i never said that bit, all i said was "there is a small point on the sideplate where it is welded,which stress will gather and may cause that bit crack" please get your information right before you post :S
you press a lil button and the front slides downwards and you put the cd in. and no you cant control the mp3 player from the headunit if you use that cable, which kinda sucks
pretty good head unit,i happen to be using this one
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_in...roducts_id=3258
and to connect your mp3 player to it get this. which plugs into the back of the headunit
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_in...roducts_id=3135