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everything was good about this product. The description and information was provided right there along with the price.

I purchased this item to control my music from the captains chair while my head unit stayed dry and hidden. Works great and was supplied with a splitter so I could keep my CD changer hooked up as well. Love the function however the buttons are a little hard to push and somewhat clumsy feeling at first. The unit is almost a good 5 and a half inched around so make sure you have enough room to mount it before ordering I ended up building a custom fiberglass housing for it on my dash.

The stereo gave out on my sailboat and I decided it was time to upgrade so I bought a Sony head unit with iPod control and the RMX55M wired remote so I could control the music from the steering pedestal.. The first problem I ran into was that Sony does not sell an extension to the Unilink cables that connect it to the head unit. I had to hand wire one. You'd think 18' would be more than enough but once you start having to thread the wires through all the twists and turns of a boat it comes up short.. The second problem I encountered was there's no dust shield/cover for the unit. All my other Marine electronics come with some type of cover to protect them from the sun, dust, rain, and the general harsh marine environment while the boat is stowed. For some reason Sony did not include this simple yet very important accessory, I'm currently using a cut up plastic cup to cover it during storage. When I stow my boat the pedestal now reads Raymarine, Raymarine, iComm, & Dixie?! The good news is that the interface is great easy to read even in glaring mid-day sun light, the buttons are nice and big for easy operation while you're moving, and is very intuitive to use, I really like the functionality of the product.. I just wish Sony would have done a little more research into their target customer base[Boat owners] on this one.