Aerpro sound system.
Rated 3/10: at least it sort of works.
After twenty or so years the Prado radio/CD player finally died.
We replaced it with what I was assured was, the simplest sound system available.
CD players are old tech, no longer available. Anyway, we also want a built-in GPS. The Aerpro links with Hema GPS+maps. Unfortunately it plays either music or maps. Not both.
So it's a "simple" system. An "expert" installs it. He does not know how to display a Hema map.
Three months later -- after much asking and reading, we see our first map. My Hema review will be separate.
The installer has linked our phones to the Aerpro. Sometimes, as we drive, a google map appears on the screen. Appears. But does nothing, responds to no commands. It appears to be a copy from one phone. But it's not tracking. Total fail.
So, sound:
The radio works. Or it would. Except that most of our driving is out of range of any radio stations.
Music?
We have CDs copied to a thumb drive.
We can play music from the thumb drive -- as long as we do not also want to use the Hema.
The Aerpro can be convinced to show a list of folders. Then it can play songs. So far so good.
We have yet to work out how to select a specific folder. We certainly can't select a specific track. The device will play through the several hundred tracks on the thumb drive. One after another after another after another.
We have music. But no real choice as to which music we will hear.
The Aerpro is better than nothing.
Though -- if I could go back in time -- I would choose nothing. And save a lot of money.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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"Knowing the direction doesn't mean you have to go." ...
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