NJRickD

The shop I'm talking to is looking into the new Kenwood DNX 8120 due out soon instead of the AVIC D3. The 8120 looks pretty slick but I also think it has a lot of stuff I don't need, like the video inputs. I saw there is a 5120 coming out as well which might fit more into what I'm looking for. I did talk to them about trying the possibility of putting the RNS-E in and fabricating a new face plate to match my B5 dash but it sounds like it's going to be more trouble (and money) than its worth. and I'm still not 100% sure the RNS-E can control the ipod the way i want. Seems like people with RNS-E just use the SD cards.

NJRickD

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HIS4

I had never seen a head unit rust from the inside out. This was over 10 years ago but that was more than enough to keep me from buying another Kenwood product.

NJRickD

it so hard to get honest, good information from these shops. They all have their own agenda.

Slave IV

I never had too many problems w/ Kenwood but these days I'm all about Eclipse HU's.

HIS4

If you're only interested in NAV and Ipod playback, its one of the better units out there.

NJRickD

actually the nav is probably the least important to me. I'm really focused on ipod, sirius and bluetooth. That was all the video inputs seem like such overkill for me.

HIS4

Remember that the Sirius tuner, the ipod cable and the bluetooth adapter are all add-ons so that will add at least $300 to the price of all of these units.

I couldn't find any information on the Kenwood but my biased opinion would say to look at Eclipse and Pioneer before Kenwood.

stadtjunge

2nd

NJRickD

I will do that, thanks.