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Wish I waited on my 8120. That thing looks pimp.

 

It's kind of a toss-up. I've got an 8120 in one car, and a 7140 in the G. The 8120 supports DivX, and I do like to watch videos in the car when others are in it. The 7140 doesn't support DivX, but the interface is a bit nicer.

 

Heres a picture i took of the mileage tracker/speedometer on the garmin nav. I was going to take more pics but as you can see its really blurry because of brightness and crappy iphone camera. More will come though tomorrow when lighting is better.

 

I`ve played with this HeadUnit at Fry`s the NAV has changed just a little bit its more nicer now, dunno what exactly changed but i really liked the nav menu`s over the older ones, the older one is a exact copy of the Garmin Portable Nav Units, this one is just lil bit nicer, also it does features a Dual View as i`ve been told by a Kenwood Dealer which will let you use the Nav and watch DVD at the same time with Split screen.

Congrats Shasta it looks really nice on the G BTW check the Older units NAV to know how nicer urs looks like compared to them lol

 

Very nice! Makes me consider changing mine out to the kenwood. Is there a way to bypass the parking brake?

 

Fry's got the 9140 HU??

 

Most of the changes seem to be visual, which isnt a bad thing

the pics look nice but I cant justify spending ~$1400 for better detailed graphics.
If there were something major changed I could see spending the money, and the voice recognition isn't enough for me.

If I didnt have a nav unit I would get this, but im sticking with my 8120

 

did you use the built in 5.1 surround? how many speakers you running?
your have a bit better interface than my 7140
im running focal components and a jl10w6

BTW what did the stereo shop put on the back of the unit for the gap?

 

^No i dont have a sound system in it yet. I have just the stock bose speakers in a coupe. Better speakers and a sub will come later but im only 20 and money isnt rolling in like that yet and i had to decide between this, rims or the sound system. As for what the shop put for the gap, i have no idea. I didnt ask. The shop where i got it at both the store owner and manager agreed this is the best head unit available that you could buy and run a sound system for it. Hopefully in the next few weeks ill be able to add that.

 

Check this post out for a crap load of pics...

http://kenwoodforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17

 

How's the responsiveness to your touch? One thing I hate about the pioneer units is that it's slow and fairly unresponsive. When u touch, it has a slight delay, and load times are annoying.

 

Super responsive in my opinion and i know exactly what you are talking about with the delay. This one doesn't have that at all. If you hate touching and having a delay or lag time dont ever get an iphone haha

 

Coo! Can you check for me whats behind the gap? Is it plastic or just empty?
Coz im going to my shop to get my steering wheel control programmed. Might as well get the gap sorted out

 

1st of all sorry i should say this from the beginning Fry`s got DNX7140 sorry i didn`t mention that but what i know so far that its the same Nav as the 9140 its the newer ver, its not a wild change it just got little improvements.