Brian,

I am going to pick my coach up tomorrow and will get some pics of it then.

But here is the preview shot;



This is an AM / FM / XM / CD / iPod / MP3 player that works via touch screen or with a remote.

Then it serves as a DVD and video iPod player that is also the back up camera system. However, when it was installed they hooked it up to the AV system on the coach so you can also watch DirecTV from the sat. sytem on the coach or the DVD player(s) in the rear of the coach. It also displays the Marathon monitor screen info.

Then it had a module added to it where it is Bluetooth linked to my cell phone, so I can talk via a mic in the front and the sound comes out the stereo speaker in the front. Nothing like hearing Loc do his Woody Woodpecker imitation on 6 speakers.

The GPS system that Kenwood uses is Garmin, so it is like your unit. It is linked to realtime weather and traffic via the XM radio, so on the maiden voyage when I pulled out on I-10 in Houston it started barking about the traffic and the road turned yellow. It will suggest detours if you prompt it or the road turns red.

So when you put all these features together with the Marathon switches on the front panel you about need a type rating to run the thing. It also plays most of the video feed on the passangers monitor located on the right side of the coach.

I had it on the shakedown trip last weekend, but have been in Algeria all week, so I hadn't been able to finish my analysis of how well it all worked.

And I forgot my video iPod on the trip but I did hook it up to my wife's iPhone and it played music. I won't get to check the video part out until tomorrow.

It was interesting to see behind the panel when they installed the unit. The original monitor was recessed a lot, so this one had to be moved forward which turned out okay. Marathon had also installed some extra push button switches in the dash that we used for switching. I now need to figure out how to make some labels for them just like the originals.

And I was able to donate the Alpine unit that came out to Krak4U Tom as it appears his took a dump and they are the same unit. Yes Tom I am mailing it tomorrow. I didn't trust the girls to pack it up while I was gone.

This is kinda what the first screen looks like but on a different unit.



JDUB