Hey guys this is a follow up to my thread i made about which head unit to purchase a few days back and i decided on buying this one which was available last Tuesday. Anyways, all i have to say about this unit is WOW! From how nice and snug it fits to the screen resolution i have never seen anything like it! Ive had it installed since Saturday and i cant stop wanting to drive my G every opportunity i get! Load time i have noticed is about 10 seconds or so which from what i hear is also very fast. The navigation is flawless from what i have seen since playing around with it and it comes from Garmin. Watching movies on this thing is seriously HD status and it sounds like i have an imax surround sound going on. Bluetooth is also pretty good for using an iphone 3g which did i mention this unit also charges it when plugged into the ipod cable? Overall i must say i am EXTREMELY pleased with this setup and am proud to be the first G with it! If you have any questions feel free to ask or if you want different pics just say so!

Here are some pics!

 

WOW
I LOVE the look
other than the gay purple lol

 

totally awesome -- a definite step up from the 8120 in a million ways --

Truly the 9140 is the best DDin out right now --

how's that voice recognition workin out?

 

Haha out of the box the head unit changes randomly to 8 different colors and it just happen to be on purple at time of picture.

As for voice recognition it's a great feature just tricky to learn because you have to say the right command for it to actually do something, which I don't know any yet other than the obvious like iPod, navigation or saying DVD. It's a pretty nice feature I'd say.

 

how much did you pay for the 9140?

amazon has it listed at $1800....ill settle for the $600 f90bt if you paid $1800 for the 9140

 

thats about how happy i was when i was one of the first to get the 8120 last year.

Any pics of the NAV? POI menus and such?

EQ menus, Time alignment menus?

 

pics of the ipod interface?

 

Great unit, I've always loved the specs on the 9140, especially that big hi res screen.

Also, avic411 forum member dodgeboy has just created a message board for Kenwood units:

www.kenwoodforums.com

 

sweet, been looking for a forum like that, hope it takes off as well as avic411

 

Looks pretty nice! Interface looks the same as my 7140, except the buttons on the source select screen and top menu have a 3D look to them. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I've only been using mine for about a week now and I'm still playing around with it. I definitely like the improvements over the 8120, especially the shorter boot-up time.

You can find a pic here. That's a pic of the 7140 but the interface is the same.

 

how much did you pay for the 9140?

 

For the unit itself I paid $1399. Nav is same looks wise as any garmin. I'll get more pics up later today.

 

where did you get it for that price?

 

Local audio place. And yes they are authorized kenwood dealers so I have full warranty and everything like that.

 

nice....good deal