Would have been better as a Bluetooth
582703
Hard to connect with/doesnt stay connected... have to disconnect from device, edit/fix picture on regular WiFi, and then select it on the app, then reconnect to the devices WiFi. Would have been better as a Bluetooth
363238
I was hoping to be able to use this as a bluetooth device which it is apparently not.  It plays music just fine, just not good for bluetooth capability with my phone.
3602776
Why don't they have bluetooth with this? I would have kept this if it have bluetooth. Key pad hard on the finger tips,
4970931
Like it but it is a bit bulky/heavy. Smaller ear pieces & lighter gage wire would seem appropriate. A less intrusive design should have been a benefit of a Bluetooth device.
802960
This review is focused exclusively on the Bluetooth integration.  I tested this stereo against a laptop running Windows XP SP1 and Windows Media Player 11.

PROs
- All the pro's of Bluetooth (leveraging music on another source, etc)
- Machine is cool looking and built solid.
- Sound quality is quite good.
- Bluetooth was much easier to install than I was expecting.  Within 2-3 minutes, I was playing music through a Bluetooth connection.

CONs
- Radio does not show the current track/album you are playing.
- Radio has limited control over music.  You can only skip/forward/backward through the songs in your current playlist.  No index of albums on the player.  You can't for example search for a different album and play it through the player.  Everything must be done through the source (in my case, my laptop)
- Range isn't great.  Not sure why but I am getting 2x the range with my Motorola HT820 headphones.
- There's a lot of "back and forth" between radio and the source.  You lose the Bluetooth connection every time you switch away from the Bluetooth functionality.  (For example, you will lose your connection going from Bluetooth to the Radio then back to the Bluetooth again.)  When the connection was lost I had to go back to the laptop hit connect again.  Very annoying.
- Documentation could be improved.  First of all it was written on poster size paper.  It's impossible to read in pdf format.  They could have a bigger troubleshooting section.  For example, I kept getting prompted for a passkey every time I connected.  Sony support helped me resolve the issue by deleting the bluetooth connection and starting again.  This was not documented anywhere.
- This is minor but there's no place to put the remote when you are not using it.  Would be nice if they had a little slot for it in the player somewhere.
4086749
Well made bluetooth, and it works.  It just did not work with Siri as well as I was hoping.  I wanted a device which could ultimately make my life almost completely hands-free.... My search continues
440670
The bluetooth feature quit working within a few months of purchase. I contacted Marshall customer support and they told me to send it back to them, but they didn't offer to pay for shipping. So I didn't send it back because shipping was expensive and it still worked with the aux cable. The bluetooth still seems works on old iPhones that haven't been updated though. But the bluetooth range was shockingly short when it did work.

I still use it all the time with the auxiliary cord. And I still enjoy the way it looks and sounds. But it's not a bluetooth speaker. When I contacted customer support, they acted as if this was an unheard of issue. After reading other people's experiences on here, which all seemed to happen after my purchase, that's obviously not the case. In hindsight I should have returned it to amazon for a refund. This was a very expensive lesson in form over function.
3932683
The sound quality is very good and my callers say the the reception on their end is fine too.  My major complaint is that it only automatically connects via bluetooth to my iphone about half of the time.  Otherwise I have to open the bluetooth from my settings and manually reconnect to the  Motorola Roadster.  Don't know if there is something better out there but this one didn't cost too much.  Guess you get what you pay for.
4846909
Great idea and fit but had troublesome bluetooth connection....if you move too much the audio will cut in and out
2806158
When not connected as a bluetooth, it will idle even while running from the aux cord. It's a bit annoying so I have just resorted to using it as a bluetooth. The sound quality is amazing for it's price and batterylife is decent.
1059864
It is easy to connect using Bluetooth. Sometimes it sounds like the song skips. It is not the best call quality.
1780630
Reliably connects to my Bluetooth enabled phone but when a phone call comes in I can barely hear the person calling me & they can't hear me at all. If I handn't bought this primarily for the music connection, I'd be very disappointed.
1272923
Easy to use. The sound quality is just so so. If using Bluetooth, the volume is too low.
3022042
even though they market it as having a Bluetooth feature. But in reality it does not. To me it is meaningless to have something that handy without a Bluetooth.
4577681
Nice sound and fast connection but Bluetooth range could be better if your over 10' away sound sometimes starts breaking up would have expected more from Bose
684354
I should have gotten the Bluetooth version. The sound is pretty good but not the best.
4928762
This little Bluetooth FM Transmitter is just alright.  It allows me to play music from my phone via Bluetooth on my car stereo, but the sound quality is not great.  Its like a typical FM transmitter that always has some static and doesnt give you all the bass or treble I have come to expect on my Bose car stereo.  Unfortunately, my 2009 vehicle does not have Bluetooth capabilities built in or a single pronged AUX input, so I was limited that I needed to use an FM Transmitter in order to get Bluetooth in my car. Additionally, I bought this one in particular because it came with a cord that allows you to use the headphone output of your phone as a direct input to the transmitter - a great functionality when the Bluetooth on my android phone is not wanting to cooperate (a common issue with S4/S5).  Unfortunately, I could not get that feature to work.:-(  I do like that it has dual USB charging capabilities.  Overall this serves the purpose, and it is inexpensive, but you can find more quality FM transmitter Bluetooth solutions for not much more.  In particular, I found another one that worked better and you can find my review of it here https://smile.amazon.com/review/R19NOSO0Y7LMOQ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

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