I'm using a Kenwood KDC-BT838U (sorry. can't add links)

Although it is going on two years, it works very well with the Pre

1) hand free profile - works well and will mute any source for a call. You can set answer delay as well

2) stereo BT streaming audio - Also works well, can change songs from deck, but no metadata

3) Pandora - works well also with Accuradio and Shoutcast

4) Navigation - mutes the current playing BT stream for directions (WILL NOT MUTE OTHER SOURCES)

5) phone book - downloads phonebook evertime the deck and phone mate. It is non-untrusive and you can still use all other functions, but it's annoying to look at screen say "downlaoding" everytime you start the car.

6) voice dial - it does support voice dial, but I don't currently use it. Much faster to use PhotoDialer, since I keep it open anyway.

Other +++ I also have a 100 gb HDD attached to the USB port. So I mainly use the Pre stream internet radio.

Downside - this deck doesn't support the 5g Nano yet and I haven't seen any firmware updates since Jan of this year. Also the software that comes with it sucks balls. There is a 256 folder, 256 song per folder limit. Although this gives you over 65k songs, there's no easy way to browse that many songs without playlists. Kenwood's Music Editor is the only way to create playlist, but it sucks for a large collection

I'm thinking of installing this deck in my GF's truck when she gets a Pixi and getting myself a newer deck with better features. But for the most part it works well. Any suggestions from anyone on deck that will give me more flexibility with a large HDD?

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