 Kenwood DNX9140 Review |
| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Bradley P. Cunningham, Oklahoma City, OK USA |
| This product is efficiently packed with all the top features available in today's in-car entertainment technology. Unlike some of the other in-dash video units available from Kenwood, this model does not require any remote mount navigation module or accessory interface module. Therefore, this product takes up minimal space and is very quick and easy to install. The quality of this video unit is amongst the best, which is expected of Kenwood products. |
Super radio, glad I got it.
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| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Thierry A. Godette, Denver Colorado |
| Bought this radio a couple weeks ago and just love this unit. It took me some time to learn how everything works, ipod, ipod video, DVD, navigation, bluetooth and XM. It has great sound, the navigation system gives you the street speed limit that you are on, on the right hand corner. When you play the ipod you get the name of the song, album cover and artist. With a couple thousand songs on the ipod with random play, I don't need XM any more. The bluetooth is awesome with your phone, you can receive calls, dial numbers from your phonebook, redial miss calls or just push the call home button. I haven't try the voice command yet, will learn that next week, but so far I love this unit, I'm glad I got it. Kenwood Excelon DNX9140 In-Dash Double-Din DVD Multimedia AV Receiver (Black) |
Great Head Unit, One Missing Feature
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| Review Date: January 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Jason M. Vanpatten, |
Absolutely superb head-unit/nav system/etc. I had someone else do the installation, so I can't really comment properly on the ease of install. But using it, while seemingly complicated, really isn't bad at all. A little experimentation with the various controls and I had most of the features figured out.
Works great with my iPod Touch, as well as my iPhone 3G from a Bluetooth and music perspective. iPhones apparently can't share SMS information with the Kenwood, however (or if they can, I haven't figured it out yet :-)).
The one thing I'd appreciate with the Kenwood is support for M3U playlist files on media such as CDs, DVDs, and flash drives. Currently, it just ignores the M3Us that I have on my USB thumb drive, so my playlists are useless. I've called Kenwood's tech support, and the guy I talked to verified it doesn't work, and also noted he's received numerous requests via phone and email for the same thing. Whether that means we'll see a firmware update or not is beyond me, but I'm not holding my breath. |
Exceptional sound & nav, difficult to learn functionality
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| Review Date: December 22, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Solver, So Cal |
Sound quality exceeds expectations!
Navigation is above average - voice commands that work!
All the navigation options AND GPS SETTINGS can be set by voice command! The accuracy of voice command interface is very good.
In fact, all the settings for source monitoring (tuner, DVD, iPod etc) can be accessed by voice and many settings applied the same way.
As an example: changing map view from 3d to "north up" can be done completely by speaking commands.
Also it is noteworthy that while on nav screen the bottom of screen shows what song / source is playing - touching that line switches the display to
that source. (or can be switched by voice command) Switching back to navigation can be one button touch or say "view map" from any screen.
There are some videos on the internet showing the various functions - just search the web by model number to see them, the features are quite good.
I have a rear view cam as well, the backup cam image quality on screen is very high.
CONS:
*This is a challenging unit to learn to operate. NOT intuitive in the least. The saving graces for me were that I can get around
the settings by voice command - and the settings don't have to be changed often.
* Too bright at night even at the dimmest settings, a good 10 times brighter than the dashboard lighting - which is a problem
when driving long distances at night. Once away from urban lighting, it is extremely conspicuous.
(the display can be turned off while music / nav are still working - display comes back on with a touch of screen or any button.)
Make no mistake, i am talking about having it on "night" display and dimming with display settings also.
*Operating manual is painfully basic and lacks detail.
Overall the sound and navigation quality make it a keeper for me - be advised this is not a simple unit to learn though.
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It's a good equipment
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| Review Date: December 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Samuel Figueroa, Caracas, Venezuela |
| It's fine for me, The only bad things is the voice reconition, It is very difficult to work with it. |
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