Kenwood DNX 8120 review

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

Well I have had this unit for a few days but I allready love it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

You might say love is to stong of a word....your wrong.

When you buy a Double din you usually get subpar EQ, no time alignmet, really no good sound control.

This unit has a 13band EQ control for the front and 13 bands for the rear.

Thats where it starts. You have time alignment, You can choose what size speakers you have . 6/12/24 db crossovers for EACH speaker. You can also choose the level of output from each speaker.

I have had the Pioneer D3, Eclipse 5510 and the Panasonic Strada. This is way beyond those.

The nav is Garmin so its very well laid out. I figured out most of the functions in about 20 min. You can change the voice of the nav. It has text to speech and will say all the names of the streets. The Pioneer,Eclipse, and Panasonic said some names but not all. I live in a very rural town and even those streets are said. The POIs are great.

The price is a bit high but if you want a sweet double din with great nav, its worth it.

I will post pics tonight or tomorrow morning,

If anyone wants a specific shot, feel free to ask

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[clouduz 10+ year member]

yeah i just got one too for about a week love it! but ever since i hooked it up my airbag light stays on //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Can anyone tell me why this might be? I disconnected it hooked back up staock didn't light, also had the d3 b4 this and no air bag light so what gives?

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

Told jya!

Glad you like it!

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

If anyone wants a specific shot, feel free to ask

Money Shot?!?!?!?!

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

Money Shot?!?!?!?!

this isnt the lounge :fyi:ill get pics in about 30 min,.....im bored

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

on the airbag thing, no idea, none of the wires on the radio harness have anything to do with the airbag set up

Just reverse and brake

I just wonder why it doesnt have a VSS wire??

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

I just wonder why it doesnt have a VSS wire??

I think Garmin nav is so good it doesnt need one. I had a D3 before my Kenwood and what a difference. I couldnt tell you how many times my D3 would take me miles out of the way only to tell me to make a U turn and go back to where I was before. I will never own Pioneer nav again.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

start up

just like a garmin nav

POI

Like I said I live pretty far out so there isnt much arround,might get a better pic later

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

source menu

usb layout

some of the audio menus

eq is still pretty flat

crossover view

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

DVD

one more

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

the pics dont do it justice,the dvd looks pretty good,Not HD but id say better than analog tv

I need to mess with some of the audio settings and set up

I am also going to get the ipod cable

 

[clouduz 10+ year member]

well i'm going to mess around with it today hopefully i can get the airbag light to go away, and yes make sure u get the ipod cable b/c it's way better with the interface and it's pretty fast much faster than my old d3

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

i got the ipod adapter. kinda a wierd hook up but whatever

works good and displays artwork

 

[Mr. C 10+ year member]

Congrats on the new radio. The Kenwood is a beast.

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

i got the ipod adapter. kinda a wierd hook up but whatever
works good and displays artwork

pull the fuse and then put it back in...see if it goes away and stays away. U might of tripped something when u installed the HU