Home > Consumer Reviews > Kenwood KDC-MP342U WMA/MP3 CD Receiver with Satellite/HD Radio/Bluetooth Ready Front Panel USB/AUX Input

This is a wonderful system. I bought this primarily for my IPod. The sound is crystal clear. I heard instruments in familiar songs I never heard before ! The music just fills my car with great sound at a great price.

I recent bought this unit (08/25/09). Works good and sound good. But one day when I parked car outside under the sun then the USB drive and CD won't able to play and have to wait until the unit to cool down to work properly again. Maybe just my bad luck but bought it on line and return or repair it, is a headach. Just FYI for everyone who is interesting on this unit.

We use this radio on our 43' sailboat. The Aux port [we use it for a Zen MP3] and USB ports bring us entertainment when out of range of radio stations. And since I only like classical and opera often there is no entertainment to listen to. Anyhow the set of features and user setup programmability make this wonderful for our purpose. In fact I cannot imagine it being any better. The Sony we replaced was total sukko in comparison.
Malcolm
Idyllwild, CA

I had no difficulty installing this receiver, even with the satellite radio hook up. It works perfectly and is very easy to operate, once you get used to which button does what.

Great car receiver with Ipod control, and plenty of power for an aftermarket receiver. This item was purchased to replace a ten year old Pioneer cd receiver (wanted Ipod controls). I was surprised how much better this unit sounded, even rated at 50 watts vs. the Pioneer's 45 watts. Good looking with the blue/red dials/buttons, easy search function for Ipod (artist, song, genre, etc), and great tuner for AM/FM. USB port in front makes it very easy to connect thumb drive, usb hard drive, or ipod. Only wish would be that it supported AAC files when playing cd (only WMA and MP3), but mostly use Ipod so this is only a slight inconvenience. This is a great deal with all the functions, the overall power of the unit, and the Ipod control with options for Satellite radio/bluetooth that can be added on later. Best of all, you get all this for just over $100!