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AdobePhil · 03-08-2012, 01:59 PM

I actually have a kenwood similar to this in my Z. It does pipe through navigation and everything through the speakers via bluetooth, but kenwoods are alot more seamlessly integrated with Apple devices than with droids.

Few things I noticed....

1. I have both a Droid 2 and a 4g Motorolla xoom. Using the google music app on both devices... I noticed that through the droid 2, Song info (like artist, song name, etc) works perfect, but for some reason, using the same exact app on the xoom, the songs will play but it doesn't pipe through the song information.

2. Not sure if you were expecting to pipe the actual visuals of the nav app, like google maps, to have it displayed on your head unit's screen, but I'm 100% confident this won't work. If it does, then I'll buy this unit immediately, because that doesn't even come close to working on mine.

3. Even when the song info is being displayed using my droid 2, and not the xoom, there is no way to get album pictures through unless you're using an apple device.

4. The phonebook displaying your contacts is hard to use. It does grab all of the contacts, but there's no way to search by typing on the head unit, and scrolling is a PITA. The best thing to do is to use voice commands, but you should get an app called "bluetooth launch" which will allow you to configure the bluetooth button on your head unit, to activate google voice search, rather than the separate voice command app on your android phone... which sucks terribly.

5. The steering wheel controls work for volume and source change, but the "next" and "back" features will NOT work if you're pairing through bluetooth. The steering wheel controls for this head unit will work for radio stations, CD's, and USB sticks though.

6. The backup cam works flawlessly.

You can browse my albums and see pics of my setup, using both the droid 2 and the xoom simultaneously. The great thing about this head unit is it will let you split your bluetooth connections from phone and from media. I have my droid 2 using the phone connection, and the xoom using the media connection.

Let me know how it works out for you!

03-08-2012, 01:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
AdobePhil Base Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Palm Harbor FL Posts: 211 Drives: 2010 370z Sport Trim Rep Power: 14	I actually have a kenwood similar to this in my Z. It does pipe through navigation and everything through the speakers via bluetooth, but kenwoods are alot more seamlessly integrated with Apple devices than with droids. Few things I noticed.... 1. I have both a Droid 2 and a 4g Motorolla xoom. Using the google music app on both devices... I noticed that through the droid 2, Song info (like artist, song name, etc) works perfect, but for some reason, using the same exact app on the xoom, the songs will play but it doesn't pipe through the song information. 2. Not sure if you were expecting to pipe the actual visuals of the nav app, like google maps, to have it displayed on your head unit's screen, but I'm 100% confident this won't work. If it does, then I'll buy this unit immediately, because that doesn't even come close to working on mine. 3. Even when the song info is being displayed using my droid 2, and not the xoom, there is no way to get album pictures through unless you're using an apple device. 4. The phonebook displaying your contacts is hard to use. It does grab all of the contacts, but there's no way to search by typing on the head unit, and scrolling is a PITA. The best thing to do is to use voice commands, but you should get an app called "bluetooth launch" which will allow you to configure the bluetooth button on your head unit, to activate google voice search, rather than the separate voice command app on your android phone... which sucks terribly. 5. The steering wheel controls work for volume and source change, but the "next" and "back" features will NOT work if you're pairing through bluetooth. The steering wheel controls for this head unit will work for radio stations, CD's, and USB sticks though. 6. The backup cam works flawlessly. You can browse my albums and see pics of my setup, using both the droid 2 and the xoom simultaneously. The great thing about this head unit is it will let you split your bluetooth connections from phone and from media. I have my droid 2 using the phone connection, and the xoom using the media connection. Let me know how it works out for you! __________________ 2010 370z Sport Trim / Anodized Racing Pedals / Injen CAI / Invidia Exhaust / Kinetix HFCs/ AEM 320ml Fuel Pump / Upgraded fuel lines and rails / Deutchwerks 850cc Fuel Injectors / Zex Nitrous / Uprev Tuned / /330whp N/A/452whp Nitrous