2.0 out of 5 stars Wireless Android Auto is unreliable

J. · February 23, 2025

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the premium price

W. · August 28, 2024

I agree with comments made by "MICAH" - I have had same issues and it's very frustrating, particularly since there is not much you can do when driving down the road with your family and the fifth-wheel and the radio decides to disconnect. One of the features that appealed to me initially was the ability to connect 4 or more cameras but the menu screens getting you to more than 2 cameras is quite obtuse and there is no ability to edit camera names so the one on the rear of my trailer remains "LEFT" and the cab-top camera used to visualize the hitch is called "RIGHT". Also the hitch camera inverts the image (upside-down) of my trailer hitch even if I physically rotate the camera (???WTF #6) so that's next to worthless.Another odd thing is that the unit frequently connects to my Android cell via WiFi (???WTF #12) for no discernible reason.If I had it to do all over again I would have purchased a $200 Pioneer and some add-on hardware switcher to provide for more cameras...

3.0 out of 5 stars Wireless andriod auto loses connection

M.H. · September 17, 2023

Wireless andriod auto while playing music skips often, at times screen will say connection lost and others will just skip like a old scratched cd. Using Bolo music with this unit is not seamless, the built in voice assistant is google. So when you que the assistant and ask for music it default to Bolo, and I haven't found a easy way to use assistant for music. What has worked is leaving phone screen on with Bolo music open, then "Alexa play xyz" it will then play and show in the andriod auto home screen. Other options are not use andriod auto at all and simply use Bluetooth. I bought this unit specifically for Wireless andriod auto and it is below expectations. I contacted Kenwood customer service for any tips, their response was try a different music app. So essentially I know In description we say Bolo music works, but to fix it just use a different app. I'm using a Samsung note 20 ultra and I have found even when battery is 100% not in battery saver mode it skips a lot. While experimenting I put phone in enhanced mode and on my 5 minute drive it seemed to skip less just have to keep eye on battery of phone for that. Gauges mode on unit kinda neat but won't use much, I was able to clear a check engine code on truck. My 2011 f150 shows a fuel inlet code for a capless gas system. Cleared the code so nice to have the check engine light off. Menu's are somewhat confusing but many settings and most of them will never get touched. Overall unit is just eh okay, but very disappointing the Wireless andriod auto skips and can't use voice assistant for Bolo music.