[hellspawn]

Originally Posted by gunbir

Well here's one of the hottest (at least to me) HUs out this year...

Kenwood KDC-BT7539U



Feature list is nice too... built in Bluetooth, USB etc

Theres also a 6539 which appears to be the same expect Bluetooth and there's a 6039 thats without Bluetooth and USB.

I like!

hey gunnu,how is this headunit compared to the alpine HU's??

[gunbir]

Originally Posted by hellspawn

hey gunnu,how is this headunit compared to the alpine HU's??

Lets see, its coming soon I think. How about an AB in your car. I suspect you may like the Kenwood more.

[Flying Bong]

Originally Posted by gunbir

Lets see, its coming soon I think. How about an AB in your car. I suspect you may like the Kenwood more.

I'm interested too

[nishantgandhi]

Originally Posted by gunbir

Lets see, its coming soon I think. How about an AB in your car. I suspect you may like the Kenwood more.

Hmm, I am still to hear/see the much awaited Kenwood 2008 lineup. Whats the expected price?

[navin]

Kenwood does make some rather nice HUs. Still I would compare them to Clarion, Alpine, Pioneer and even JVC before considering them.

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by navin

Kenwood does make some rather nice HUs. Still I would compare them to Clarion, Alpine, Pioneer and even JVC before considering them.

Navin Ji few of my close friend have Kenwood 2-din dvd HU in there cars. I never liked there sound. Even convinced one friend to give away his 70k latest DVD hu for older single din screen pop-out one. Problem faced in these dvd ones were that the imaging was not coming proper. One cannot tune to have proper stage. I have faced in two of there model. And one was the highend wala with bulit in 5.1 decoder.

[navin]

Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

Navin Ji few of my close friend have Kenwood 2-din dvd HU in there cars.

I was only refering to the 1DIN HUs. Have you got any experience with the 2008 or 2007 1 DIN HUs from Kenowood?

As far as 2 DIN HUs go I am still to find one that has tactile buttons. Almost all of them have touch screens and monitors that are hard to read in direct sunlight. I think manufacturers are putting too much emphasis on the size of the screen and too little on usability/readability. I really like the way Eclipse's TOM TOM HU functions with the small removable screen (but am still to hear these HUs).

Eclipse AVN2210p CD receiver with detachable TomTom portable navigator (red illumination) at Crutchfield.com

"At any time TomTom screen can be changed between the audio display (radio frequency, CD track/time/text, iPod menu, etc) and the navigation display (map, menu, etc)."

[bottle]

Originally Posted by navin

Kenwood does make some rather nice HUs. Still I would compare them to Clarion, Alpine, Pioneer and even JVC before considering them.

was considering trying out the kenwood KDC-X7006U but dropped my plans due to budget constraints . claimed that it had a 24bit wolfson dac and all

[praveen_v]

Originally Posted by bottle

was considering trying out the kenwood KDC-X7006U but dropped my plans due to budget constraints . claimed that it had a 24bit wolfson dac and all

Where in chennai did you find that model?? I was looking for it but could not find it anywhere. A kenwood authorized deaer(as per kenwood india web site) told me that higher end kenwood HU's dont sell and so they dont have them. So much for an authorized dealer.

I'm very curious to know it's price.

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by navin

I was only refering to the 1DIN HUs. Have you got any experience with the 2008 or 2007 1 DIN HUs from Kenowood?

As far as 2 DIN HUs go I am still to find one that has tactile buttons.

The alpine has that feature. The feel is quite good.

[kumar_ranjan]

Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

The alpine has that feature. The feel is quite good.

Can you please tell the Alpine model number with this feature?

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by kumar_ranjan

Can you please tell the Alpine model number with this feature?

It was W200 double din dvd HU. There might be more models like this one.


Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. - January 05, 2006

[navin]

Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

The alpine has that feature. The feel is quite good.

Originally Posted by kumar_ranjan

Can you please tell the Alpine model number with this feature?

Please use this before buying. This feature is simialr to that on the Apple phone. You get a vibration everytime you press a button but this is not even close to the tactile feel of a button (button edges, etc..). I wish these HUs had smaller screen and introduced buttons & knobs for atleast the common features (FF, REW, Vol, fader, etc..).

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by navin

Please use this before buying. This feature is simialr to that on the Apple phone. You get a vibration everytime you press a button but this is not even close to the tactile feel of a button (button edges, etc..). I wish these HUs had smaller screen and introduced buttons & knobs for atleast the common features (FF, REW, Vol, fader, etc..).

Not used the apple phone but the feel on the display was good. Nothing vibrated but the place which i touched.

something which you can find on high MMI or HMI display

[bottle]

Originally Posted by praveen_v

Where in chennai did you find that model?? I was looking for it but could not find it anywhere. A kenwood authorized deaer(as per kenwood india web site) told me that higher end kenwood HU's dont sell and so they dont have them. So much for an authorized dealer.

I'm very curious to know it's price.

oops sorry should have mentioned , was planning to get it from singapore