Android users can plug in their phones into the Kenwood car radio which will then allow you to view the files like a thumb/flash drive. If the user also downloads a Kenwood app, he or she can then use the car radio’s seek, play and pause keys to control music on the phone.
The app will be available in January from Android Market, and will most likely be called Kenwood Music Control.
The KDC-252U is one of 2 new Kenwood radios with Android music control.
If Kenwood does half as good a job with the Android music control as the did with the Apple Ipod music control, then their Android customers will be very very happy. We lood foward to testing these new headunits.
The Android-ready car CD/radios are the Kenwood KDC-252U CD receiver and KDC-202U.
The KDC-252U has a $280 price installed (most cars). In addition to Android music playback and control you also get built-in Pandora control over an iPhone including thumbs up/down. The CD/radio has a front USB for connecting an iPod and mass storage devices. The radio will also charge an iPhone. It comes with a front AUX input and one set of pre-outs to allow system building, including the addition of a subwoofer through an optional signal output and a built-in low frequency crossover. You also get remote control.
The step down model KDC-202U has a suggested retail price of $260 installed (most cars). You get the same Android control but you lose iPhone and built-in Pandora control. You also get front USB for mass storage devices, front aux in, one set of pre-outs, and remote control.
With most car radios, Android users can plug the phone to hear their music (through the aux in jack) but there’s no control over the music so you must keep picking up your phone to change songs while driving.
Source: Kenwood
http://www.nvsaudio.com/
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/
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