Kenwood DNX9980 & Cameras Installed

68cam454

So I was just too damn busy to do the install myself (still have a lot of work on the Camaro to finish before the weather gets nice). I went to Car Toys and bought the first unit they got after haggling on price for a while.

The install went well and I really like the HU and all the functionality that's built in. I was very pleasantly surprised by how well the voice recognition works. (I used a wallpaper law2004 posted as my background)
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The Ecoroute function with the Garmin adapter gives you the ability to display info from the OBDII port although it is fairly slow in updating.
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Some of the gauges don't always display a value for some reason and I have contacted Kenwood so they will look into it. If anyone else has this problem (see picture below), please respond and also let Kenwood tech support know about it since when I called I was the first person calling them with an issue on this unit.....it had only been released for 2 days.
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I had them install the Kenwood CMOS300 as the backup camera and I also had them install a CMOS200 as a forward camera to keep me from ruining my front spoiler against parking curbs. They work amazingly well and all you have to do is press the voice button and say "front camera" or "rear camera" and they come up instantly.
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The voice activation button was placed in what I believe to be the perfect position on the side of the console.

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They only thing I am not too thrilled about is how far the unit sticks out of the dash. I asked the installer if it could be moved into the dash further but he said there was enough room behind it to push it back further. I don't know if this is true or not and if anyone has side view pictures of a 9980 or 9960 installed, please post them.
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370zFORme!!

It can be pushed farther back trust I had the same issue and my installer was able to push it back farther but you need the metra dash kit.

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747ifly

The Ecoroute should be hot. Do you like it? I can't say how nice the cmos300 is for changing lanes while driving. The multi view is awesome. Good choice.

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TreeSemdyZee

Awesome, I've got the 9960 and it sticks out a little.
I would think to recess the unit farther, you would probably need to modify the mounting brackets a little. You'd have to make the holes oblong to move it back.
It would be a whole lot easier to recess in the 370 than it was in my 350 due to the way the unit mounts.

68cam454

I haven't used it a whole lot yet but I hope they get the communication issue worked out. The cameras are absolutely perfect.

37Z

Just how slow it the engine interface? What other functions can it monitor?

68cam454

On average, it seems to update once or twice a second but sometimes it pauses for several seconds. It also seems like there is a delay in the data compared to real time.....as an example if I rev the engine quickly to 4K and back to idle, the engine will be back down to idle before the gauge begins its climb. I'm hoping it gets better when they update the software to fix the other display issue. It can also monitor engine load percent, battery voltage and throttle position.....that's all I can remember right now.

Come on now......nobody has a picture of a Kenwood 9960 or 9980 installed so I can see if it sticks out of the dash as much as mine.

MrHooke

Great photos man, I am still trying to decide on which headunit to go with. Thanks alot for sharing this though.

butdamnbrian

maybe you can ask around on the kenwood forums, as there's a section dedicated to this hu, or also ask around on diymobileaudio.com

370zFORme!!

I have a picture of my head unit and it sits back farther than that. I'll post it tomorrow.

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68cam454

I just posted on Kenwwod forums also (thanks for reminding me) but the reason I am asking here first is because I'm thinking that the gauge display issue might be specific to Nissan or even to our Z's due to the specific communication protocol in the OBDII layer. It looks like other users on the Kenwwod forums are experiencing the issue with not connecting 25% of the time so Kenwood has a software/firmware problem.

Thanks a lot, I would greatly appreciate it.

JibHonk

just ordered this HU, any updates?

68cam454

I got a call from a senior tech at Kenwood last week to let me know they acknowledge that there indeed is a problem with communication between the HU and the ecoroute module and their engineering group is looking into it. Hopefully they will have a firmware update for it in the near future.

EazyD

CMOS-300: It's really only good for parking, not so much changing lanes. It has such a wide view that if someone is one lane over, they look soooo far away, but could be right next to you. At night, it's also not so useful when driving because all you see are lights that are blown out and not the road. The license plate lights usually ruin any other visibility you might have had.

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370zFORme!!

Here is the promised picture of my 9960. It does sit farther back. Talk to your installer, he needs to use the metra dash kit if you want it to sit back farther. As stated earlier by Tree, excuse the dust.

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