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- AM/FM radio, DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, VCD, MP3/WMA/AAC, MPEG1/MPEG2- 4 x 50 Watts maximum power with two 2V pre-amp outputs
- 6.1-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with 480 x 234 pixel resolution
- Includes built-in Garmin navigation, Bluetooth by Parrot, direct iPod connection, USB music streaming
- One-year limited warranty
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By Jim George (Fort Collins, CO USA)
I bought a DNX6140 a year ago from Crutchfield since they offered a vehicle harness and adapter bezel for free. I installed it myself in my 2008 Subaru Impreza, no problems for the most part (the parking brake must be wired in, else video features and everything except incoming calls are disabled on the BT). I also used a SWI-JACK to gain access to the buttons on the steering wheel. The Impreza has a small plastic cover right at the center of the dashboard that can be knocked out to pass the Navigation antenna cable through, which together with the bezel, gives the stereo a "stock" look.
The unit sounds very good through the stock speakers in the Impreza. Four channels drive the six speakers (2x tweeters in front) quite well. I normally use it with a 4GB USB memory stick or a CD-RW with a bunch of music burned on it. Rarely use the FM tuner, but it does have RDS capability.
The Garmin GPS is excellent, with the usual Garmin navigation GUI. It's very handy to use, with a single-touch "Go Home" button, even. The only drawback I can think of is that for this price, Garmin should have included at least one free map update.
Now for the bad part: the Kenwood user interface sucks! The controls are far too small for use while driving. I'm glad they've provided a volume knob plus a few hard keys (this was why I picked the 6140 over higher end models which are entirely soft-key/touch-screen based). Kenwood seems to have given very little thought to laying out the buttons and controls on screen. Despite having a wide-screen display, 90% of song titles end up scrolling, because there's a big black box with the words "No Picture" taking up half the screen. A good chunk of the rest of the screen is chewed up by settings/source buttons. Despite having a large color display, there are no music visualization modes.
In the FM radio mode, access to presets is quite clunky, and the seek to station function is quite easily tripped up by interference.
The software seems very slow, too. Any time the unit has to display album cover art, it basically freezes up (except for playing music), to the point where the touch screen and even the hard buttons and volume knob don't respond, until the processor finishes decoding the cover art. This has got so bad that I use EasyTag to remove album art from MP3s that have it embedded (such as the ones purchased from Amazon). Boot up time is slower than your average stereo, but all the other big-screen units on sale at the time I bought this that include navigation (such as Pioneer AVIC units) are even slower (they seem to have addressed this recently).
There are so many refinements to the GUI that I can think of - for example, why limit the knob to only control volume? Why not allow the user to scroll through a bunch of music using the knob? Certainly a lot easier to do while driving than mess around with the tiny on-screen buttons. Also, you can only select music on a USB stick or mp3 CD by filename - no genre/album/artist based selections are allowed. I found that sticks larger than 4 GB take a very long time to read. DVDs are basically unwatchable unless you have the remote control, since the on-screen controls are not very effective at navigating menus and such.
I keep it up-to-date with what Kenwood publishes (currently at 3.1), but I haven't seen any of these issues addressed so far. I feel this is a nice product that could use a major software overhaul, and could also cost a lot less.
By Stormyboy
This is an excellent deck that has so many bells and whistles on it I couldn't even begin to describe.. Shipper was fast and easy to do business with and delivered as expected..
By Voracious Reader (Midwest)
Overall a nifty product.
Pro:
Great integration via Bluetooth with my iPhone. Awesome phone sound quality, both thru speakers and also for folks on the receiving end of the phone call.
Neutral:
Just an FYI, GPS functionality is not as complete as that on my Nuvi 255W. It still works well, though. Garmin said this is planned.
I had to buy two upgrades for the maps, one for my Nuvi and one for the Kenwood; they would not let me upgrade both sets of maps with one upgrade purchase.
Con:
Kenwood service is perhaps the worst I've experienced with a major consumer corporation; we were very unpleasantly surprised.
1) Kenwood cable to connect to the iPhone has a very loose connection and keeps disconnecting (iPhone docks with all other cables fine, so assume the issue is with the Kenwood cable). "Support" from Kenwood site consisted of an inane letter asking me to upgrade iPhone software (which is current). Must be computer generated response to e-mail or an untrained person. No response to further requests for help.
2) HD radio module was awesome while it worked, but quit working 2 months in. Again, no response from Kenwood yet.
By P. Elrif
This thing is more of a proof-of-concept than an actual product ready for public use. They should offer compensation to people to beta test this POS. There are so many bad things about it that I don't even know where to start. Kenwood really seriously needs to hire a competent UX team to fix this thing. Then, they need to figure out how to get that service pack on all the units they sold.
Pros:
* You get GPS, music, and Bluetooth all in one box.
* You can customize the color of the buttons to match the lights on your dash.
* The Bluetooth is better than most.
Cons:
* The unit is too slow. System boot time is unacceptable. Sometimes hitting a function takes 30-60 seconds for anything to happen.
* You can get yourself down dead-ends in the UI where it is really hard to back out.
* The UI controls are both non-standard and confusing.
* Some sofware buttons do nothing.
* It is impossible to just search for music on the iPhone or a memory stick using their UI. In fact, the music UI seems to have been designed by people who maybe have never actually listened to music before.
* Sometimes when I get calls, the name from the address book is not the one of the actual person calling. e.g., it'll associate the wrong name with the incoming call.
* I can't figure out how to mute the GPS voice without going into system settings.
* If the GPS unit loses the satellite signal it sometimes will not reacquire. A reboot will fix that.
* 32 GB USB memory stick doesn't work on here. It can only read the first 8GB.
* Sometimes the unit does not recognize my iPhone 3GS. It goes into an infinite loop of connecting and reconnecting all while beeping away.
* Even though Bluetooth is better than most units I've tried, it's still pretty hard to figure out. Also, on highways, people on the other end of the call complain that they hear excessive road noise (even with the windows up).
* I can keep going on this list but I think you get the picture.
This thing is so hard to use while the car is moving that I predict it will cause some people to crash. If you don't want to crash into the car in front of you becuase you are trying to figure out the inexplicable UI then don't waste your money on this expensive POS. You'd be better off with separates and just living with the clutter in your car. If I could give negative stars I would.
Did Kenwood even bother to usability test this thing?
By M. Dennis (Greater Maryland)
I just installed mine today and I can see I will really like this radio. I have the Sirius radio and the GPS is on point. Bluetooth works really well too. It does take time to get used to but once u get it u should feel real good having it in ur car. Only thing I don't like is the start up time which can be like 30 seconds but if that is not the problem then this will do the trick. I also added 4 Kenwood 6x9 exelon speakers to do my system justice and man let me tell you. This is expensive (broke college student)but I need my sound and it was well worth it. Oh yeah, I don't have an ipod but I will comment later on how it sounds playing the usb songs.
Update: The usb works great! you can see the album skins which is nice. I don't think it gets better than this for the price too. I will eventually get the back up cam to finish it off but for now this thing works beautifully. DVD is clear and sound is amazing.
Cons: should have came with free traffic updates but that's just me.
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