KENWOOD EXCELON MULTIMEDIA MECHLESS HEADUNIT

Kenwood's Excelon DMX709S multimedia receiver may make you want to hit the road more often. Upgrade your smartphone control with your choice of Android Auto™ or Apple CarPlay® and enjoy it on a customizable 6.75" capacitive touchscreen display. You'll also have lots of music choices, thanks to high-res audio playback and cool music service options. Want to stay wireless? Bluetooth® makes it happen for hands-free calling and music streaming. Plus, Kenwood backs up their Excelon Series receivers with a 2-year warranty, and an incredibly shallow chassis makes installation less of a challenge for certain dashes.

The best smartphone integration

Plug in your Android™ or iPhone®, and Kenwood puts Apple CarPlay and Android Auto at your fingertips. You'll get voice control access to your navigation, phone calls, weather, text messages, and all your music. Best of all, the stereo's touchscreen controls behave like your phone's interface, so there's no learning curve. 

More music options

Great news for audiophiles — this receiver supports high-res file playback of music stored on a USB drive. And because you can access apps from the touchscreen display, you can get to a number of streaming music services, like Spotify, Pandora, TIDAL, and Qobuz. If you're looking for radio stations that won't fade away as you leave the city limits, add a  SiriusXM tuner (sold separately) to this Kenwood to enjoy satellite radio's extensive programming wherever you may roam. Kenwood also includes a built-in HD Radio tuner so you can enjoy the very best audio quality from local radio stations, plus extra programming choices on second and third channels when available.

Excelon-level sound

This receiver's suite of sound-crafting tools includes a 13-band equalizer, deep crossover settings, and built-in digital time alignment. Bring back the depth and detail for your compressed digital music, such as MP3, WMA, and AAC files, with this receiver's Realistic and Supreme modes. If your car speakers are located down low in the doors, this receiver offers Stage EQ, which adjusts your music's frequencies to virtually "raise" your speakers for better, more natural imaging. 

The DMX709S also includes three pairs of 5-volt gold-plated RCA preamp outputs that provide an ultra-clean signal when it's time to add amplifiers to your system. And if you're building a 3-way system, this Excelon receiver gives you that next-level crossover capability directly from the display.

iDatalink Maestro lets you keep your factory extras

The DMX709S offers compatibility you won't find in many other aftermarket radios, thanks to theiDatalink Maestro module (not included). In a wide selection of vehicles, this module lets you keep factory features that you'd otherwise lose when you install a new radio. 

Product highlights:

General features:

• digital multimedia player with AM/FM tuner
• plays media loaded with MP3, WMA, and AAC music files (plus high-res WAV and FLAC)
• 6.75" capacitive touchscreen display
• HD Radio tuner built-in
• Waze-ready with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
• electronic viewing angle display adjustment
• front-panel controls with variable color illumination
• fits double-DIN (4" tall) dash openings

Smartphone features:

• wired Android Auto compatible
• wired Apple CarPlay compatible
• wired USB mirroring for select Android devices
• built-in Bluetooth with dual phone connection for hands-free calling and music streaming
• display and command of select music, navigation, and other apps with iPhone and Android
• Siri Eyes Free control for select iPhones
• compatible with Google Assistant when using Android Auto
• built-in iPhone and rapid Android charging via USB port

Audio/Visual features:

• 13-band graphic EQ
• digital time alignment
• Drive EQ and digital signal processing
• 3-way crossover

Expandability:

• compatible with SiriusXM satellite radio tuner
• inputs: rear USB input, front- and rear-camera inputs, rear micro HDMI input, rear analog 3.5 mm A/V input (configurable for a third camera input)
• outputs: rear analog video output (RCA), 6-channel preamp outputs (5-volt front, rear, sub)

Other information:

• wired connection to parking brake required to access settings and other features on this receiver (the brake must be connected and set for video display)
• built-in amplifier (22 watts RMS/50 peak x 4 channels)
• compatible with most factory steering wheel audio controls (adapter required)
• works with iDatalink Maestro module
  • retains factory features in a wide selection of vehicles
  • displays engine performance data on touchscreen