Sony has done better a lot than this. Maybe the DRN-XM01 receiver was rushed to market. Whatever the reason (or excuse), the digital screen with its two tone blue readout cannot be read in anything less than the best lighting, the digital signal suffers from being routed through the car's existing analog system and the remote and presets are extremely limited in function. I subscribed early on and own one because there were few portable units available at the time. This unit is annoying.