Recent content by IIGood

I just bought a Kenwood DPX501BT stereo for my 2003 Explorer XLT. The vehicle currently has just the factory tape deck and 4 speakers; no extras like the subwoofer or DVD system. The Kenwood's wiring harness has the red ignition, the yellow battery, the black ground, and wires for each speaker...

...I think it might be a rip issue. I tried another program earlier to rip CDs to MP3s, and now the songs that didn't work on the head unit are working.

I feel defeated. I just tried re-re-re-re-ripping one of the offending CDs: -On another computer, with another OS -In a different bitrate on the other computer -Back on my computer in different bitrates When I lowered the bitrate to 128 there was hope...the first song off the album played...

Further issues ensue. I've contacted Kenwood and they're of little help, as it's too new of a unit for them to know anything about it. I haven't revisited the DVD issue quite yet. Now my concern lies with some MP3s on flash drives. When the head unit was first installed, my friend got his 8...

Okay, so I attempted this last night...created a bunch of foldered MP3s to an ISO, then burned the ISO to DVD. Still no luck. The player just sits there "Reading..." How aggravating. I'll try different media next, maybe the discs I'm using have too dark of a surface (but that wouldn't...

Interesting. I'll give that a shot.

I just picked up a Kenwood DDX512 and now it's in and functional. Very nice unit so far; just put it in Saturday night and have started to spend some time tweaking things, getting used to it, etc. My question lies within the DVD reading. It reads movie DVDs fine...but it has a hard time...