Mazdaspeeds In Progress
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now how is it that you kids think that silver face can flip around and leave NO cracks on the sides or top? The first picture above clearly has the head unit installed and is showing the back of the face because it has flipped around, now if you will look at the second picture above it is entirely different.
clearly a useless argument as nothing is to be gained or lost but I do have a question regardnig the stereo. The head unit is commonly reffered to in Mazda documentation as a Kenwood Excelon MP919, but there is no such animal, the MP919 is not an excelon head unit. Excelong head units from this model year have a 5 instead of a 1, so the comparable unit for the 919 would be the kenwood X959, which is about a hundred dollars more expensive. All the pictures of the prototype car show it with the non excelon MP919 unit.......is that false advertising or something? a bone of contention? Even though it doesnt matter to us persnoally, you think any dealer would care if we complained about having a 100 dollar less head unit in the car than we were anticipating?
Very astute observation, slug420. Here's the way I see it:
Although the stereo is listed as a "Excelon KDC-MP919" on Mazda's website as well as in Car & Driver (and probably other magazines) I think it could end up being a different head unit. The official Mazda information released to dealers last week says the following:
The above info makes no mention of Excelon or not, nor any model number. So it might be the KDC-MP919.
From my research, it looks like the Excelon KDC-X859 is virtually identical to the KDC-MP919, except is is an Excelon model and has a couple of small extras (like RDS.) It also keeps the same rotary volume knob.
So, what's the answer? Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Although the stereo is listed as a "Excelon KDC-MP919" on Mazda's website as well as in Car & Driver (and probably other magazines) I think it could end up being a different head unit. The official Mazda information released to dealers last week says the following:
The above info makes no mention of Excelon or not, nor any model number. So it might be the KDC-MP919.
From my research, it looks like the Excelon KDC-X859 is virtually identical to the KDC-MP919, except is is an Excelon model and has a couple of small extras (like RDS.) It also keeps the same rotary volume knob.
So, what's the answer? Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Here's the answer from Mazda's website:
"For a state-of-the-art MP3 audio system, Mazda again turned to Kenwood Car Audio, the company responsible for the first-ever OEM MP3 system in last year's Mazda MP3. The MAZDASPEED Proteg features a new in-dash CD/ MP3 receiver - the Kenwood Excelon KDC-MP919.
"For a state-of-the-art MP3 audio system, Mazda again turned to Kenwood Car Audio, the company responsible for the first-ever OEM MP3 system in last year's Mazda MP3. The MAZDASPEED Proteg features a new in-dash CD/ MP3 receiver - the Kenwood Excelon KDC-MP919.
big_ben said:
Probably not now. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
I talked to the shop, and my car probably won't be ready until Monday!(argh) This will keep me from bringing my car! My block is there, but they say they have to honor other's rides who where brought in while my car was just sitting there waiting on parts. This phuckin sucks!!!:mad:
dang, that's lame. You should immediately have a higher priority since it's an "open workorder" so to speak and your part has finally arrived. It's like putting you in a waiting room and let other people behind you in line get all their stuff done and then finally getting back to service you..:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Oh, I forgot to mention that part of the reason that I am still waiting is the fact that they recived the wrong main bearing for the crank shaft. That's right, they figured since everything else was gonna be new, they would go ahead and replace those. The weren't able to find out that they were the wrong ones until the block go back to the shop, and they tried to fit them. They are waiting for the correct ones. They do good work, so I trust what they do. They just have a way of teaching you a lot of patience. Looks like Friday or Monday for my ride to be back.
