Kenwood In-Dash CD/MP3 Player (KDC-MP919)

by Kenwood

Product Details

Product Manual [652kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000068TZB
• Item model number: KDC-MP919
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

Your car will be the center of the party with this in-dash player from Kenwood. It can play conventional CD and CD-R/RW discs, and even your MP3-encoded CD-R/RWs. The fully motorized faceplate revolves out when the ignition is turned off, which makes it easy to take the face with you. Or let it fully revolve into the dash 'til it shows only its blank side to deter thieves. The MegaMotionM-^Y Display readout provides high-resolution visuals and moving images, plus you get 50 x 4 watts of power.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Flawed Design, July 8, 2004

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Schimm (Ft. Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kenwood In-Dash CD/MP3 Player (KDC-MP919) (Electronics)

This head unit offers about as many customization features as you could want.....including equalization that allows you to chose centerpoints in the bass, mid-range, and treble, and then attenuation or boost around those centerpoints. The sound is decent as is the search and play capabilities of the MP3 player. Unfortunately, the flip head feature of the unit is badly flawed. After about a year the unit had to go to the repair shop because the flip mechanism failed. The local repair people tell me this is common in this model and they keep extra spare ribbons (which is what fails) to repair the head unit. The head unit cannot be used when this happens because it stays in a half opened position. In addition, it periodically malfunctions, flipping itself in a half open position. You have to reset the unit and that looses all your setting.

In any case, I'll never buy another flip head again and doubt I'll buy another Kenwood. I informed Kenwood of my problems and they never responded to me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars confirm flawed design, April 24, 2005

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Harry Fowler "Harry Fowler" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kenwood In-Dash CD/MP3 Player (KDC-MP919) (Electronics)

This unit is indeed flawed. A product of this caliber should provide a lifetime of quality service. It does nothing of the sort. I am currently in the process of insisting that Kenwood do something to make it right and request that other dissatisfied customers email me to join the fight. [e-mail].

3.0 out of 5 stars I'll chime in as well.., January 2, 2011

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Lucas D. Cookson (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kenwood In-Dash CD/MP3 Player (KDC-MP919) (Electronics)

I've had this unit installed since 2003 in my Mazdaspeed Protege. Every couple months the unit will stop functioning in the way described above. The face will open half way, like it is going to turn around and then just stop. You can't use the unit in this configuration and it must be reset. I've never had a hard failure that a simple reset didn't fix, but it does get annoying having to reprogram your stations every few months. Overall the system was amazing at it's time... If it weren't for this single flaw, I'd still be using it.