Buy Kenwood Sirius? Radio-ready In-Dash CD/MP3 Player (KDC-MPV619)Kenwood Sirius? Radio-ready In-Dash CD/MP3 Player (KDC-MPV619) Product Description:
- In-dash CD player/receiver that's ready for connecting to Sirius satellite radio
- Compatible with CD-R/RW discs with MP3 files
- 50 watts of peak power over 4 channels (22 watts RMS)
- Color Shock display with up to 67 different color combinations
- System Q equalizer with 6 factory presets
Product Description
Your dashboard will never be the same. This Kenwood in-dash CD player with 50 watts x 4 of total power has the Color-Shock variable display, which can create up to 67 different backlight colors to match your interior, your mood--or even your favorite shirt. But the impact goes way beyond looks: now you can bring along your CD-R, CD-RW, and even your MP3-encoded discs. It even has controls for a compatible Kenwood changer.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
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By A Customer
I recently purchased the very close cousin of this unit, the KDC-MPV7019, at another Internet site. I wanted an in-dash unit that had the ability to play MP3 files. I do a lot of traveling by car and I felt that having 200 or so hand picked songs on one disk in the dash was more convenient than having to load 10 disks in the trunk. I am writing this review to hopefully provide information that I was looking for before I took the plunge and purchased this unit.
I consider myself fairly knowledgeable with car electronics - I have been doing driveway installs on my own cars for 20 years with great success.
I have owned the unit for about a month now and can honestly say that I would purchase it again. Overall, It is built solidly and has great a great sound. As the specs suggest, the tuner is great and pulls in stations that my stock unit could not.
As with any product, there are some things that I would consider shortcomings. First of all, the display has way too much emphasis on form over function. The right third of the display is taken up by a round shape that serves as a clock (or a CD timer) that is hard to interpret. Fine adjustment of the tone controls is cumbersome- It requires several pushes of multiple buttons to get to the bass, treble, and midrange controls - definitely takes your eyes off the road!
Also, it took several attempts to burn MP3 disks that worked perfectly in the car. I had to slow down the burn process to 4X and use the Memorex black CDs. After two weeks of listening to MP3 CDs burned this way, I have not had a skip or glitch yet.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.A helpful hint to prospective buyers
By A Customer
I recently purchased the very close cousin of this unit, the KDC-MPV7019, at another Internet site. I wanted an in-dash unit that had the ability to play MP3 files. I do a lot of traveling by car and I felt that having 200 or so hand picked songs on one disk in the dash was more convenient than having to load 10 disks in the trunk. I am writing this review to hopefully provide information that I was looking for before I took the plunge and purchased this unit.
I consider myself fairly knowledgeable with car electronics - I have been doing driveway installs on my own cars for 20 years with great success.
I have owned the unit for about a month now and can honestly say that I would purchase it again. Overall, It is built solidly and has great a great sound. As the specs suggest, the tuner is great and pulls in stations that my stock unit could not.
As with any product, there are some things that I would consider shortcomings. First of all, the display has way too much emphasis on form over function. The right third of the display is taken up by a round shape that serves as a clock (or a CD timer) that is hard to interpret. Fine adjustment of the tone controls is cumbersome- It requires several pushes of multiple buttons to get to the bass, treble, and midrange controls - definitely takes your eyes off the road!
Also, it took several attempts to burn MP3 disks that worked perfectly in the car. I had to slow down the burn process to 4X and use the Memorex black CDs. After two weeks of listening to MP3 CDs burned this way, I have not had a skip or glitch yet.
6 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
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By A Customer
i recently purchased a 2002 nissan sentra and I was looking for a new cd player to replace the factory one. I went to Circuit City and I fell in love with this particular model because of all of different colors that were displayed. SO I purchased the cd player and I was so happy because the quality and sound was so clear and crisp. Also in the beginning I had a problem using it because there are many different buttons for special features. Some features are changing colors on the screen (you can choose between 4 or 5 colors), it displays the name of the song and the artist singing. What I like most about the player is that you can customize it. It allows you to name radio stations and certain cd's. Overall this is a hot purchase and it's even hotter if you are a hip-hop head like myself because the base is off the chain :)
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