Not a fan of the *****, and the screen folding isn't a huge deal B/C I will only use it to load DVD or a CD if its not on my Ipod or Pandora (very rare).

I am torn between pioneer and keenwood. they have similar features for simular prices.

Also do you know if the alpine Rear Camera can be converted to work with keenwood or pioneer or do I have to buy a new one??

 

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The Alpine HCE-C107D rear view camera is compatible only with the following Alpine Mobile Multimedia head units: iXAW-404 and iXAW-407

The Alpine HCE-C105 consists of a Rear View Camera, Hide-Away Box and necessary cable and hardware for installation. The HCE-C105 has a standard composite video output (RCA), and it can be used with any monitor with a composite video rear-camera input.

--Spike

 

Great! Now I have to rewire the camera and buy a new one. I HATE ALPINE!

 

Good luck picking, either way I think you will be happy. The nav on the Kenwood might be a little nicer since it powered by Garmin. I see the Pioneers will run Pandora, dont remember on the Kenwoods. I got a 20.00 ebay backup camera that works great compared to the 200.00 camera I had on an old car and a 130.00 audiovox one I have on my Tahoe.

 

Thanks for the tip, and I should be able run Pandora with my Droid via Bluetooth on the keenwood right???

Im leaning toward keenwood. and thanks for the tip on the back up camera. I guess im going to try and sell the bluetooth and backup camera on craigslist

 

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Supports A2DP Wireless Music Streaming

Droid and Pandora on a radio using BT is going to be one of those questions that only someone has tried before or calling Kenwood is the only way you will know for sure.

Reason being is that it depends on the app and how it works with BT, never tried to stream an app myself and in most cases when you stream over BT its music files on your phone and not an app. I also didnt see any mention of Pandora on the Kenwood models.

If anything you can run it thru an aux via the headphone jack.

On the Pioneer it does function with Pandora but only with an Iphone. For a droid you would have to go thru aux. Once again either call Pioneer or find someone who has done this exact thing before.

For the camera check out the other recent post someone made about one they found on ebay, its 35.00 but hidden alot better than the tag mounts.