Kenwood DNX9980 & Cameras Installed

68cam454 · 05-20-2011, 11:34 PM

Well, I'm beginning to lose patience with Kenwood. Car Toys has tried swapping the Ecoroute module but it still has problems connecting with the head-unit about 25% of the time and some of the gauges still only display randomly (coolant temp, timing advance, battery voltage). They want to try replacing the head-unit but I hate to have my dash taken apart again if this is just a software/firmware problem since it will probably eventually be fixed with a software upgrade.

Does anyone have one of the new Kenwood units using the Ecoroute HD function without issue?

butdamnbrian · 05-21-2011, 02:22 AM

maybe you can ask around on the kenwood forums, as there's a section dedicated to this hu, or also ask around on diymobileaudio.com

370zFORme!! · 05-21-2011, 03:06 AM

I have a picture of my head unit and it sits back farther than that. I'll post it tomorrow.

68cam454 · 05-21-2011, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by butdamnbrian

maybe you can ask around on the kenwood forums, as there's a section dedicated to this hu, or also ask around on diymobileaudio.com

I just posted on Kenwwod forums also (thanks for reminding me) but the reason I am asking here first is because I'm thinking that the gauge display issue might be specific to Nissan or even to our Z's due to the specific communication protocol in the OBDII layer. It looks like other users on the Kenwwod forums are experiencing the issue with not connecting 25% of the time so Kenwood has a software/firmware problem.

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Originally Posted by 370zFORme!!

I have a picture of my head unit and it sits back farther than that. I'll post it tomorrow.

Thanks a lot, I would greatly appreciate it.

JibHonk · 06-26-2011, 09:02 PM

just ordered this HU, any updates?

68cam454 · 06-27-2011, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JibHonk

just ordered this HU, any updates?

I got a call from a senior tech at Kenwood last week to let me know they acknowledge that there indeed is a problem with communication between the HU and the ecoroute module and their engineering group is looking into it. Hopefully they will have a firmware update for it in the near future.

EazyD · 06-30-2011, 08:43 PM

CMOS-300: It's really only good for parking, not so much changing lanes. It has such a wide view that if someone is one lane over, they look soooo far away, but could be right next to you. At night, it's also not so useful when driving because all you see are lights that are blown out and not the road. The license plate lights usually ruin any other visibility you might have had.

370zFORme!! · 06-30-2011, 09:01 PM

Here is the promised picture of my 9960. It does sit farther back. Talk to your installer, he needs to use the metra dash kit if you want it to sit back farther. As stated earlier by Tree, excuse the dust.

recon · 10-19-2011, 01:07 PM

Here is the 9980 installed with the Metra Kit. Sorry for the poor picture. let me know if you want another view.

Ron · 10-19-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat

If you or your installer have enough patience you can drill new holes in the brackets and move it back some.

This is what I did with my Sony. It was sticking out just like yours and know its flush

eastwest2300 · 10-19-2011, 09:27 PM

I love the install, the front camera and back camera were done very well, me personally I'd just do the back camera, the front camera is a little over kill, but it does say BALLER status all over it though.

68cam454 · 10-20-2011, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by recon

Here is the 9980 installed with the Metra Kit. Sorry for the poor picture. let me know if you want another view.

Thanks for the pic....We pulled it and moved it as far back as possible and it came out just about perfect.
Here are the before and after pics.....quite a difference. I'm perfectly happy with the install. I wish Kenwood would fix the gauge display problem with the ecoroute module but they said that they won't be looking into it. Apparently it works fine with most vehicles but I can't get it to work right with the Z and noone else on here seems to have one so I can verify if it is a problem with all Z's.

recon · 10-20-2011, 03:00 PM

Big difference! looks great. That was worth the extra effort!

eastwest2300 · 10-20-2011, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by recon

Big difference! looks great. That was worth the extra effort!

Huge difference, it looks really sharp!

fxroar · 11-03-2011, 08:00 PM

That looks very clean! I wonder for us with touring Bose with voice button built in the steering wheel if we can use that with this HU? Can someone please confirm this? Many thanks.

05-21-2011, 03:06 AM	#18 (permalink)
370zFORme!! Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,459 Drives: 2012 6MT STiffy Rep Power: 17	I have a picture of my head unit and it sits back farther than that. I'll post it tomorrow. __________________ 87' Honda Civic Hatchback: Kaput @ 288,000 miles, 90' Toyota Celica: Kaput @ 175,000 miles, 93' Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4: Kaput @ 138,000 miles, 06' Scion Tc: Traded in @ 64,000 miles, 10' Nissan 370z: Traded in @ 25,000 miles, 12' Subaru Impreza Sti: Current.

06-30-2011, 08:43 PM	#22 (permalink)
EazyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 1,211 Drives: 2010 6MT Sport pkg. Rep Power: 25	CMOS-300: It's really only good for parking, not so much changing lanes. It has such a wide view that if someone is one lane over, they look soooo far away, but could be right next to you. At night, it's also not so useful when driving because all you see are lights that are blown out and not the road. The license plate lights usually ruin any other visibility you might have had. __________________ Pearl White 2010 370Z Sport, Stillen CBE, tint, K&N drop-in filters, GT-R start button, Kenwood DNX-6980 with backup cam, LED bulbs, Raceseng shift knob.

10-19-2011, 09:27 PM	#26 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,864 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	I love the install, the front camera and back camera were done very well, me personally I'd just do the back camera, the front camera is a little over kill, but it does say BALLER status all over it though. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

11-03-2011, 08:00 PM	#30 (permalink)
fxroar Track Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 525 Drives: '10 40th Anniversary Rep Power: 16	That looks very clean! I wonder for us with touring Bose with voice button built in the steering wheel if we can use that with this HU? Can someone please confirm this? Many thanks. __________________ Fast Intentions / K&N / Blox / Evo-R / Uprev / Forgestar 19" F14 / R40 / NST / Z1 / SDCE / H&R / Kenwood / ISS Forged 20" FM10R

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68cam454 Base Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 90 Drives: GM Nismo/68 454 Cam Rep Power: 14	Well, I'm beginning to lose patience with Kenwood. Car Toys has tried swapping the Ecoroute module but it still has problems connecting with the head-unit about 25% of the time and some of the gauges still only display randomly (coolant temp, timing advance, battery voltage). They want to try replacing the head-unit but I hate to have my dash taken apart again if this is just a software/firmware problem since it will probably eventually be fixed with a software upgrade. Does anyone have one of the new Kenwood units using the Ecoroute HD function without issue?

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