Product Description

Sony's worldwide reputation for creating unique, attractive, high-quality, advanced technology products rests on a long line of innovations embraced by people from all walks of life. With a diverse product lineup serving a variety of lifestyles and industries, Sony continuously strives to introduce new products and technologies to meet changing market needs.PRODUCT FEATURES:Front Panel Aux In;Detachable Faceplate;MP3 Playback;CD/CD-R/CD-RW;ATRAC3 plus/Connect Ready;Rear/Sub Selectable Preout w/LPF;WMA Playback;52W x 4 High Power;Blue 13 Segment Negative LCD, Clock;Repeat 1/2, Shuffle Play;BTM (Best Tuning Memory);8fs, 1-Bit D/A Converter;EQ3;Drive-S with 120dB S/N Ratio;SSIR-EXA tuner, 18FM & 12AM presets;Red key illumination.

Product Details

• Brand: Sony
• Model: GT200
• Dimensions: 6.00 pounds

Features

• 17 Watts RMS/52 Peak X 4 Channels
• Mp3s, CDs, CD-Rs, And CD-RW Discs Playback
• Wireless Remote
• Detachable Faceplate

Customer Reviews

Excellent Value
I am fairly discerning music listener though by no means am I a car audiophile. I also tend to avoid Sony products as I find that the company is unable to offer any degree of consistent quality. I purchased the GT200 for my 26 year old Volvo and connected it to some basic, but new, Panasonic speakers (two - 4" and two - 6"). I am thoroughly impressed with the Sony GT200. It is fairly simple to install and to operate and truly a pleasure to listen to. The remote control is useful if you have a 10 year old in the back seat and you can handle rapid-fire channel surfing through the pop stations; I advise you get a magnet to store the remote somewhere in the car before it ends up under the rear seat. The radio reception has been exceptional. For the price I would highly recommend this machine.

The only negative comment that I can offer is that LED display is irritating though not as garish as some that I've seem. I wish that the manufactures would allow for a more tasteful display though perhaps the machine's programming allows for this. I am a male and true to my stereotype I have yet to have read the instructions.

I like this Player quite a bit, fits Subaru Forester
Despite the fact that Sony has snuck the RootKit digital-rights virus into it's commercial CD's, I swallowed hard, purchased and installed this Sony CD Player in my '98 Subaru Forester a few weeks ago, mostly because it was one of the few that has an external input on the front for an Ipod or other MP3 player.

The CDX-GT200 has improved the sound of my factory speakers remarkably. The thing sounds great to my ear. The radio has 18 presets for FM and 12 for AM.

I used to have a first-generation Aiwa MP3-capable CD deck installed in the car (before it was vandalized) and this Sony sounds MUCH better, using the same speakers.

It plays all the CD's I have burned with MP3 files and it navigates through folders quite well, allowing me to place whole albums in separate folders on the CD. The display shows, folder/album and song names nicely.

Though there was conflicting information on whether this deck would fit the Subaru Forester at various sites on the Web, I was able to install it myself by discarding the included mounting "sleeve" and the faceplate trim that comes with it. I had to use two other screws to mount the Subaru frame directly to holes in the sides of the player, but it is in nice and secure, and it looks fine.

The best thing is the sound though. For this price, it was a big and pleasent surprise.

BUY THIS IF YOU OWN AN IPOD!
I predicted a 2 1/2 years ago that after the masses get their ipods, every car stereo deck would have a miniplug line-in within the next year. Boy was I wrong. There are currently $100 adapters, crappy radio transmitters, tape inputs and more workarounds I care not to think about. What in god's name are they all thinking? I have no idea, but all they need to do is put a miniplug line-in on the front of the deck or include an RCA line-in. After doing this you will laugh at those that use the aforementioned means of transmission with your newfound sound quality.

Enter Sony(also Aiwa I think, maybe others)

Buy this $100 Sony or comparable unit and buy a mini plug cord with 2 mail ends at Radio Shack for $4. Plug your ipod into one end and the onther end goes into the front of the deck and voila! You've just increased sound quality by about a 3-4x!

HIGHS: price/value ratio, good ipod sound(miniplug input SOOO much better than radio transmitter), sub vol control, rotary volume control, looks good, 3 EQs, good power
LOWS: sound quality could be cleaner, skip/search buttons could be a little bigger/better

SPEAKING TO PREVIOUS NEGATIVE POSTS:

1. The bass IS controllabe via 3 band equallizer(its not labelled BASS so don't look for the bass button)What the poster failed to realize is that LOW MED and HIGH represent various frequency ranges. LOW = Bass so I recommend that guy turn up the LOW setting.

2. In car audio, many times you are running a lot of powered metal wires over a metal body near other powered metal wires. This can lead to INTERFERANCE. Try rerouting, rewiring, checking your components, etc, I seriously doubt its the deck. In his defense, the mfg of car audio didn't make it the easiest to wire our new toys, did they?

3. I'm not a schill for Sony I actually don't like some of their practices, its just a good value for the money.