Kenwood KDC-X692 Car CD / MP3 Player
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- MP3 / WMA Playback: MP3 Playback WMA Playback AAC Playback
- Anti-Theft Protection: Detachable Face Panel
- Player Type: CD
- Controlled Devices: CD Changer HD Ready Sirius Ready XM Ready iPod / iPhone
- iPod/iPhone Compatible: Yes
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Good sound but not without its faults
Pros
USB, compat w/satellite radio/Kenwood CD-changer, minimalist design, remote. Good clean power, pre-amp outs.
Cons
Controls hard to get used to but not a show stopper. Terrible graphics display.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Good styling, clean look, excellent sound, excellent radio reception, excellent compatibility with current technology, excellent 4-line scrolling text. Poor controls, poor graphics and text display.
Overall, this is a good head unit with excellent sound and a plethora of features for the money. I especially like the usb feature and pack 30 or so albums on a thumb drive that I provide for endless music. I have the USB port (rear plug in) installed in my glove box for easy access. Pre-amp outs, good power at 22w rms and a remote make this a good choice for me. It's also compatible with Kenwood cd-changers.
Radio reception is top notch and I think one of the best receivers in its class. I live in a pretty hilly area and it has no problem pulling stations in that most other stereos can't touch.
I also like the fact that it has an uncluttered appeal to it. With just a few buttons along its black face. Theft deterrent is a manually removed face plate but for the $120 I paid on e-bay who really cares about this anyway?
Finally, the 4-line text that this has is really great and you can customize how it's displayed with clock, date, scrolling song titles, album, artist, etc.
There are faults with this unit but they are mostly opinion and mostly minor. I'm in my late 30's... not exactly a kid. I absolutely can't stand the cheesy graphics dislays that come on these things and to boot, they're not exactly good quality either. The display is very legible but poor resolution at best. I have had kenwood home units before and have always appreciated the nice high quality LCD blue texts that they have. Not on this thing. I would rate the display output as very poor, very cheesy. The good thing is, you can option off all of the graphics. However if you're into that sort of thing, you can choose between a race car, and a bunch of other ridiculous nonesense that will happily glow in your face, non-stop, 24-7.
I'm a minimalist kind of guy but I also appreciate the i-pod approach of everything showing album covers, with good clean text too. So, if I could do it again, I'd probably go with the x792 to take advantage of all that. Then again, the graphics might just be the same poor quality there too.
Finally, and this is just personal preference, the controls are a bit hard to get used to without the remote. The deck has two knobs which control most of the functions. They operate by either pushing, rotating them to scroll, and joystick style. When you're driving along trying to push them in, you find that they aren't as responsive as you'd like and you occasionally miss the correct commands. It gets a bit frustrating operating this way but so far, if you're patient with the remote and figure where the redundant button presses are, you can by-pass most of this anyway.
I'd have to rate the deck a 4 out of 5 taking one away for the loathsome display.
Radio reception is top notch and I think one of the best receivers in its class. I live in a pretty hilly area and it has no problem pulling stations in that most other stereos can't touch.
I also like the fact that it has an uncluttered appeal to it. With just a few buttons along its black face. Theft deterrent is a manually removed face plate but for the $120 I paid on e-bay who really cares about this anyway?
Finally, the 4-line text that this has is really great and you can customize how it's displayed with clock, date, scrolling song titles, album, artist, etc.
There are faults with this unit but they are mostly opinion and mostly minor. I'm in my late 30's... not exactly a kid. I absolutely can't stand the cheesy graphics dislays that come on these things and to boot, they're not exactly good quality either. The display is very legible but poor resolution at best. I have had kenwood home units before and have always appreciated the nice high quality LCD blue texts that they have. Not on this thing. I would rate the display output as very poor, very cheesy. The good thing is, you can option off all of the graphics. However if you're into that sort of thing, you can choose between a race car, and a bunch of other ridiculous nonesense that will happily glow in your face, non-stop, 24-7.
I'm a minimalist kind of guy but I also appreciate the i-pod approach of everything showing album covers, with good clean text too. So, if I could do it again, I'd probably go with the x792 to take advantage of all that. Then again, the graphics might just be the same poor quality there too.
Finally, and this is just personal preference, the controls are a bit hard to get used to without the remote. The deck has two knobs which control most of the functions. They operate by either pushing, rotating them to scroll, and joystick style. When you're driving along trying to push them in, you find that they aren't as responsive as you'd like and you occasionally miss the correct commands. It gets a bit frustrating operating this way but so far, if you're patient with the remote and figure where the redundant button presses are, you can by-pass most of this anyway.
I'd have to rate the deck a 4 out of 5 taking one away for the loathsome display.
