Kenwood KDC-BT838U - Radio / CD / MP3 player / digital player - Full-DIN - in-dash - 50 Watts x 4
From KENWOOD
This receiver has it all, including a built-in Bluetooth hands-free cell phone module. Other features include USB direct control for portable music devices, 3-line text full dot display, interactive illumination effect, and a multi-control wheel that makes finding music fast and easy.
Amazon Sales Rank: #1863 in Car Audio or Theater Brand: Kenwood Model: BT838U Dimensions: 6.00 pounds
Kenwood KDC-BT838U CD receiver This head unit is well worth the price. I am anti-iPod guy and this unit having an USB connection made it very easy to "digitally" connect a hard drive. I now have a 200 gig hard drive (~$150) in my vehicles, never with out a type of music. This unit allows you to navigate the hard drive from the units screen. With the provided software, you can make playlist or just add music to the hard drive. It also has bluetooth, so you can also stream music that way. The unit also come with hands free, there is a mic with a cord on it long enough to put anywhere. If your state is (or has) mandated hands free devices and you are not one to want to look like a cyborg, this unit will comply with the law. It mutes the music, diplays the caller, push a knob and your connected. Once hooked up, everything is automatic, just get into your car, start it and it connects. It will download your phonebook to the unit so you can dial from the unit. Here is another good thing, ever leave home without your cell phone, well you wont ever again, tells you not connected within a minute of starting your vehicle. I would definitly recommend this to my poorest friend, well worth the investment. Great This stereo is great in my 29004 Jeep liberty. Works great. No problems and its referbished! Perfect for the ipod and CD's. Its a keeper. (= Really really bad Car Stereo I've had this unit for about 6 months. It is a nightmare. By attempting to eliminate all buttons with combinations of sequential knob pushes in varying directions, the idiots who designed this thing have made even the simplest action, from setting the clock to creating a radio pre-set close to impossible. The manual looks like a schematic for the space shuttle, and the initial setup took me close to two hours talking to the guy at Kenwood. It was clear from that conversation that even he didn't know how to use this thing, and he also indicated that a lot of his day is spent trying to walk frustrated owners through tasks that in any other radio would be simple. I just spent an hour trying to intuit how to change the clock setting. When you hit the menu button you are presented a long list of esoteric and unintelligible options. Setting the clock just doesn't happen to be one of them. It also does a terrible job accessing music on my IPOD. It totally misreads my playlists and once it's connected to the IPOD, you can not use the IPOD controls which are much better. Also the speech recognition option to access the phone not only doesn't work, it disables the one on my phone that works great. Despite the cost, I'm inclined to pull it toss it in the nearby ocean, and start fresh. What a disaster!!! Steve LA
