Kenwood DNX 5120 Navigation System

[2micro4u]

Very nice..I just did a shearch on the net and ordering a DVD/GPS/Navigation unit online is far the best option in my opinion. For you get a way better price alot due to less overhead.
Crutchfield is a great company with good support from what I understand.
I plan to get me a unit in 2-3 months if not sooner.

[stew7962]

Crutchfield has this unit on sale right now for $599. If I knew for sure I was still going to have my job over the next few months I would jump at that price. A friend has this unit and loves it.

[The Rigger]

Originally Posted by smarteepants

Oh, and if you want to watch dvds while your driving, just hook up the lightgreen wire to ground rather than to the emergency brake wire, piece-of-cake.

Whatever happened to the quaint, old-fashioned idea of keeping your eyes on the road while you're driving? Or are these people the sort that think "cruise control" means "auto-pilot?"

Do me a favor: If you rig your DVD player to let you watch movies while you drive, stay the hell away from my neck of the woods.

[smarteepants]

Originally Posted by The Rigger

Whatever happened to the quaint, old-fashioned idea of keeping your eyes on the road while you're driving? Or are these people the sort that think "cruise control" means "auto-pilot?"

Do me a favor: If you rig your DVD player to let you watch movies while you drive, stay the hell away from my neck of the woods.

It's more for the passenger than myself. It's also nice so that a passenger can make changes to the navigation without having to stop.

[smarteepants]

Originally Posted by Wdhitch

Yikes... man you have to ditch the stock speakers if you're going to run that nice of a head unit... Infinity 6022i's... $60 on Ebay... Fits in the stock hole in the door and you won't believe the sound upgrade.

I just bought the Infinity 6022i speakers. Will these sound good with the DNX5120 head unit or do I need an amp. I do not want to purchase an amp if I don't have to, because of space.

[The_Q_Man]

Originally Posted by Wdhitch

Yikes... man you have to ditch the stock speakers if you're going to run that nice of a head unit... Infinity 6022i's... $60 on Ebay... Fits in the stock hole in the door and you won't believe the sound upgrade.

I'm looking into getting a set of these now and installing them myself if it is fairly easy work. I know someone who got the earlier version of these (6002si) and had to custom fabricate a bracket to make it fit in the door and miss the window. Is there any special work you had to do to install these?

[smarteepants]

Originally Posted by The_Q_Man

I'm looking into getting a set of these now and installing them myself if it is fairly easy work. I know someone who got the earlier version of these (6002si) and had to custom fabricate a bracket to make it fit in the door and miss the window. Is there any special work you had to do to install these?

I decided to install the 6022i's after wdhitch suggested them. It's not an easy installation though, because the outside door panels have to come off. This is the second time I've had the door panels off, and I'd have to say they are the toughest panels to get off and on. Also I spaced the speakers out a quarter inch with some nylon spacers because it looked like the neoprene around the edge of the speaker might get pinched. No trouble with the window though. Definately sounds better than stock.

[vpkb1998]

I got this head unit too, with a bluetooth adaptor. So far it's workng flawlessy.

[Kalralahr]

Smarteepants & Arch - I've got the same HU with the XM and Bluetooth. Works great, especially the phone. With the firmware update on the 5120 & ip-300V cable it works fine with my iPod touch, even for video. Do you get the video option when you touch the play icon by the"SCN" under the "Ctrl" screen?
And dump those stock speakers.

[The_Q_Man]

If anyone is interested, the Infinity 6022i mentioned here are on sale today at Amazon.com for $49.99 with free shipping.

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