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Ok think i'm going with the kenwood brand. a DD unit. any good ideas i would like for it to have built in bluetooth for hands free calling and to

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Old 06-27-2010, 07:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Ok think i'm going with the kenwood brand. a DD unit.
any good ideas i would like for it to have built in bluetooth
for hands free calling and to sync with my iphone to play the ipod.
anybody have a opinion about the built in mic
instead of the clip on kind. thanks for any ideas.
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Here's the one that I have (9960). Kenwood/Garmin have a $150 rebate on it until the end of August.
This is great unit. The voice activation is phenomenal.
I'm not familiar with units that have built-in mics, but I don't think they'd work very well on a 370 because the unit is so far away from your head. I mounted the mic on mine on the dome light and it works well.

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Here's the one that I have (9960). Kenwood/Garmin have a $150 rebate on it until the end of August.
This is great unit. The voice activation is phenomenal.
I'm not familiar with units that have built-in mics, but I don't think they'd work very well on a 370 because the unit is so far away from your head. I mounted the mic on mine on the dome light and it works well.

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I'm going to go with a DNX 6960, lots of good reviews and it'll save me 400$ from 9960.
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Can't go wrong with kenwood. i went cheaper with clarion and hate it , i have a much older kenwood in my truck and it beats this new clarion !!! The 9960 that someone installed here is awesome I checked it out this weekend while i was in the stereo shop.
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I'm going to go with a DNX 6960, lots of good reviews and it'll save me 400$ from 9960.
Depending on your budget, you might consider the dnx7160. It's in-between the 9960 and 6960 price-wise and feature-wise.
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Depending on your budget, you might consider the dnx7160. It's in-between the 9960 and 6960 price-wise and feature-wise.
Ah, hey thanks for the info, But $800 for a headunit is plenty for me.

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Ah, hey thanks for the info, But $800 for a headunit is plenty for me.

That's cool. There's a $100 rebate on the 6960 also.

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That's cool. There's a $100 rebate on the 6960 also.

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So no matter where I buy it, I can get this rebate?
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