Kenwood Car Stereo Receiver with Bluetooth, CD Player, AM/FM Radio, USB and Auxiliary Inputs

Cyndi: Good sound with 50 watts per channel (400 watts total).

United States on Nov 24, 2023

RGMac: Glad to report this is a fantastic little radio at a great price. Wonderful sound, excellent useful equalizer, simple intuitive controls. Also has a nice understated appearance, just simple text, no dizzying array of pulsing lights.

United States on Oct 11, 2023

richard simmons: great for my car

Canada on Aug 31, 2015

AshertopiA: I got this to replace my factory in dash radio for my Chevy Silverado. It works great and was a snap to install. Sound is loud and the stations come in much clearer than my factory radio. Works flawlessly with my CDs. My old CD player used to skip when I slammed the glove box door but this one doesn't even hiccup.

I do have a couple complaints:
-I don't like how purple the screen looks
-it's very hard to see with the glare because the words on the screen are so light on the purple background
-The buttons are very small; choosing function is terrible as it is right above the other buttons and the wheel
-The red is harsh at night (but this is preference)

Look, this is 4 Stars because it works very good and it is very cheap. But it's got some issues. Hope this review helps. I'm not sure I'd pick this one again over the other similarly priced radios.

United States on Mar 15, 2014

bendodge: CONS
The curved, glossy surface attracts dust and scratches.
The removable faceplate is sometimes difficult to plug in; it tends to get wedged at an odd angle.
It does NOT read UDF discs (called Live File System in Microsoft Windows), only ISO 9660 (CDFS).
MP3 discs are a pain to navigate, especially if you dump all the MP3s into the root of the drive. Placing each album in a folder with the album title works okay.
ID3 and CD Text information needs to scroll a lot faster.
The screen is not readable in direct sunlight, but that's a common problem.
Screen brightness is buried in the menus. It ought to be more prominent, since it's not automatic like the OEM unit.
This looks very nice in my Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. I used Mounting Kit-FMK550 (Amazon product B00006JPA1) for a clean fit. The installation instructions were easy to follow and written in real English.

PROS
This unit sounds decent with my OEM speakers. It's not very flat; I think Kenwood boosted higher frequencies typically muffled in cars. The result is agreeable, though I sometimes reduce the treble -1 or -2, especially for audiobooks or classical.

The...

United States on Oct 14, 2013

joseph: Having just purchased this and using for about a week now, I thought a review would be in order. Where to start? Well lets talk about its design first. The unit is VERY aesthetically pleasing to look at and has a sleek nice black finish really complementing the factory appearance on the dash. The display is VERY simple and bright, but not obnoxious either. It's very easy to read and has a dimmer setting in case you find it overwhelming at night which I don't at all. Settings and equalization is VERY straightforward and makes perfect sense. The volume knob is ergonomic and easy to feel unlike those stereos with the flush knobs that you can barely adjust without hitting 4 buttons. Overall the look and quality of this unit is second to none! Now for sound quality. The volume ranges from 0 to 35 and for those of you reading who have tuned an amplifier know that it starts with the all the gain down and the headunit EQ zeroed out. I started slowly increasing the volume waiting for it to distort, 15...20...28...33 and finally 35. Crystal clear. I mean not a lick of distortion at max volume. I played it safe though and set my preferred max level at 28 before the amp was...

United States on Mar 26, 2013