![]() Timing: They both have timing, but Kenwood also has a built-in setting that can adjust for the front driver.The kenwood, you have to go through a separate menu to save the custom setting. You press and hold the preset you want to save your custom tune to and it saves it. The Slope GUI is equally difficult to use in the Alpine, but the Kenwood's is easier to understand. Not a huge deal for most people, but it's fun to play with. The kenwood is locked into the standard EQ range. Where the alpine shines is that you can move the bands around to adjust which bands you want to adjust the gain. The alpine makes you use the buttons below the EQ to switch bands and adjust the gain. It's much easier to use because you can just touch which band you want to change and slide it on the screen. Equalizer: Kenwood has the better interface.Obviously, the alpine does not have a volume knob, but I rarely use that anyways. Neither have any sort of lag when switching between the various settings or menus. The alpine screen is thinner than the kenwood's.įunction: Both are very responsive. The Kenwood uses the standard orange wire, but it barely dims at all. You can also adjust the dimness by 2 increments, but leaving it default worked well. It doesn't have an orange wire that you have to connect. ![]() It uses a light sensor to automatically dim the back light so it's not bad at night. The F511's lighting is more advanced though. The F511's black area of the screen is thinner than the 1007XR, so the display area is larger. They both have the same resolution, but that's about it. The color is so faded that it almost looks black and white. This is also true for the backup camera on the alpine. ![]() I've searched around and it doesn't seem like the washed out screen of the F511 is limited to this model. The vibrancy of the Kenwood is far better than the Alpine. Screen: The Kenwood's screen colors are better. I had to trim down the HDMI cable to make it fit whereas the same cable for the kenwood wasn't an issue. Both use a cover plate that prevents the HDMI cable from coming out, but the Alpine's design is only for thinner cables. The alpine comes with an HDMI in and out.The kenwood only comes with the single AA/Carplay/Media usb connections. One is for charging usb devices, but at a low amp rate. The alpine comes with 2 usb connections.The kenwood does not have a trigger input for the left/right inputs, so you either have to use the HU controls to switch, or use a video switcher like I did that funnels all the videos into the back up camera input so that it interrupts the screen when using the turn signals. The kenwood has front, left, right, and rear camera inputs. ![]() The Alpine's single din does mean you can tuck the wires under the chassis though, so it's a slightly easier install. For the Tacoma, the limited space behind the 2G radio means that it's going to suck to install it. This means you will probably have a bunch of unused connectors in the back of the radio. This likely is how they are able to keep it sized to a single din and not double. Built-in RCAs with only a few connections for the kenwood harness, GPS, and Mic. Connections: The kenwood is a very typical headunit.So many cars these days come with double din radios. It would have been a huge plus if the Alpine came with a din cover plate. It will only slide in that one extra position. ![]() 5" increments to get a better installation, but 1" isn't horrible. It would have been nice if the Alpine slider moved in. If you want to connect the front camera, you have to purchase another adapter, which is $20 on crutchfield. The F511 only comes with 1 RCA adapter for the alpine harness. One plus with the kenwood is that it has all the RCA video connections hardwired into the unit. Although I think I struggled more with the kenwood's double din size. I may pull it all back out and attempt some kind of wire clean up. Unfortunately, I was not able to because the Alpine comes with a mess of wires. My second reason was that I was hoping with a single din chassis, I would be able to get the dash kit flush mounted to the dash. It's not a big deal to have to press the button manually to connect on the Kenwood, but I'm a type of person that just wants to get in the car/truck and go. The reason I switched is because the Alpine can auto connect to Android Auto. I recently had the DNR1007XR and switched to the ILX-F511. ![]()
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