Monday, January 27, 2014

KENWOOD HU DDX-630W

My no-brand 2 DIN DVD player had an issue. Already 2 years since using this HU, the touchscreen screen is no more functioning. The touchscreen availability was becoming the 'press-screen'..huhuhuhu..
Need significant of force to execute the on screen function.
Feel tired of this problem.

I chose the KENWOOD DDX-630W for my new ICE this year plus no-brand 7-inch headrest monitor (2pcs) with zipper. I do not like zipper type because the zipper will be broken eventually but no choice since the seller only have this type of headrest monitor.









KENWOOD DDX-630W general specs:

1. Normal 2 DIN size of player (suit well with Alphard ANH10W), do not know either can suit the size of
    Vell fire or ACR50W because i noticed that some of these car had more than 2 DIN size compartment
    for monitor)
2. Support reverse camera, DVD format (strictly non-compatible with dual-layer DVD)
3. 2 input of audio-video (AV)
4. No Bluetooth, No navigation
5. Panel colour (LED light, in picture- blue) can be changed to other colour or alternately change to other
    color continuosly.
6. MP3, AVI, MP2, DVD format.
7. Compatible for Apple product (iPod nano,iPod touch, iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4S)
8. Can play VIDEO at back monitor (headrest) and front monitor (speaker) listening to the radio.
    But of course la, yr kids will watch the video cartoon without audio..heheh., but it suit my need..hehe



It also support Iphone 5. Own an iphone5 and it works fine. Also can charge Iphone 5 through this USB port. No more bring along your USB car charger plug n play to the 12V socket (cigeratte socket).

The disadvantages in my opinion:

1. The reverse camera :  Did not appear automatically whenever the reverse gear is engaged.
                                      Previous HU had this function whenever the reverse gear is engaged even the HU is                                       in OFF. This KENWOOD need to be ON at least in STANDBY stage.
                                      I prefer to completely OFF all the ICE unit to avoid any damage (in-rush current)
                                      to the units when the car is ignited.

2. Video format : MPEG4/MP4 cannot be played on this device. AVI format can be played.
                           Direct download from YouTube, normally in .avi format should be able to be played but
                           this unit cannot identify this format ( from YouTube download). So, need to convert
                           the .avi format to .mp2.

3. Audio Quality : Yes, if install SubWoofer, the sound is WOOOOO!!! But my Alphard does not have any
                            subwoofer. Just OEM speaker. The quality?? ermmmmm... Compare to previous HU,
                            that's was a huge downgrade.No BOOM.BOOM  bass anymore. Wondering, not bad
                            the previous HU.. miss the boom boom sound..

4. The source : USB stick (pendrive), but no SD card reading.















1 comment:

  1. hi,i also got a same kenwood with you .But i can·t play the video in format AVI...... Can you teach me how to play the video in kenwood ??? thank you very much.

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