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Now I'm turning down my sub instead of the volume. What they fail to tell you is that unlike all other decks, it doesn't automatically exit the menu after a couple seconds. This stereo sounds great but, like other reviewers said, it uses a knob to turn up the volume that when pressed in opens the audio menu. I have to scroll through the ENTIRE menu of options by pressing the knob in eight more times to return to the volume setting and turn it down. So what normally happens is I go to turn down the music and accidentally press the knob in when turning it. It goes from volume to SUB. Imagine how much this sucks when pulling up to a drive through to order or next to a cop car at a red light. If it could just exit the settings menu by itself then I would have rated it five stars.
I found the KDC-138 very easy to install. Anyway, the sound quality is, to my ears, very good. The instruction manual has a very good one-page wiring diagram for the attachment harness. Suggest you unhook the car battery before installation so as not to get a spark as I did. Like another reviewer, I think the controls are not as well laid out as they could be, but I'm still giving it five stars, especially given the low price. This stereo boasts 200 watts, which really rocks my little Mitsubishi Gallant.
Pretty good product, VERY good sound quality, amp can push 6.5" w/ components with tweeters very well. Other than that it doesnt skip on cd's and has a few rca outputs which are handy. The controls are very confusing though, better keep the manual in the car. The rotary knob isnt the best idea, its easily pushed in while driving -which opens the sound controls- and all of a sudden youre turning up the bass instead of the volume. I like it. Salectronics has them for $69 with free shipping also.
This is a very nice radio for the money, the clock display is a little small, but everything works very well. This radio I am happy to recommend to anyone.
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