🎉 Elevate Your Drive with RIXOW - Where Every Journey is a Soundtrack!
The RIXOW Car Radio is a versatile Bluetooth stereo system designed for 12V vehicles, featuring dual USB ports, a Mini SD slot, and hands-free calling capabilities. With an ISO connector for easy installation and a remote control for rear-seat convenience, this radio ensures a seamless audio experience on the go.
B**T
Easy to fit and Bluetooth works
+ Easy to fit. Takes standard connectors+ Includes some short pre-wired standard connectors if you need to manually wire it in.+ Faint blue LED glow+ Bluetooth works+ FM Radio works+ USB charge socket works+ Is very short and light unit+ Comes with radio aerial adaptor+ Aluminium cradle fit my old Renault fine.+ Looks the same grey colour as an old Renault's dash.+ Big volume dial.= Had to power cycle the unit the first time to get the Bluetooth working. Has worked fine after that.= Not tried it for hands free phone calls yet but it does have a mic= Not tried the SD card MP3 reader= Not tried the USB stick MP3 reader= Not tried adjusting EQ settings (Defaults sound a little base heavy but fine).= Come with a little remote i'm not sure you need. (Works fine)- FM radio seems to need a strong signal.- The auto find radio stations seems a bit weak. Manual fine frequency tuning needed. (fine after adjustment)- Does not have a way of manually wiring steering column volume controls.Overall extremely happy my ancient Clio now has Bluetooth at a bargain price.
M**E
Too Hot!
OK lets start with the pros:Sound quality 7/10Looks 8/10Power 7/10.So it's OK then. Not going to used and any teenage car meets but OK for the money. Now here's the bad bit. It's only going to last you a month. That's all and only if you're lucky.The problem is, if you turn it up anything past half way it gets hot, VERY hot. So hot in fact that mine has managed to melt and fuse the volume button so it doesn't turn anymore! Seeing as this button also has a push feature (that doesn't work now either) that takes you into the menu means that it is now useless unless you use the remote (illegal to use whilst driving!).So over all, a bit crap, don't bother.
P**
Amazing connectivity via bluetooth
I was a bit skeptical as I was looking for a radio primarily for bluetooth use, and this is too cheap to trust for such a thing. But for 25 quid can you really be picky? Turns out its one of the best value things I've ever purchased. The bluetooth sound is incredible. Connectivity is amazing. If my phone's bluetooth in on, it will connect as soon as the key is in the ignition before I even think about it. Skipping tracks through its own buttons works fine and so is answering and hanging up calls. Sound is crisp, with a set of EQ presets that enhance it just right. Bass enhancement, treble, extra loudness modes all there. This thing is much much louder than my current speakers can handle.Drawbacks.1. Even though the all the phonecall basic functions work perfect (answering, hanging up, returns quick back to playing music after I hang up) the sound quality of the mic is super distant to the person on the other side of the line, so I only would only limit conversations to replies like: "I'm driving, I'll call you back later" or one sided monologues.2. Not really happy with the radio sound quality... Too much noise on the stations. But that might be my antenna, wiring in the car, or something wrong with my unit. Personally don't really care for radio though.
T**N
Good little unit
Very, very easy to install. I did already have a Vauxhall audio adapter lead (be careful buying one on here, a lot don't come with the correct Ariel adapter for the fakia....it's a long tube of metal about 4 inches long) so straight o to the ISP socket. I only had to wire the positive as everything else was in the wiring loom. Five minute job.I can only have mine on 50% volume at theost, it's a loud little thing...mind you, I've got a Corsa 2014 plate, so it's only little anyway.Great sound, the eq makes a difference. Good Bluetooth connectivity for the phone, I've not had any complaints about the quality of the call.Tf card and usb stick for music, each works great.Phone charger port is a godsend, and the display isn't that bad at all, yes, it's a bit dim, but perfect for night driving.Tuner not the best, but works really well with the vauxhall amplified Ariel, I've not noticed any signal dropout.All-in all, if you're on a budget and want a decent unit you can't go wrong with this.
R**S
Suspiciously cheap, but don't worry - it's 1/10th the price of a real radio, but 1/10th the quality.
You pays peanuts, you gets monkeys - It's cheap. Very cheap. Suspiciously cheap. When it arrives, you realise where the money has been saved. The cage that installs into your dash might as well be made of cardboard, the springy bits aren't. If you listen at a volume level above midway it overheats and reboots continually. If you try to adjust the volume while it's playing music from an SD card it STOPS PLAYING, changes the volume, and then starts again. for every. click. of the volume knob (use the remote, it works better). Sometimes it will connect via bluetooth. Sometimes it won't. Who knows why? The radio sounds ok with strong local stations, but struggles to lock on to weaker ones. On the plus side, it looks nice, sounds OK when it's working, charges my phone as I drive along, and was very cheap. Was I expecting much? Not really. Did it meet those expectations? Yes. Is it a 'proper' car radio? Absolutely not, it's a pain in the bum. Is it twenty quid better than no radio at all and listening to ominous expensive sounding noises coming from your engine on a three hour drive? Yeah, probably, but only if you're ok installing it yourself and happy to go back to singing to yourself when it decides it's had enough for today. It's exactly as good as a radio 1/10th the price of a real one can reasonably be expected to be. Fun fact: if you buy a whole crate of them from china they're less than 8 quid wholesale, so you can imagine how cheaply built they must be. Still, cost me less than a round of drinks, took 5 minutes to install, and staved off boredom for a few hours, so not entirely worthless.
Trustpilot
1 month ago
2 months ago