Good Headunit With USB Drive?

[15nissen 10+ year member]

Kenwood Excelon makes some very nice head units for the price with a 4 foot usb cord.

I would recommend this unit ( i have it), and they have fantastic customer service.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-4u19zq1Nkq2/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?I=113KDCX591&cc=01

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=267644

 

[PapaGeno21 10+ year member]

Here is what I have found (That I like)

Even if they arent in stock thats ok I am just showing you all what I like and would like some ideas about it.

http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?stk_code=jvckdg830&store=&catid=317

http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?stk_code=jvckdg830&store=&catid=317

http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/JVC-Arsenal-KD-AR770-AM-FM-CD-iPod-Satellite-Ready-Receiver/1923053/product.html

Those are the three I have seen and liked, is that Alpine a good deck?

I need something with pre amps for a sub and for a front amp so I need 2 sets.

 

[PapaGeno21 10+ year member]

So that Kenwood X-591 model has a USB Cable that I plug my flash drive into? IM cool with that! Do they come with the cable?

 

[15nissen 10+ year member]

So that Kenwood X-591 model has a USB Cable that I plug my flash drive into? IM cool with that! Do they come with the cable?

the Cable is 4 feet long, so what i did is run it down the back of dash and out to a cubbie hole my car has. Yes the usb cord is attached to the headunit. 4 volt pre outs, sub, front, and rear rca outputs. It does ALOT for what it cost

 

[PapaGeno21 10+ year member]

Anyone know anything about the JVC KD-Ar880?

Looks sick to me!

 

[Macklessdaddy 10+ year member]

clarion makes some

yo where bout in da magic city are you from?

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

I've got the JVC KD-G820 and I'm happy with it. My main peeve on it is that the sub outs have a crossover setting that I can change from 80, 120, or 160 Hz and as far as I can tell you can't turn it off and just send full signal to the amps. I've got the Kicker SX series amps and I'm able to adjust crossover and slope on them, don't need to do it on the deck too.

If you do go JVC I would go for the arsenal line (like the kd-g880) iirc mine has 4 volt front'rear pre's and 2.0 volt sub. I think the arsenals are 5 volt all around but check to make sure. I bought mine off the demo wall at a best buy and had it for about 1.5 years and it's still going strong.

 

[PapaGeno21 10+ year member]

I ordered the Pioneer DEHP6900UB

 

[PapaGeno21 10+ year member]

I also ordered an 80 GB Portable Hard Drive to put all my music on. I have 7.8 GB right now on my computer so I figured why get an 8GB Flash drive, when I can just get an 80 for about the same price on ebay...

Cant wait to get all this stuff!

 

[jerryrobinson 10+ year member]

why not just use an i-pod?

 

[PapaGeno21 10+ year member]

I dont own an Ipod. And I dont plan on ever getting one.

lol

I also got the hard drive about 140 bucks cheaper than a normal ipod.

 

[ani 10+ year member]

I dont own an Ipod. And I dont plan on ever getting one.
lol

I also got the hard drive about 140 bucks cheaper than a normal ipod.

Dude thats funky. So you just plug in your external HD in the 6900 USB slot and your good to go ?

 

[canadapettit 10+ year member]

We sell alot of the Kenwood Excelon head units in our store w/ USB. The X491 is our most popular just cuss its the cheapest. Plus you get a free 1GB usb drive w/ it free

 

[ani 10+ year member]

Would an external USB HDD work off the USB line of the HU ? Would it get enough power?

 

[dazza7 10+ year member]

nothing wrong with JVC - I have the avx800 with the usb function too and there are some people that have external usb hdd's connected to them with no problem. Very good peice of kit for the price.