| Panasonic CQ-5800U Double DIN (2 DIN) Heavy Duty MP3 / Weather Band / CD Player / Receiver with Front AUX IN, Front USB and CD Changer Control (Satellite Radio Ready) |  | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Receiver or Amplifier
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 114
Media: Electronics
MPN: CQ-5800U
Model: CQ-5800U
UPC: 037988758555
EAN: 0037988758555
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| Features:
| • | Heavy Duty Design * MP3 CD Playable | | • | Expansion Connector Ready | | • | 7ch Weather Band | | • | LED-Illumination | | • | Front USB & Front Aux-In |
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Product Description
Panasonic CQ-5800U Double DIN (2 DIN) Heavy Duty MP3 / Weather Band / CD Player / Receiver with Front AUX IN, Front USB and CD Changer Control (Satellite Radio Ready)
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| Customer Reviews:
 What the Acura Integra GSR should have shipped with! January 20, 2010
Jaffrey W. Ali (McLean, VA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I hsve a 2000 Acura Integra (4 door GSR) that I have tried to keep well maintained and as 'perfect' as possible. I really like the car and given my 2 mile commute to work, no reason to upgrade it! However, while the car is really well built unlike the modern Acuras the audio system on the Integra was less than ideal. I first replaced the speakers with Polk Momos and then the main head unit with an Alpine with XM radio integrated. I then replaced that with a double din Eclipse head unit with GPS and Sirrius (I have written a review about that). However, once the Eclipse just died on me I decided to go with a unit with simpler but better build quality.
After look around for awhile I found this panasonic. First, it fits perfectly into the double din slot and the aesthetics matches the dash perfectly! In fact the dash looks better than the original in every way. Personally I don't like blinking lights and the blue and red stuff. So the conservative and staid Panasonic looks very close to the original Acura head unit but is double din instead of single din and has many more features.
It has usb for direct mp3 plug in from a drive. Works very well (unlike the Eclipse), the Aux jack is perfect for an ipod and the radio and Cd player work well. The controls are very well laid out and easy to get to. No extra blinking lights and stuff.
I highly recommend this product. I can't imagine it is so cheap. Definitely worth at least 2x as much. In fact the Eclipse was 3x as much and was much worse build quality and the Alpine was over 2x as much and did less overall.
great unit October 7, 2009
Shodobe (WEST POINT, CA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great unit, does everything it said it would....fit perfectly into the space of our 1992 4 Runner's original unit. Cd player had gone out and we replaced with this unit
 2000 Honda CRV upgrade, most bang for buck March 7, 2010
David P. Palmer (Pacific Grove, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pro - double DIN, subdued appearance, USB playback, front audio input, expandable
Con - can have any background color as long as it's green, not all controls are readable in the dark and about that double-din size.
First - big compliments to the vendor - DiscountsJungle for quick shipping and professional packaging. Hats off, if I see your name in the words of anything else I shop for I'll pick you.
I wanted an inexpensive head unit for a 2000 Honda CRV that had a double DIN CD-Cassette. I mostly wanted aux input or iPod control and amongst all the off brands out there that I felt leery of buying online I spotted this one. I didn't want something with a 7 color LED display all ablaze nor did I want a standard size unit in an adaptor plate. This Panasonic CQ-5800U met all the requirements and was the closest thing to perfect I found. Did I mention the price? It's an incredible low $130 shipped.
Installation went OK. Getting to the head unit in this CRV requires lots more dash dissemblance than expected. There are some excellent resources online of the process. Put "97-01 honda crv radio removal" in the web search box, I found several. It was a minor letdown that the CQ-5800U's height/width was slightly smaller than the stock radio, if I chose to use the same mounting screws I would be left with a gap all around the face of the unit. I decided to follow the book and use the DIN sleeve in the dash. That required trimming some tabs on the car's radio console. The DIN sleeve fit tight, the CQ-5800U likewise. A trim piece fits in the Honda's radio pod ok. My CQ-5800U came with a wiring diagram update. Do pay attention to it.
Operation has been great. The stock speakers sounded tinny with the stock unit, the EQ presets on the Panasonic eek out the best it can do with the speakers, good enough that I don't need to run out and buy new ones immediately. It plays retail CDS, CD with MP3s burned to them, front aux jack takes the iPod and new to me is playing MP3s from a thumbdrive. I really like that feature, have come to love it and found a use for all those 528mb thumb drives I have laying around.
The CQ-5800U panel lighting is typical alien green. I wish it could switch to alternative orange to match the car, since the physical looks of the CQ-5800U match the car to a tee. Not all the labels on the panel are lit, you'll need to memorize the alternate uses of the up/down/left/right and 1-6 buttons are. Luckily the CRV's map light is aimed right at the center stack.
NOAA Weather radio is a good feature for distance travelers.
Nice Radio, But... November 25, 2009
Markos (Nebraska)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't make my mistake and assume that any double DIN radio will fit a 2000 Ford F-250 radio hole. Same installation problems as the guy with the Ford Ranger. Apparently the unit will drop right into some stock openings (like Toyotas), but not Fords of this era. Once I was able to modify and install the thing, it seems like a good radio at a decent price. I was mainly after the aux in jack and the weather band is an added bonus that you don't see on many radios. The MP3 jack may be another nice feature down the road if I ever join the Ipod crowd. For now I was looking for a good way to hook up my portable Sirius radio to my car stereo. Make sure to spring for an adapter cable to simplify the electrical end of installation. Otherwise you will have to solder the pigtail that Worldwide sends to your vehicle's wiring (in which case you'd better have excellent color differentiation skills to tell the black w/ pink stripe wire from the brown w/ pink stripe wire - that one only cost me 2 hours or so). Radio has good power and good sound with my stock speakers.
Panasonic CQ-5800U Review October 14, 2009
Richard Booth (San Jose, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this particular radio for a 2000 Ford Ranger 4X4. I was interested in replacing the AM-FM only radio that was in the truck. The heavy duty feature was of particular interest plus the 2 DIN sizing. The radio installation turned out to be a pain in the neck. The size did not quite fit through the stock Ford 2 DIN size so I had to grind down a bunch of plastic with a moto-tool and file. Plus, the install brackets did not work with the Ford bezel. Anyway, after market brackets and an adapter cable that was matched to the plug in the Ford were purchased locally from a car stereo store and that made that part of the installation work well. The bracket supporting the back of the radio had to be adapted to the Ford method but that worked out. All in all, the installation was successful but it sure wasn't drop in. Depending on your vehicle your mileage may vary, as the saying goes. The radio itself works quite well. The CD player handles MP3, there is an auxiliary plug on the front and a USB port. I still have the old speakers but the sound is fine. The radio tunes easily. There are several sound contours built into the radio that do too much compensation for my taste, however, the old speakers may be limiting that feature. All in all a good radio. It seems to deal with the regular pounding from dirt roads in a 4X4 without any problems.
An update as of November 19, 2009. The radio works quite well in the Ranger. Plenty of power, I may go to better speakers because of it. A big nice feature of this DIN 2 sized radio is the easy access to big buttons that make changing function and operation easy and quick. The front USB is great. My only complaint would be the display when playing MP3s from files. Not intuitive. Other than that, a very nice radio.
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