help me choose one of these two radios.

[a.graham52]

i just picked up two radios from work, was able to take them out of used vehicles for free... well had to find and put in a factory replacment radio.

i have:

1) pioneer DEH-P47DH (double din)

and

2) kenwood KDC-MP235.

both have sub out

the pioneer had aux-in in rear
the kenwood has aux-in in front, remote and SAT ready to boot.

i know nothing about these two radios other then they are both fully functional. i dont know their age, which one would sound bettter etc.

im not realy planing on installing a sub at the moment, have more priorits

any imput?.

[Silver SLP]

I would recommend the Kenwood kdc mp235. I have had many of these (new models come out every year) and never had any problems other than my own wiring mistakes. I like that the face plate is removable and the customization is great.

[a.graham52]

so i noticed on ebay some of the pictures of the pioneer show the buttons lighting up. mine dont. none of them. idk if its a wiring harness problem ( i just transfered the whole setup over to my truck) or if there is an internal problem with the radio.

[04PONTIACGA]

Do you have the illumination wire connected? It's either an orange wire or orange/white.

[a.graham52]

Do you have the illumination wire connected? It's either an orange wire or orange/white.

Have not inspected. Just noticed this a min ago. If its not connected then its the dual of the PO :)

[S8track16]

Both deck output 22W RMS per channel, Pioneer deck has 2.2V Preout Voltage, Kenwood deck has 2.5V Preout Voltage = Kenwood deck would have slightly better sound quality. However, the pioneer deck has a 9 band equalizer while the Kenwood deck has only 3.

For sound quality - Pioneer offers more fine tuned sound with a better equalizer but the Kenwood has a better sound signal.

source: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_764_Pioneer-DEH-P47DH.html

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_8600_Kenwood-KDC-MP235.html

[Cliff8928]

That pioneer is actually a 1.5 din for the older GM and Chrysler applications.

I was actually looking for a good used one since that size isn't made anymore.

[a.graham52]

That pioneer is actually a 1.5 din for the older GM and Chrysler applications.

I was actually looking for a good used one since that size isn't made anymore.

Ill sell it to u. Everything works except for the button lights. I checked the wiring and still don't work. Radio, cd, aux work.