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hey guys

i have a 02 civic and i want to replace the stock radio
i need some help choosing from JVC KDR900 and KENWOOD KDC X993
cant make up my mind i like both of them but cant have both so plzzzz help me select the best! Whats ur review on them?

 
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usually i would go with kenwood over jvc. between those two, i like the kenwood much better.

 
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I would take JVC over kenwood. I find they have good sound.

 
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JVC is a cheapo brand kenwood is more hi-performance. better quality, but hey if your strapped for cash go with JVC

 
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i got the kdc- 693 and the kvt-514 kenwood, all my **** in my car is kenwood ill vouch them any day :P

 
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i think im gonna go with kenwood, its abt 60$$ more then jvc .
what i like abt jvc is that it has over 30,000 color illumination.

thanx everybody

 
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The thing with JVC is that their cheap decks are great quality, but they don't get much better as the price goes up. I find anyway, their cheap decks have great sound.

 
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the kenwood has enough colors to find something that matches your dash, you dont need to have every color in the rainbow if you are only using one.

 
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Kenwood

 
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that kdc has like so many different colors and you can adjust the display color and each of the ***** illumination, such a bad *** hu, i took it out of my car tho for the kvt-514

 
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i like my jvc double din.. =D

 
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thnx every1
i just got the kenwood kdc x993.
now to connect the wiring all i have to is match the color. But there are 2 orange wires on the honda aftermarket wiring harness one is DIMMER and the other is ILLUMINATION and on the kenwood wiring harness theres only 1 orange wire which is tagged as ILLUMI but in the manual it says Dimmer control Wire. so guys which one to connect plz help me. and what about the other orange wire sud i jus leave it open.

thanx in advance

 
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you do not just match the colors. you must look at the color codes on both the harness you bought (to plug to the oem connector) and the kenwood radio wiring instructions. alot of the colors do not match. i would not even connect any of the dimmer/illum wires at all, very bad things can happen if you do it the opposite way (permanently burnt dash lights and gauges for example). all the illum wire is used for is auto dimming the deck when you use the park lights. usually you can dim the deck itself in the settings, but even then most ppl leave it full bright all the time no problem.

 
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thank u for the quick reply
well almost all the color codes on the aftermarket harness match to the kenwood harness. i haven't uninstall my stock radio so i dont know if the color code will match to it or not.
when sud i connect the dimmer/illum?

 
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just do not hook up those wires, not needed.

 
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will illumination work?
light will b on without illumination?

 
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yup, the illumination wire is only to auto-dim the deck from full to half brightness when car parking lights are used. i do not have dimmer/illum wire hooked up and the deck lights up just fine.

 
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You need illumination if its a screen deck, but otherwise its just a waste of time.

 
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a screen deck??? Mine is a screen deck ( I think ) and I didn't use the illum wire and everything works fine...

 
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any unit should get internal backlighting from the normal battery + wire connection as far as i know. the illum wire is just an accessory for dimming the display. you do need to adjust the internal dimmer manually if you do not hook the illum wire up tho, cause it may default to dim mode and you wouldnt see anything during the day. most decks have an option for dimmer to be on or off.

 
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im gonna install it tomorrow then i'll post the result.
i just have to connect the speaker wires and 3 power wires (red,black and yellow) right guyz?
i just wanna make sure i do the right way this is the first time im gonna install a stereo.

 
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yup, make sure speaker wires are proper polarity (+ -) and the power wires are hooked up correctly. the constant power goes to the battery (usually yellow), and red to ignition switch for low volt trigger.

 
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hey guyz thers a blue wire in the aftermarket harness for power antena and therz also ablue wire in the kenwood harness whis is tagged as ANT.CONT Do i need to connecte them togather? As far as i know my civic doesn't hav an antena.

 
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yup! your civic does have an antenna, its in the rear window glass. sedans do not need to hook up the wire, because they dont have a signal booster like the coupes, but hooking it up will not hurt anything. if you have a coupe, you must hook it up to get radio reception.

 
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hey guyz
I hav done it! without damaging anything. It was not possible without ur help. I'll try to get sum pix and post it later.

THANK YOU ALL