had to order more of these in the future, and they were only being sold and shipped directly by XTRONS in China, I'd definitely order at least two in case one didn't work and just plan to keep both if both worked.
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