Customer Ratings & Reviews

The features and sound shaping alone is with this buy. If you want excellent sound and deep bass this is the one for you. The Bluetooth capibilities alone are impressive up to five preset favorites as soon as you turn it on and turn it up. You can customize the colors on the display and the app control is impressive. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a great radio at a reasonable price.

Lots of wonderful features that work great. Great sound and color display.

Stereo sounds great with the factory speakers. I was worried about a deck for my 1999 Cobra but it was perfect.

Great stereo with all of the modern day features. Very easy to install.

I chose this Kenwood because it was the one that had everything I demanded: Sirius/XM, HD, CD, Bluetooth. There was no choice, but it was half the price as what I could've gotten from Sound Sensations if I'd stuck with my old Alpine. One fantastic surprise was that Best Buy had a special with free installation when I bought it. It was just luck. I wanted to price one for my dad, and without that special, it was more expensive to just get him a radio with CD. So price was great!!! But there's a lot I don't like a lot about it. Not used to the way it works yet. It has too many choices I don't need. The buttons are so tiny they poke my finger when I press them. It's supposed to be 1 1/2 lines of writing on the screen but the bottom doesn't tell you the name of the song, you have to go to the next setting to see that. I'm afraid I'll be distracted driving while trying to work it. I'm glad Wally helped me set the colors because I have no idea how. It comes with a book, but unlike the Alpine booklet, it's newsprint and teeny writing that isn't easy to read. It does sound just as good, as far as I can tell, but very hard to get used to it. Instead of only having to count 6 presses to go from XM to Radio and back, I have to press it 10 times. Just too much that I'll never use. They threw in the kitchen sink, and I don't need it all, so it mucks it up.

Fast instalation, easy way to upgrade standard car stereo Plays CDs has auxiliary cable has USB port and Bluetooth Would recommend this to anyone who still uses CDs as it seams many newer radios are just multimedia and won't play CDs Easy navigation love the dust cover for the CD tray

The radio was installed in an 1990 conversion van to replace the broken cassette tape/radio. I wasn't looking for anything top-of-the-line. This radio surpassed my needs. Especially for the price and (at the time) free installation. Has a front USB input for music, bluetooth works flawlessly. Love that both mine and my husband's cell phones can be recognized separately for incoming calls. Our cars only allow the first recognized bluetooth phone. There's a little microphone that sits to the left of the radio for calls. Not as unseen as a built-in car mic but I'm thrilled to have hands free calling in the old van. The sound is very good. My one critic would be the faceplate buttons for search/back, fast forward/reverse and numbers 1 - 6 are very small. Even with the backlight it's hard to see them. Especially in a larger vehicle where the reach to the radio is a bit further. Setup was pretty straight forward. There are more instructions with the online manual.

Pluses — excellent sound, easy to mount in an old BMW, has a lot of inputs, comes on quickly, mates we’ll with satellite attachment, USB, IPhone. Minuses — small preset buttons. Have to scroll through all the sources to get to the one you are looking for (HD RADIO, bluetooth, etc. )

This Kenwood car stereo is just what I wanted. It fits cleanly in my older 2002 Audi providing excellent sound to complement the rest of the sound system. The BT connection to the phone has been trouble free and all devices pair up well. I think the manual writers could have included more information in the booklet provided, as we are discovering additional features by just pressing buttons. The display is clear even in bright light and the customizable color palette is great. My mp3tags show up clearly. Very happy! Great installation by a helpful service technician. Thank you Best Buy!

Very easy to use and the sound is wonderful. I’m even more impressed with the gentlemen who installed the radio at the College Park, MD location. Thorough, professional and they did a great job of pairing my phone to the stereo and demonstrating how to use it.

The Kenwood In Dash CD/DM Receiver provides all the features of a modern receiver at a very affordable price. It allows me to pair my phone for hands free phone use and provide access to my Pandora and iHeart Radio apps. These function perfectly without requiring an "adaptor" as with my old, original equipment radio. Reception of am and fm stations was excellent with much less static interference, especially on the am band. I like having the option to add Sirius XM radio though I have purchased that option as yet.

This Head unit has so many featuresIts hard to start I like the option to multi adjust your sound via preset or manual EQ I have to external USb lines for greater expansion of your music library The head unit as well allows you to adjust the sound for your vehicle type Great price

Needed a replacement for my Alpine and found the Kenwood to have everything I needed. It has Bluetooth, a USB plug, CD player and a stereo receiver that picks up the toughest stations. It is a great replacement and I couldn't be happier with it.

I’m extremely satisfied! The sound is very good, what I would expect from Kenwood. The appearance is far better than the old radio. I like the effect of rotating colors in the display. The selection of options and settings might take a while to get used to. There are many, I’ll just have to remember how to get to the settings I use. (In my boat, setting get lost without power. In a car, these would be saved until the next time they are accessed.)

Replaced the original radio with this Kenwood. Kenwood has always produced great audio products. Connects to my Android phone via BT Audio. I play XM Radio, audio books from the local library, etc. I like that I can plug my phone charger into the Kenwood. One area for improvement would be to add a way to manually adjust the Kenwood's radio stations. The only way that I've found to change stations is to press the scan buttons. Best Buy installed the Kenwood and two new speakers in my truck. Did a great job.

This stereo is great. Easy to install, easy to understand, and the best part is hooking up two devices with Bluetooth , one for calls and the other for music is how I use it. Great buy

I bought this just looking for the basic functions. It has more function than I thought, they are very helpful in customizing the sound to your car. It not as loud as I expected but it could be my SUV the speaker are very low and the seat is down. The down side is the basic navigation of simple functions: the track forward and back button are very small, you have to scroll through all of the input to get to the ont you want I.E. Bluetooth, iPod, aux, cd, Pandora, iHeartRadio and tuner. Kind of a pain. Maybe I just didn’t figure out to disable some. It would be nice to just have a button CD. Lastly if you are a iOS iPhone user the app remote is aweful and they haven’t updated it in a long time. Hope this helped

The radio was very easy to install,set up and load data. I installed it on a golf cart and have received many compliments on the quality and sound.

I'm impressed by how nicely this stereo performs, especially given the price paid. IN SHORT Sound quality is excellent, connections are plentiful, Bluetooth audio is stellar, call quality is fantastic, display is nice but can be dim in bright light. My opinion is that this stereo is best for folks who want to go the extra mile adjusting their setup for the best possible sound. BREAKDOWN OF POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS -Works great with my 4 channel amp -Love the AptX Bluetooth codec support (hard to find) -Impressive Bluetooth call quality with included microphone. People say they can't tell I'm in the car, and it's not a quiet car. -Simple and complex EQ options that make a real difference in sound -DriveEQ and Loudness are great at improving sound at lower volumes -Display is really cool, but can be dim in very bright light. Convertible drivers be warned :-) -CD player works nicely -Love the dual USB feature for charging my phones -HD Radio sounds noticeably nicer than standard FM radio -Has a nice, but dated Android app I recommend this stereo to anybody except folks with convertibles.

This is an awesome stereo. Highest power unit in single din at Best Buy store. Dual phone connections and digital sound processing that let's you dial in settings for your particular vehicle, speaker sizes and locations as well as x-over work great. This is my second Kenwood unit and won't buy anything else.