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Old 08-18-2018, 02:18 PM   #5
dghii
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Not a 986 but the 2003 996 Cab I purchased back in early May came with a Kenwood 2Din radio that was top of the line back in 2013. It is an android base unit, Model DNX 9990HD IIRC.

I am not one bit impressed. The sound is fine but the user controls are cumbersome and not intuitive at all. I'm fairly techie but this thing took me days to set up a 'user account' and pair my phone.

When I turn on the car, it takes over 30 seconds before the radio will start to play, and even with that, you are still on the home screen, so if you want to change stations or something, selecting the radio menu takes about 5 seconds.
GPS is fine but does not seem to be capable of dimming, certainly not automatically at night. I have yet to identify a setup function to allow dimming of any displays.
Overall, this radio feels dated...much more than I would expect for something only 5 year old.
No plan on replacing the unit as its not that important to me but boy, I sure wouldn't by this thing again!
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