hu with hd radio and bluetooth?
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Topic: hu with hd radio and bluetooth?
Posted By: boulderbronco
Subject: hu with hd radio and bluetooth?
Date Posted: March 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I've been looking for a new Head Unit with built in HD Radio and built in Bluetooth? But the only thing I can find is the Dual XHD7714. From what I have heard it's not that bad, but not that good. Kind of cheap. Does any other manufacturer make such a unit? Seems like those are the two popular options these days yet knowone offers them built in. What gives?
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Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: March 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM
a good rule that i go by is compare the features to the price. if a radio has what seems to be every feature under the sun but it is still way less than a good radio without many of those extra features i would be warry. manufacturers try to shove so many features into a single unit that they have to sacrifice quality and good design, that is why they break so fast. if it seems too good to be true for the price, it probably is.
with that said i know there are a few radios with a built in HD radio tuner, eclipse makes a good one, but not many with both for a good price. i would find a radio with built in HD tuner and just get a bluetooth adapter for it.
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: March 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM
I would go the outer way around, personally... Find a BT enabled deck, and add the HD module.
That's just me... :)
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: March 20, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I also would go with haemphist. Get built in bluetooth and add HD. HD radio is pretty over rated right now. ------------- 
Posted By: boulderbronco
Date Posted: March 20, 2009 at 4:50 PM
So why aren't there radios other than Dual, with both built in? Seems like thats what the market wants. Or am I the only one who wants HD Radio and Bluetooth in one? I would love HD radio. Why do you say it's overrated? It's free.
Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: March 20, 2009 at 6:23 PM
https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp~TID~111365~PN~9 here is a thread on it. Not to mention DUAL is straight crap and even if it has a HD receiver. I can promise the quality would not be any better than using a quality deck with standard radio. Its simply a marketing tool for them to get buyers. -------------
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: March 21, 2009 at 12:54 AM
as j.reed said, its a marketing tool. like i said, if it seems too good for the price, it probably is. not saying it won't work, but for how long? if you dont want to replace the whole unit evey 6 months, then get them as separate modules. either HD built in or blutooth built in it doesn't really matter. i suggested getting a radio with built in HD radio because separate tuners are usually more expensive than separate bluetooth modules. thats why i would get a radio with built-in HD rather than built-in bluetooth.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: March 21, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Alpine 9887 with bluetooth and HD radio modules. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: boulderbronco
Date Posted: March 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM
DYohn] wrote:
lpine 9887 with bluetooth and HD radio modules.
Thanks. Looks like a good unit but I want both built in. Seems thats not possible unless I go Dual. I still don't understand why a manufacturer wouldn't build an HU with both Bluetooth and HD built in. Can anyone answer that question? Are they coming out soon? Or are manufacturers just not interested in such a thing?
Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: March 21, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Not so much the manufacturers as the buyers. HD radio is not really developed yet. There are not many stations. Then you have the fact they dont reach as far as standard FM stations. So why would radio stations want to switch narrowing there listeners? In time im sure it will change. But till then I will take my bluetooth over HD radio anyday. -------------
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: March 22, 2009 at 10:39 AM
boulderbronco wrote:
DYohn] wrote:
lpine 9887 with bluetooth and HD radio modules.
Thanks. Looks like a good unit but I want both built in. Seems thats not possible unless I go Dual. I still don't understand why a manufacturer wouldn't build an HU with both Bluetooth and HD built in. Can anyone answer that question? Are they coming out soon? Or are manufacturers just not interested in such a thing?
Because to do it right would make the head unit cost too much, and not everyone needs or wants those functions. I cannot recommend strongly enough to NOT buy anything called "Dual." It is bottom-feeder flea-market crap that sounds like a wet fart in a cardboard box and not only that, it's not very good. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: March 22, 2009 at 11:45 AM
why put it all in one when they can make more money by making you buy separate modules. and also, good manufacturers wont do it probably because of the space it would take up inside of a normal sized radio. i can see it happening in a double din radio, but not single din. to cram, and i really mean cram, all of that into a single din radio while trying to maintain a certain level of quality that their customers expect and standard features and power ratings, it must be very hard to do and just not practical right now to have it all in one. DUAL makes one because they are not concerned with the quality or fidelity of anything they make, you get what you pay for.
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