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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

The radio works good. My wife is happy, so I am happy. The Amazon site said it fit my car, but it did not inform me of three products I would need to make installing it simpler. I ended up spending $61 more at Best Buy after 1 1/2 weeks for an antenna adapter, dash installation kit, and a wiring adapter kit. Unfortunately, I had already cut harness wires on the car, but did get them reconnected quickly. Kenwood technical help was about 30% efficient in providing accurate advice on wiring problems. I found some guidance on the internet, but it was not complet. The faceplate on the radio had problems, and they wanted me to send it in. I cleaned the contacts and put it back together and it now works great. All in all in took about 3 1/2 weeks to iron out all the problems. What a head ache. I recommended to Amazon that they should list other "needed" items to properly install items such as this on their website. April from Amazon said she would pass that along. Buy it, but beware there are other items to help you greatly with installation

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!

This is a nice stereo. Sound is great and it is full featured. I bought the Kenwood iPod cable that is used to connected an iPod to the USB/Aux front panel. I tried my 4th,5th Gen iPods and iPhone, all the same behavior. Well, it works on Aux. Using the USB port will just display "Reading" on the front panel. After 2 hours of it "Reading" I uplugged it. Also, there is no on/off switch. There is a mode button on the front and one of the modes is Standby. So you have to press the button to cycle through the modes Radio-CD-USB-Aux-Standby. Happy with the sound quality of this stereo but the user interface and iPod connectivity is lacking.