06-17-2019, 02:16 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Loranger
Posts: 64
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Originally Posted by eeek
My goal was to have a better sounding unit. I replaced the 6x8’s in the doors and the 5 1/4s in the overhead with excelon speakers. I also added a 8 inch powered sub under the passenger seat. The radio sounds really, really good. I don’t listen to music outside, so I didn’t change those. Also, I have driven large vehicles for 20 years and I know people do really stupid stuff. So I added a KENWOOD dash cam that interfaces with the DNX875. I can also play the rear view cam at anytime, but not record it, of course.
We travel to a lot of places where phone isn’t an option- just no signal. So I wanted a dedicated GPS unit. I also didn’t really care for Apples CarPlay. That was based on my experience in my Civic. However, I really like the interface with the KENWOOD. I can use Waze, google maps, or Apple maps and of course the included garmin.
I understood the Soundstream. It was a $200 head unit- and it showed. I am extremely disappointed in Jayco’s inclusion of it. That said- it wasn’t horrible once you understood it. I listened to music over Bluetooth, the GPS wasn’t horrible, and the options when I was stopped was fine. I like the tv being played on the head unit- sort of a poor man’s surround sound. The Soundstream also had a decent remote. I could turn it off and on. You can’t do that with any KENWOOD remote. You can turn it off, but that’s it.
I didn’t have a huge need to swap it, but I am glad I did. All told, I dropped around $1,500 for all of those upgrades. I can jam out when I drive to camping spots.
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That Soundstream unit has to be the worst POS ever installed in an RV and the GPS function is even worse. Luckily I have a Garmin RV770LMT. By the way, Jayco did not even include the SiriusXM module.
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