datahex10000 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 With every Kenwood I've ever seen, all you have to do is ground the parking brake wire on the radio. With the old add on G510 nav module, even the lawyer disclaimer screen disappears on its own after a few seconds when the unit is bypassed. Kenwood definitely beats Pioneer in the ease of bypass category. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 With every Kenwood I've ever seen, all you have to do is ground the parking brake wire on the radio. With the old add on G510 nav module, even the lawyer disclaimer screen disappears on its own after a few seconds when the unit is bypassed. Kenwood definitely beats Pioneer in the ease of bypass category. A shop here in Nashville just installed one, and sure enough, grounding the parking brake wire did the bypass. I saw the unit this morning, and it's pretty bad-ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hd54321 Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Can someone (anyone) take a video of the interface?? I really want to see how this looks. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FF2MOE Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I just got this unit installed in my Magnum SRT8 and will work on getting video of it today or tomorrow... Also silkjones ...I have a question....Did you get steering wheel controls to work? If so which PAC units did you need for the 300...I know our cars (LX's) are picky, so I need to know the right unit(s) to get? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silkjones Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I just got this unit installed in my Magnum SRT8 and will work on getting video of it today or tomorrow... Also silkjones ...I have a question....Did you get steering wheel controls to work? If so which PAC units did you need for the 300...I know our cars (LX's) are picky, so I need to know the right unit(s) to get? Picky isn't the word. I went thru h*ll and high water just to get the unit to function properly. After all that I didn't even think about the steering wheel controls. I don't miss it too much so may just pass on that option. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rising_suns Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I would like to see some side shots of the face, to see how far it sticks out from the dash. It looks to be atleast 1/4". That would bother me probably. Looks great otherwise though. -Davide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ls400_fan Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Can someone tell me how tall that unit is from the bottom of the trim plate to the top of the trim plate? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EMAGDNIM Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 album art for the ipod..... super jealous It's little things like this that make me happy...I'd LOVE to have album art displayed while my MP3's are playing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Looks nice. Is that as big as the clock gets? Does it have any visualizations? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archiea Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 silkjones... thanks for the install pics. Do you think you can post a video of the navigation screen as well as other features. Evens still images of the different navigation menus would be great. thank you!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianl Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 some pics sorry they came out dark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cntrylvr79 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Moved to the proper forum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Good work on the double-DIN conversion, I know what a PITA it can be converting 1.5-DIN to 2-DIN! I think Pioneer's navigation UI is a lot better looking, but the Kenwood/Garmin UI does look like it might be easier for someone who has never used a nav system to figure out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archiea Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Good work on the double-DIN conversion, I know what a PITA it can be converting 1.5-DIN to 2-DIN! I think Pioneer's navigation UI is a lot better looking, but the Kenwood/Garmin UI does look like it might be easier for someone who has never used a nav system to figure out. perhaps more important, the nav system is more readable for a driver while drving because its less cluttered than the pioneer. I mean who really needs a graphic rendering of the sky and clouds in the background... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hmm, my Pioneer doesn't have a sky and clouds, I must not have found that setting! Yeah, the Kenwood UI definitely looks simpler. On another forum someone called it "cartoonish". The Pioneer UI has transparencies and more detailed looking graphics/icons. Pioneer could be considered more like Windows Vista: looks prettier onscreen, but doesn't work any better than a simpler OS like XP or 2000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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