Radio Presets Granted this unit is VERY hard to figure out and VERY hard to see during the day I did want to share something to all viewers about switching between radio station presets. On the remote while the radio is playing simply press the preset # and enter and the station changes to the preset number pressed.The display is VERY hard to read and as a result last week I got into an accident. I am changing it for an Alpine with a color display.
Great Radio!!! Ordered this for my husband's truck for Christmas. He installed it in no time! He bought the trim kit for his truck at AutoZone and returned the one from Walmart Walmart's was a lot of work and you would have had to cut the dash. We had a great time setting all of the color patterns and other displays. Some people had mentioned that the display was too bright at night but we found a dim display option when programming all of my hubby's settings. Sound is greatespecially for the money! Oh BTWThis radio at Best Buy the same day I ordered this from Amazon was 100.00 more money! Bluetooth option is great! Allows you to keep your hands on the wheel and still get those calls you don't want to miss. He ran his Ipod cord from the back of the radio and into the glove compartment so it stays charged and out of site. He has already said that he wants to buy another one of these radios to install in my vehicle.
Not very intuitive but good once I read the instructions First the good 1 nice clear handsfree bluetooth my main reason for buying. 2 Good sound. 3 HD radio. I suppose if I replaced the factory speakers it would sound better. Now the bad 1 Not intuitive but I suppose that's why an instruction manual is provided. 2 No pushbutton presets. But a good work around is to set up the presets and set the Seek Mode to Auto 2. That will have the Seek function stop only on the presets.
Awful interface and awful display bluetooth quality good I've had this thing for a year now and it does nothing but drive me nuts. I use an Ipod Classic with it and its interface to access it is atrocious. My iPod locks up quite a bit while hooked up to it as well. All of the menus for the options are ridiculous too. The LCD display panel is just about unreadable in most sunlight the USB jack is an external cable that has to be routed from the BACK of the unitthe only feature that I do like is the bluetooth for my phone I wasn't exactly thrilled with having to run an external mike out of it either but I'm guessing this is what makes the sound quality decent on the other end for people I call.
WHY THE BAD REVIEWS Don't listen to the clowns that hate on this deck. They probably installed it themselves which is why it doesn't work right. This deck is great. Bluetooth works great easy to navigate had it installed for maybe two hours and already know how to work it all the screen is bright so I don't know why people say its not visible The HD radio is sick there are no wires the bluetooth mic is on my rear view mirror and usb cable in my glove box. So far everything is great. The only flaw I see is no bluetooth streaming which kenwood should of included considering the price.
Choose another unit I purchased this unit in august and installed it along with Kenwood speakers in a 2003 chevrolet Silverado. I have been running it for about 4 months at the time of writing this. I also got the XM add on kit.When it works it sounds GREAT!!! I have found myself pulling in the driveway after work and just listening to tunes! it sounds that great when it works!!!HOWEVER most of the time it needs a hard reset at least once a week. Pandora is finicky if it works at all and it only has an 8 bit register to list songs / folders on memory sticks / iphones. Ok 8 bits mean that you can only have 255 folders / subfolders / songs in each folder. When you have more than 255 of something the head unit gets quickly confused and needs to be reset. Forget about the 32GB memory stick to have all of your tunes with you 8 bits just cant handle it! It is a waste to have much over a 2GB memory stick and the 32G iPhone just means that you will have to reset that much more often. Oh and the fun of resetting? you have to reset the clock remember your VCR??? retune your equalizer and the display defaults to that annoying multi color scan that annoys me to no end!!!Kenwood service is very disappointing as well. The unit is on version 1.0 of software and this is obviously a software bug actually multiple bugs or very poorly written operating system. After trying to call them for an hour they refer me back to the seller and they say that Amazon is not an authorized seller ????. Then AMAZON sends me to the seller who sucks equally!!! I purchased all kenwood for the car stereo to avoid issues and based on simple to navigate menus on my amateur radios. MAJOR MISTAKE!!! I STILL cant figure out how to save favorites on the HD radio but at least I have saved them on the XM although you can only save 6 per memory bank and have to switch memory banks to flip through your presets. I have several thousand $$$ worth of kenwood but will never purchase anything from them again based on this poor performing unit.Save your money and buy another brand. this unit has lots of potential but terrible execution. I am so frustrated with Kenwood that I will never buy another of their products.The few times it does work it sounds great. However most of the time this unit falls far far short of what you would expect a high end head unit to do.
Good option for the price In spite of a few negative reviews I bought and installed this head unit in my 2006 Subaru Impreza about a month ago. Any issues described in the reviews I read were nonissues for me. I chose it because it is HD radio and Bluetooth ready and has a USB option. Installation was easy and the unit paired with a 9330 Blackberry Curve and a Motorola V3 Razr without any issues. I have never had HD radio till now. I love the new options and sound clarity. Bluetooth works well when driving and communication seems to be solid on both ends. At least no complaints thus far. I have not tried the USB to connect to an MP3 or Ipod since I am too lazy to make the switch. I default to the radio when I drive. I wanted the option however for future use.Money well spent. I would recommend this stereo to those who are in the market.
Great radioNO A2DP!!! Purchased this HU from Car Toys after reading Kenwood's site for their latest and greatest offerings for those of us with older cars with no built in Bluetooth streaming or handsfree. After installing came to find out that although the Bluetooth Handsfree by Parrot worked great Bluetooth Audio Streaming A2DP was missing! A premium HU and missing a feature that most of us with smartphones can use! My only advice is if you're looking for a HU that has it all except A2DP this fits the bill.Aux in is rear only as is USB.
This Unit Has It All I bought this radio because it had all the features that I've come to demand. High volt preamp outputs parametric EQ HD Radio built in and Bluetooth built in. iPod control is pretty much a standard requirement and this has the usb cable coming from the rear of the unit that allows you to store the ipod anywhere which is also nice.I like having a volume knob and the remote makes things nice. The multiline text display is also a musthave. This is a very good radio with a low pricetag.
very nice Awesome radio if you know how to use it. Some of the features I love 3 band parametric EQ 12 bands to choose from with adjustable bandwidth adjustable filters for front rear and subwoofer. Has great control over the Ipod or you can set it to let you control the Ipod from the Ipod itself. I don't use the built in amplifier so I can't comment on that. You can totally customize the information on the screen. The bluetooth works great even comes with a microphone. you can choose from twenty some colors enabling you to match the color of your dash lights.
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