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usb/hd/xm receiver
Posted: February 15th, 2007, 10:51 am
by ariesdude
I am looking for a cheap receiver with usb input and also HD and XM/sirius capabilities. I was looking at kenwood kdc-532 which seems to have those features - but i am confused about the HD/XM ready part. Some web pages mention that additional tuners may be needed to make use of HD/XM - but i cannot find those tuners for sale. So can somebody help me demystify this and maybe suggest other options. Thanks in advance.
Posted: February 15th, 2007, 12:19 pm
by ScooterBovine
Posted: February 15th, 2007, 12:42 pm
by ariesdude
I did read that before - it doesnt have any info about hd/xm/sirius tuners ...
Posted: February 15th, 2007, 7:23 pm
by reaper of souls
i'm runnin a kenwood KDC-MP728 all the kenwoods are sirus/hd ready meaning you still need the separte turner to have access to them
Posted: February 15th, 2007, 7:33 pm
by Vanished
Yah the JVC deck that I did a write up about is highly recommended. No it does not have HD, but is sat radio ready. Alpine makes one with sat radio built it, not sure about HD. Also,
http://mobile.jvc.com/hdradio.jsp is HD radio, but no USB.
Posted: February 16th, 2007, 1:11 am
by ariesdude
reaper of souls wrote:i'm runnin a kenwood KDC-MP728 all the kenwoods are sirus/hd ready meaning you still need the separte turner to have access to them
I figured as much - do you know where to get those tuners - i searched for them (briefly) - seems they are not that easy (or cheap) to find - there's one at crutchfield for 200 bucks!!!.
Posted: February 16th, 2007, 11:20 am
by 2fazed
You can go to any stores like K-mart, Walmart and get an entry level sat radio receiver for as low as $40.
Posted: February 16th, 2007, 12:30 pm
by ScooterBovine
I got mine off eBay for like $100 shipped. Not a bad deal!
Posted: February 17th, 2007, 3:48 pm
by reaper of souls
they are hard to find b/c kenwood stopped making them and now they are getting popular the only ones i found for cheap were on ebay i think the model number is kdc - hr100tr i know its for sure 100tr the begining i can remember for the life of me but only the kenwood unit will work due to the data port on the rear so if you can get one good. if you find one for cheap let me know i still want one i just can't think of were in my dash i have room for it at the moment!
Reaper
Greg
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 2:19 pm
by ariesdude
Posted: February 18th, 2007, 9:19 pm
by 2fazed
reaper of souls wrote:they are hard to find b/c kenwood stopped making them and now they are getting popular the only ones i found for cheap were on ebay i think the model number is kdc - hr100tr i know its for sure 100tr the begining i can remember for the life of me but only the kenwood unit will work due to the data port on the rear so if you can get one good. if you find one for cheap let me know i still want one i just can't think of were in my dash i have room for it at the moment!
Reaper
Greg
Are you looking for a specific model? Cause Kenwood still makes sat radios. They've got the Sportster, I think that's the name, and the Heretoanywhere, which I have.