616UAB Car Stereo With Bluetooth - Single DIN, MP3, USB, Aux-in, AM/FM, No CD DVD Player

I very rarely write reviews but this deserves one. I wasn't expecting much when I purchased this but, what a great stereo for the price. I have been into car audio for over 20 years and have installed countless stereo's. I upgrade from an older Pioneer head unit that did not have Bluetooth connectivity, only aux in. This Boss stereo blows the Pioneer away in sound quality and power. Bluetooth connectivity works great and connects to my phone automatically every time with no issues. Has bass/trebble balance/fade controls, along with a couple preset eq curves. People that are complaining about screen brightness in other reviews just need to turn up the brightness in the settings menu. I have no problem seeing the screen in full sun. Stereo looks and feels of much better quality than the price suggests. I love how shallow it is as well. It makes installation a breeze. My only complaint would be the sound quality doesn't seem quite as good when just listening to FM radio. However I only listen to talk shows in the morning on FM. All of my music I listen through Bluetooth on my phone and it works great for that. I have only used the stereo's built in microphone a couple times to call my wife's phone and she can hear me just fine. However she says there is a slight echoing on her side of the call like she can hear everything she is saying to me. This could be because I have had the stereo up pretty loud in the calls and is maybe getting feedback into the mic? Not really a problem for me because I didn't buy it for hands free callling. I have it installed in a 2003 Chevy S10 on stock speakers and it sounds great. So much better than the stock stereo and the old Pioneer I replaced it with. If you are looking for a budget stereo with reliable Bluetooth, buy this stereo. You will not find a better one in this price range.

BOSS Audio Car Receiver (No CD/DVD) Model 616UAB | Single Din, Bluetooth, MP3/USB/SD AM/FM, Wireless Remote I have been wanting a Bluetooth enable/compatible car audio head unit for the past several months. Like most everyone else that has a smartphone, I keep my favorite music on a memory card or on the internal storage disk of my phone. The factory installed stereo on my van that I drive for work is AM/FM radio with a standard CD player only. No AUX input and of course no Bluetooth. I finally decided to search Amazon for a new car stereo with at least Bluetooth that wasn't too pricey. I was expecting to have to spend around $100 or so, and maybe if I was lucky I could find something worth having for as little as $75. Low and behold the first item listed in my search results was this little gem: The BOSS Audio systems, 616UAB Bluetooth, MP3 compatible Digital Media, AM/FM stereo receiver. With on-board USB, AUX-in. and SD card reader all integrated with a remote control to go along. Everything I was looking for and then some. All for UNDER $40!!!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I immediately placed the order. Within a week the package arrived and I was ready to bring the work van up to date with the latest technology. Installation was super simple with the assistance of how-to videos posted on other websites. I had the unit installed and working in less than half an hour. I could not believe how loud and clear the music coming from the factory speakers was. The Bluetooth paired with my phone and the controls were as simple as could be. Now I have the capability to make and receive phone calls without having to turn the radio volume down or off completely because now the 616UAB stereo automatically pauses whatever song is playing or switches from the radio station when a phone call is comming through or if you are dialing out. Even if the unit is powered down, when a call is placed or is coming in, the Bluetooth comes to life and the conversation colmes through the stereo speakers. I LOVE THIS PRODUCT!!! I would recommend this to anyone and eveyone. Great quality for such a low price. I decided to upgrade the front door speakers as well since the cost of the head unit was so low. With the BOSS stereo unit, the wire harness purchased seperately to accomodate the after-market stereo, and the upgraded speakers in the front doors I still have less than $70 total invested in my new car audio system. It is as loud as I want and then some and has all the "bells and whistles" I wanted when I decided to make the investment in a new car audio entertainment system.

Decent car stereo for the price. I hooked this up to two speakers in my basement work room. It works good. I wish it was a bit louder. Still sounds good.

This head unit was much smaller and lighter than I expected (which in my case was a big bonus) For the first time installer that just wants a workable radio this is perfect with lots of bonus features you normally do not get for the price. Now the difficult part. In my case I was upgrading a 1998 Winnebago radio. The old one was OK but using cassette tapes is a way gone thing. The one warning I would give is to be careful when removing your old radio and take note of the wiring.My coach was built on a 1998 Chevy P-30 chassis which means that Winnebago for the naked frame and motor and built the rest. The wiring was for a Chevy -BUT- the old radio was from TOSHIBA which meant that there was the original wiring loom that was spliced into an adapter then into the Chevy loom. NOT the fault of BOSS but they used their own wiring color code NOT the new standard that is used. So if you are going to do a bunch of wire matching and harness corrections you must find the original color coding from the old radio. I was lucky that there was a very faded sticker on the old radio and I could match it tot the new BOSS wiring OF NOTE if you are not sure of coding any wire that has a black strip on it is the ground for the speakers The solid black wire off the BOSS unit is a ground . So if you get confused remember black is a ground and the other color is the positive to your speakers and on the BOSS the coding is white/white black stripe, grey/grey stripe as examples EACH set of wires you need are color sets. But over all once I figured the factory color guide from 22 years ago it went right together. ONE FINAL THING before you run out and buy a mounting kit check you vehicle it may be very likely you do not need one! The radio comes with the expandable mounting frame and all you do is take it off the control head, insert it in the hole and bend the tabs. Next just slide your new BOSS in and it will snap in place flush. The BOSS radio comes with EVERYTHING you need to do a basic mounting right down to a grounding screw if you need one. The kit is complete so don't rush out and buy anything until you take the old head out

I purchased this as a gift to a family member. I previously purchased a similar model which is why I purchased this one. Great starter radio for a teenager or if you just need a basic no frills radio. This will definitely do the job. Easy install and the sound is of good quality. My family member loved it.

Based on reading other user reviews, I knew what I was getting myself into. My goal was to replace the original stock stereo in my 2001 Toyota Rav4 as economically as possible (though now I don't know what I'm going to play all my cassette tapes on). I had been using a Bluetooth dongle/FM transmitter for the past few years which is a workable, however, cumbersome solution. Plus the sound quality over FM was pretty terrible. After a small bit of looking around on Amazon I decided to give this stereo a try. I figured if it didn't work out, I wouldn't have lost too much money after all. Keep in mind that you may need to also purchase a mounting kit and adapter plugs (that ran me about another $20). I did the installation myself which was actually kind of fun. I recommend a good soldering iron for wiring the adapter to the stereo plugs (I replaced my old, decrepit soldering iron with a new one for this install as well, and I'm quite happy I did so // about another $25 here but totally worth it). The soldering was super easy; just match up all the colors, silly! Once the install was complete, I was eager to test it out. The good news is that my primary objective if getting a direct Bluetooth connection to my phone so I could stream Spotify was a success! I was quite happy to say goodbye to the FM transmitter static. On the downside, the interface to this stereo is pretty abysmal. Here are my complaints in no particular order: 1. The bouncing equalizer bars don't actually move to the audio. In fact it seems to be a specific pattern that just repeats itself over and over, even when there is no audio playing. 2. When reconnecting to my phone (by starting the vehicle or cycling the input source), the stereo always sends an auto-play signal to my phone. I find this to be annoying as I would prefer to manually start playing my audio. 3. When the "loudness" option is turned on, I get a distinct audio pop when I turn the volume up or down, one pop per volume number. Not only does that sound really bad, it makes me worried for my speakers. I won't be using the loudness option. 4. The user manual is supremely lacking, and is come cases, the English is pretty bad (though I've seen much worse). 5. When setting the time, the only way I could figure to change the time from AM to PM was to switch it to a 24hr clock then set the time to, say 19:30 then switch it back to a 12hr clock to get it to read PM7:30 (yes, the PM indicator is in front of the time for reasons I can't fathom). 6. The pause button is the "1" button on the presets. While there is a tiny play/pause icon below the button, it's hard to see and it's really not intuitive. All that aside, if you're goal, like me, it to simply get out of the car audio dark ages, then this will do the trick without breaking the bank. If you strive for greatness, however, I suggest spending a bit more on something that is not the cheapest stereo you can possibly find. *** UPDATE 2019-10-02 *** I have since replaced this stereo with a more expensive Sony MEX-N5300BT system and I am MUCH happier for it. The audio quality of the BOSS stereo was actually pain inducing after more than a few minutes. Lot's of audio popping especially when changing the volume. At some point (not exactly sure when this happened), if I didn't have the loudness feature enabled the audio would blast at full volume all garbled. Between the audio quality issues and user interface issues, I strongly recommend looking for a better system.

This is just OK. Radio connects to Bluetooth well...sounds OK USB is OK for random listening but there's no way to select what you want to listen to. 3 year warranty is only if you have professional installation. Who has a pro install a 30 dollar radio? Tuner is kind of weak. It's a cheap radio that should be OK in an old Jeep...but I've had better. Update: Using this on a mail route, I've found that this is actually pretty good. Using the Bluetooth for phone calls is useless...the mic is too weak...but connectivity is good and it's been a pleasure to listen to music on my phone. This a good, solid budget radio that does what I needed in an old Jeep. There are better radios...but for 30 dollars this one is pretty darn good. .

Great Budget Radio for replacing older outdated radios

Su fácil instalación y cumple con mis espectativas

Nice purchase with decent pricing

O rádio é ótimo saída de áudio excelente E chegou antes da data Recomendo

MORE THAN VALUE FOR MONEY

Great value radio ; we fitting them to construction machines and they are well suited to the application ; easy to install and work just fine in tough conditions