I hope not. Techs aren't always in the loop...sometimes they don't even know their own product.
I've been on the phone on with Kenwood techs many times(I'm an installer), and have had multiple techs tell me multiple times that the built-in parrot bluetooth on the 8120 will NOT work with an aftermarket amplifier - but it in fact does.
The Pioneer reps have been going through doing the update on our inventory at all our locations, I would hope that they wouldn't go through all that trouble just to discontinue the series.
