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Old 04-21-2009, 02:43 PM   #1
72BlckButy
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What's your opinion on the Kenwood KDC-BT742U?

It's been a while since I've been in the car audio scene so I need some help. I'm looking for a new headunit and I kind of liked the looks of this unit. After looking at the specs what's your opinion?

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General Features
• TDF (Theft Deterrent Faceplate)
• 14 Segment/13-Digit FL Display
• Built-In Bluetooth & Microphone
• Music Search
• Favorite Memory
• Rotary Encoder for Easy Operation
• Key Illumination (Blue)
• Manual Dimmer Function (2Step)
• Supplied with Remote Control Unit

Audio Features
• Maximum Output Power : 50W x 4
• 2.5V 3 Preouts
• Source Tone Memory
• Front AUX Input with Input Sensitivity Adjust
• Attenuator (-20dB) with Smooth Volume Return

Bluetooth Features
• Supports Hands-Free Profile
• Supports SMS
• Supports Voice Dialing
• Supports Automatic Phonebook Download
• Powered By Parrot
• Built-In Microphone with Noise Cancellation

Sound Excellence DSP Features
• 3-band Parametric EQ
• Digital crossover system
• Digital Time Alignment
• Kenwood Customized iPod EQ
• Highway Sound
• Supreme+

USB Features
• Front USB 2.0 Input for thumb drives, external HDD and compatible iPods
• iPhone/iPod USB 1-wire Direct Control connection (recommend KCA-iP101 cable)

iPhone/iPod USB Direct Control Features
• Alphabet Search
• Percentage Search
• Skip Search
• Reverse Browsing
• All Random Playback

Single CD Features
• AAC playback (Apple Audio Codec without DRM)
• WMA playback (Windows Media Audio)
• MP3 playback (MPEG1-Layer3)
• ID-3 Tag Display
• 24bit D/A Converter
• 0-bit Mute
• CD-R/CD-RW Compatible
• Supreme for improved compressed music playback

External Media Control Features
• iPod ready (optional KCA-iP500 for older iPods)
• Satellite Radio Ready (optional KCA-SR50 + Sirius Tuner)
• HD Radio Ready
• Dual External Media Control Capability (with Optional KCA-S220A)

FM/AM Tuner Features
• FM/AM 24 Station Presets (18FM, 6AM)
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