Apple CarPlay

Apple CarPlay gives iPhone users an intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and access messages with just a word or a touch. With iOS 12.0 and higher, 3rd party navigation apps like Google Maps™ are also supported. Wireless connection is available on compatible iPhones. WVGA capacitive touch panel with sharp, high-contrast images, vivid colors and wide viewing angles. We might upgrade our phone every couple of years to keep up with the latest technology, but most of us won’t renew our cars quite as often. This can leave us looking enviously at the newest models with their DAB radios, voice activation and perfect integration with smartphones. Wireless Mirroring for Android is a groundbreaking solution for seamlessly displaying and controlling your smartphone apps on the receivers’ large screen without cables. The feature is available on compatible Android phones. Some features, applications and services are not available in every region.

Bluetooth(R) wireless technology for hands-free calling and music streaming. (Available functions depend on the mobile phone) Android Auto is a simple way to use your Android phone in the car. The KENWOOD receivers combine an intuitive voice controlled interface with a large touch screen and superior sound quality, allowing you to enjoy features including Google Maps and more. Wireless connection is available on compatible Android Phones. Android Auto and Apple Car Play are available wirelessly and the screen mirroring is cool with a USB connection. The USB itself is an older 1.5A capable type-A, though. That’s one saving, as opposed to it being a type C with 3.0A charging. I find 1.5A plenty in the car, for a phone. To enable a smarter driving experience, this receiver features 4 camera inputs allowing the utmost in convenience, flexibility, and safety. With 4 camera inputs, you can connect a front camera, a KENWOOD dashboard camera (DRV-N520 sold separately), rear and side (blind spot) cameras. Alternatively, 4 camera inputs can support several other configurations, including the connection of 2 side cameras, a front camera, and a reverse camera. Setting of camera type and display switching between the 4 cameras can be operated easily via the receiver’s large screen. AV input is assignable as 4rd camera input.

Monitor Features

There are three sets of pre-outs that you can set as two-way or even three-way active outputs. The truly hench dual band (2.4GHz/5GHz) Wifi that holds onto your signal like a home one, is there too. Plus, it has the full-fat 4x50W chip amp inside – you might expect a saving there, but no, it’s muscular. That cunning rear camera yellow RCA input can also do the reverse-cam guidelines overlay. Just like an OEM one, you get graphic lines showing up on your screen when you select reverse. a>

KENWOOD's DMX-8021DABS moniceiver is a new in-house development and has everything you could wish for in the digital age. Be sure to read and follow the instructions in the "2022 Navigation/Multimedia receiver Firmware Update Guide."Bluetooth(R) Wireless Technology for hands-free calls and music streaming. (Available functions depend on cell phone). DAB/DAB+ radio tuner for noise & interference free reception and crystal-clear digital stereo sound It’s a delight for installers because it has a bit less belly fat within. This double-DIN radio (both FM and DAB+) is only 75mm deep. So, it will fit into dashboards designed for OEM double-DIN screens, without much space behind them. And that’s increasingly vital in a world where a true ‘double-DIN’ bit of cubic capacity in your dash is becoming rarer. Its predecessor DMX8020DABS already shone with exemplary, partly wireless smartphone connectivity was an immediate class leader in our tests. The Fr/Rr/Sub audio RCAs output at 2.5V which is just half the mad 5.0V of the 8021. But unless you are building a very serious system, you won’t find any difference. It’s a crazy audiophile trend that took the 500mV standard signal and kept raising it. The 4.0V level used to be the utter best, so 2.5V is pretty darn clear. The idea is the more potent the RCA signal, the less likelihood of any audible noise in the system.