Kenwood Garage Setup

calewjohnson · 12-28-2014, 05:34 AM

I have a 2014 3950. I have a Kenwood double din deck with a subwoofer and speakers. The subwoofer works with movies being played through the deck, but not with Bluetooth music or radio. I pulled the deck out and there is a spaghetti plate of wires back there. Has anyone pulled all that out and cleaned it up and retired it? I also found that there is no antenna connected, which explains the absence of a radio signal.

Cale

donzinger · 12-28-2014, 09:32 AM

My radio is fine, but have not tried the Bluetooth. I had issues with only one exterior and the opposite interior speaker working. When I pulled the radio to investigate, I found several wires were pulling away from their connectors and the birdnest back there convinced me to let the dealer handle it under warranty - they did fix it saying the speakers were incorrectly wired at the selector switches for interior/exterior. I plan to add Sirius to it at some point but what a mess behind there. You have me curious about where the antenna might be located...

**wahoonc** · 12-28-2014, 11:02 AM

I don't know if it will apply to the fancy pants stereo systems you have...

But on mine the radio is connected to the television antenna. Turn the antenna amplifier on and the radio picks up plenty of stations. FWIW I seldom listen to radio, I use my iPod/mp3 player or Pandora most of the time.

Aaron

ATCguy · 12-28-2014, 12:46 PM

The Sony system in my Voltage 3200 is the same as Aaron's above. The antenna is plumbed into the TV antenna. If you're using RV park cable and wish to use the garage radio... you have to switch from the cable to antenna, which then means you have a bad TV picture if trying to use both at the same time.

calewjohnson · 12-28-2014, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ATCguy

The Sony system in my Voltage 3200 is the same as Aaron's above. The antenna is plumbed into the TV antenna. If you're using RV park cable and wish to use the garage radio... you have to switch from the cable to antenna, which then means you have a bad TV picture if trying to use both at the same time.

Thanks for the info...that may have been their intent. The antenna does in fact have a coax cable on it, however, it is not connected to anything. I will have to explore some other options, as I have DirecTV and wouldn't be able to turn on the booster. I have the TV setup where I can use the antenna when I do not pull the dish out, though I have not seen what would happen if I am watching satellite and I flip the booster on, may try that today....

Is there any reason as to why the subwoofer only works when a movie is played, but no other sound source?

I did have feedback through the speakers, found that they wrapped the bundle of wires with a power wire, which was providing electrical feedback...unwrapped the bundle and separated everything and the feedback is gone.

Cale

calewjohnson · 12-28-2014, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by wahoonc

I don't know if it will apply to the fancy pants stereo systems you have...

But on mine the radio is connected to the television antenna. Turn the antenna amplifier on and the radio picks up plenty of stations. FWIW I seldom listen to radio, I use my iPod/mp3 player or Pandora most of the time.

Aaron

Now that you mention it, I think that was their intent, but the cable is laying disconnected in the cabinet.

Cale

splash · 01-01-2015, 05:44 AM

Cale, 2014 3950 does the same, sub doesn't work with bluetooth. think that might be a weakness in the Kenwood deck... and the incredible demand they put into using every single deck output to accomplish inside, outside, sub, tv sound, stereo sound, etc. The other thing I thought of, if the inside speakers are off and the sub is on for the speakers outside... kind of defeats the purpose of turning the internal speakers off as the sub is mounted inside. So maybe its intentional.

lakebuster · 01-02-2015, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by splash

Cale, 2014 3950 does the same, sub doesn't work with bluetooth. think that might be a weakness in the Kenwood deck... and the incredible demand they put into using every single deck output to accomplish inside, outside, sub, tv sound, stereo sound, etc. The other thing I thought of, if the inside speakers are off and the sub is on for the speakers outside... kind of defeats the purpose of turning the internal speakers off as the sub is mounted inside. So maybe its intentional.

No, go to BT settings on radio and change from front (which is factory default) to all. Have no clue why Kenwood has only front as default in BT mode. I also rewired mine and still had the problem until I googled it and found what I mentioned above.

Good Luck
David

calewjohnson · 01-03-2015, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lakebuster

No, go to BT settings on radio and change from front (which is factory default) to all. Have no clue why Kenwood has only front as default in BT mode. I also rewired mine and still had the problem until I googled it and found what I mentioned above.

Good Luck
David

Great, thanks for the info....will be trying out. I am kicking around retiring the speakers, I am not sure they have the speakers wired so that the impedance matches the Kenwood. At first sight, it is ugly, just need to pull apart and look.

Cale

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