anyone ever see this Kenwood?

[RGS0907]

I happened onto this Kenwood. It is made to appear old fashioned; two knobs. no screensavers or colored graphics & the CD slot is behind the face plate. It even has inputs for iPod & other things like satellite. Still need to cut the bezel but it may look more retro in the dash.

What do y'all think?

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[gonzothegreat]

it looks nice

 

[19stang66]

thats the EZ500 or something right? Crutchfield has them really expensive but I know you can find them a ton cheaper elsewhere like www.sonicelectronix.com or www.onlinecarstereo.com. I didnt like it when i first saw it some time ago, but now that i see it again and picture it in a Stang, it would like nice.

 

[t_chelle16]

That looks pretty good but I don't particularly like the red button lights and blue display (prefer green since it matches the stock dash lights better).

I will say that I think the players where you have to fold down the face to put a CD in are a pain in the butt. I'd much rather be able to just pop the CD in and be done with it rather than fiddling with buttons & the face to get a CD in.

-Chelle

 

[19stang66]

If you have an open cd insertion area like that then it's easier for dust to eventually get inside the head unit. With the fold down ones, no dust gets in there. All you have to do is press a little button to let it fold down and push it back up. Not to hard. Or you can get one like I have that is motorized

 

[RGS0907]

thats the EZ500 or something right? Crutchfield has them really expensive but I know you can find them a ton cheaper elsewhere like www.sonicelectronix.com or www.onlinecarstereo.com. I didnt like it when i first saw it some time ago, but now that i see it again and picture it in a Stang, it would like nice.

I forgot to add the model. Yeah it's an ez500. I've seen the prices all over the place, you can probably get it for about $170

 

[RGS0907]

That looks pretty good but I don't particularly like the red button lights and blue display (prefer green since it matches the stock dash lights better).

I will say that I think the players where you have to fold down the face to put a CD in are a pain in the butt. I'd much rather be able to just pop the CD in and be done with it rather than fiddling with buttons & the face to get a CD in.

-Chelle

I don't like the red button lights either, but I like hiding the CD player. Besides you can put hundreds of MP3's on a single CD & just leave it in there.

 

[iskwezm]

I happened onto this Kenwood. It is made to appear old fashioned; two knobs. no screensavers or colored graphics & the CD slot is behind the face plate. It even has inputs for iPod & other things like satellite. Still need to cut the bezel but it may look more retro in the dash.

What do y'all think?

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thts just a basic design now,theres about 4 other brands that look the same(Pioneer,Jenson,Sony),but the Kenwood has some nicew features.

 

[1fstpony]

kenwood

I have that same deck in my truck. I like the bigger dials,it make easy to work with,not all those tiny buttons to mess with.

 

[t_chelle16]

If you have an open cd insertion area like that then it's easier for dust to eventually get inside the head unit. With the fold down ones, no dust gets in there. All you have to do is press a little button to let it fold down and push it back up. Not to hard. Or you can get one like I have that is motorized

I guess it's just personal preference. My previous stereo had the fold down face and I really didn't like it. That's one of the things that I specifically didn't want when I was shoping for a new stereo.

-Chelle

 

[SNAKEPILOT]

Almost all of the radios I have seen have the red or blue lights. I would like to have the unit green backlit. Any suggestions?

 

[t_chelle16]

My pioneer has a display that's white with a little bit of red & blue, but the buttons are green.

-Chelle

 

[ozstang65]

That looks pretty good but I don't particularly like the red button lights and blue display (prefer green since it matches the stock dash lights better)...

The Kenwood CD I have has the ability to switch between green and orange backlighting, maybe this one has something like that too It doesn't look too bad though.

I'm getting to the stage where I'm thinking about the sound for my car. I took a brief look at one place the other day, geez it's hard to find anything that even looks half decent these days.

 

[RGS0907]

The Kenwood CD I have has the ability to switch between green and orange backlighting, maybe this one has something like that too It doesn't look too bad though.

I'm getting to the stage where I'm thinking about the sound for my car. I took a brief look at one place the other day, geez it's hard to find anything that even looks half decent these days.

The best would be if someone would build a good AM/FM that takes a thumbdrive in a USB slot on the face. You could then forget about the CD plaers that are just too wide & just use MP3s.

 

[iskwezm]

The best would be if someone would build a good AM/FM that takes a thumbdrive in a USB slot on the face. You could then forget about the CD plaers that are just too wide & just use MP3s.

I just saw one at CES that will be out in a few months

 

[Jester67]

The best would be if someone would build a good AM/FM that takes a thumbdrive in a USB slot on the face. You could then forget about the CD plaers that are just too wide & just use MP3s.

Yah or just an SD card. now that would be cool.

 

[ozstang65]

Yeah, CD's are getting pretty old-school these days. What I really want to find is something that only has pre-amp outs like my current ('92) KW.

 

[Mellqvist]

I think that the Pioneer DEH P77MP looks more retro and fits even better in a classic car! But it costs alot more, here in sweden its about $500-600 (alot cheaper in the states I can imagine) but its a really good headunit.

Looks great!

 

[19stang66]

wow, i like the pioneer i can't seem to find it, all i found was the deh7700mp and deh770mp

edit: searched for it on google and all the sites have the prices as british pounds. so im guessing its not sold in the US. Ebay doesnt even have any.

 

[iskwezm]

Yah or just an SD card. now that would be cool.

ask and you shall recieve
Recognizing that USB thumbdrives have become nearly universal, JVC added USB ports to the faceplates of a number of its 2006 line of car stereo head units. One example on display at CES is the KD-SH1000, a single-DIN CD receiver with a USB port in the right side of the interface, letting you easily plug in a drive full of music. The unit will play MP3- and WMA-format files off of the drive. The KD-SH1000 also accepts SD cards, which have the advantage of not protruding from their slots, unlike a USB drive. It accepts burned CD-R/RWs and displays graphics with its dot-matrix fluorescent screen.