FusionEntertainment MS-RA70 Marine Entertainment System with Bluetooth

Seams to be a great radio. Time will tell.

Excellent

I have a 2011 SeaRay 185 sport that I trailer at home with a Sony Stereo that needed to be replaced. After pulling out the old unit I needed to cut off the old plug in wiring harness and splice in the new one. It's not a difficult thing to do but it is challenging because there isn't any extra length of wire that you can pull on that would enable you to make all of the splicing outside of the compartment. Instead much of the work was done inside the small opening that the unit came out of.The mounting of the unit was easy and clever but the finish trim fell short of covering my existing cut out completely. A wider flange kit would be a great addition for installations like this unfortunately the unit did not come with one. I was able to adapt part of my old stereo trim to cover the opening and it looked great.I finished adjusting the settings and really love the way it sounds. Maybe I am old school but I felt the directions did not go into detail on all of the features that this unit offers and how to program them. For such a great product it's amazing to me that they would not put more emphasis in this area.

I was hoping this would be plug and play with old stereo system on boat, but of course it wasn't ;-) Had to connect 7 wires which took about 15 minutes after I had all the tools and connectors I needed. Love the features to include the app that lets you control the stereo from your phone. Bluetooth connection to my phone also worked great.

As far as marine rated stereos this one is the best I have used hands down. Additionally, it has larger buttons and a simplified display which works great while I am moving on the water.I have installed a number of head units in cars and on my boat. The mount was different than the old aluminum slide. It was a plastic plate which had 4 stainless steel screws and mounted clean and easy. The unit is lighter than most and is obviously water proofed better than the other “marine grade” stereos I have used in the past.The wiring is the same as expected from a head unit.The only con I see from this unit is the volume control. It has a 2 zone volume which is great if you have a multi room or crow’s nest on your boat. But it is a glorified fader, I have a 4 speaker set up on a bowrider. So it is a bit annoying.Still a 5 star rating from me. I am very happy with this buy.

While the unit works as advertised there is a fatal flaw confirmed by Fusion customer service.I use my iPhone via bluetooth to play my stuff like a lot of people do these days. Every speaker/headphone device I have will let you change volume by using the phone volume buttons except the RA70. It turns out that the iPhone X volume buttons have no effect on the RA70. The company confirmed this is the case and this makes it kinda useless since you then need to use their app to change volume but their app won't let you use the slider to change what place you are in the song or story. So you then have to go to the apple music player app or audiobook app to rewind or fast forward. It's incredibly cumbersome this way and the company won't guarantee which phones actually do work. It's also dangerous if you're driving the boat and then have to go through all these steps just to change volume.The only solution is use a different phone or even better, buy a different head unit that actually works properly.

Installed in my old Jeep TJ. BT works great. Excellent product. Easy installation.

Honestly, I never really looked into this brand before and after talking to someone about it, I decided to look into it. I installed this on a 26' Cobia and used 4 Kenwood KFC 1653 Marine Speakers. I was blown away by the quality of sound. It is definitely an upgrade from what I used to listen to. Download app and your phone becomes the remote control. Kids love it too as they can now play their music through the system easily - not sure If I enjoy that as much as they do. I recommend this unit.