Wylie_Tunes wrote:
Rav,
I use a ton of Kicker. One of which is their marine dual-zone volume control, which is a 9V p/chnl line level driver. Your KXM amp is good to go with any head-unit choose.
In my experience, most non-marine head-unit, do not support a remote. So I would confirm that with Kenwood, but I do not believe the 500BT will and im real curtain it will not support their LCD remote.
The one drawback to a true DDIN, is that once you cut that hole, you're married to it. It takes a well made custom plate to come back to a single DIN unit in the future.
Where is this head-unit located and where do you boat? It seems you are looking at all car source units? And just an FYI, Alpine no longer offers a marine head-unit and remote.
In RE to pre-out voltage. If two units have everything you are looking at, then go with the one with the higher level. On the flip side, a 2V source unit would not be a deal breaker. I have setup hundreds of noise free systems with perfect performance, on 2V marine head-units.
Hey Wylie.
In terms of the car vs marine receiver I'm thinkin more value for the dollar but I'm open to other options. I definitely want I pod digital input t o USB. Bluetooth is a must. The receiver is located in my glove box so its quite protected from any water splashing but never say never lol. I boat on the trent severn waterway in the kawartha districts up here in Ontario. Good to know about the preamp voltage of the Kicker amp. I hear ya on the 2 DIN vs 1 DIN and good point. What receivers would you recommend? Thx