Iphone and Kenwood DNX8120

FYI - I've installed and tested, and it works.

In the instructions it says to download the file from the kenwood site but that file is not for the dnx8120. As the OP said, I used the file posted on rapidshare and put that file on the USB drive and did the upgrade. Worked perfectly. Too bad the sms is still disabled, my other phone works with it and it is useful. According to Kenwood, the Iphone doesn't support sms over bluetooth.
Thanks.

Kenwood finally posted the official update on their website. However, the version is 1.60 instead of 1.61, which is the version of the update posted in this forum. I wonder what the difference is and whether I should try to downgrade it to the official one.

http://www.kenwood.com/bt/support/143to160/groupA/eng.html

The iPhone is now officially in the list of supported phones:

http://www.kenwood.com/bt/support/143to160/eng.html

I have a problem. i downloaded the patch so now the kenwood version is 1.60. I connect the iphone and i still get bad reception on the other and it sounds like a robot). But when i'm in the call i switch back and forth the speaker button and it solves the problem but I had enough of doing it that way. When you configue the blue tooth device but pressing the SP button which do you assign the iphone under?

you need version 1.61. That fixed my iphone problem.

wonder if this 1.6.1 can be used on the DNX8220BT? i’ve upgraded the firmware to 1.60 but still sounds like R2D2 when calling from my iPhone 3G - but from my 1.st gen. iPhone with firmware 1.1.4 it works fine…

I cant believe that update has been available for close to a a month now and its not posted on Kenwood website. They only offer the 1.60 version update; which didnt fix anything .

Anyway, I am happy to report that it solve my bluetooth audio quality problem between the DNX8120 and the iPhone 3G version 2.0.2 (5C1) model MB048LL.

Mine too was corrected with the 1.61 update. BUT only after 1.60 killed the radio. I purchased from Crutchfield and they swapped for a new one. Kenwood wanted me to send mine 4 states over and 3-4 weeks. Praise to Crutchfield.

I am glad the Temp fix I posted helped everone at least get through. It was a pain in the tale to have to swap handsfree to phone and back but at least it worked.

Maybe this has been covered, but I didn't see it anywhere. How can I get the Bluetooth 1.6.1 firmware?

Thanks

Josh Finkelstein

Ok.. I downloaded the file listed in this thread. It looks like the 1.61 update but I put this on a USB drive and the system doesn't recognize it at all. It never starts the update.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Josh

Download the zip file from this site and extract to a usb thumb drive

http://rapidshare.com/files/137365613/IPhoneUpdate.zip.html

There should be 3 files:

bluetooth2p2_fw-y161.plf and two pdf files with instructions

1. copy the PLF file to the thumb drive, it must be at the root of the drive; not in a folder. Thumb drive should be formatted FAT or FAT32.

2. plug your thumb drive into the DNX or DDX usb cable (not the ipod cable)

3. When your system is on, go to setup - software information - This is the screen that tells you the version of software running and bluetooth version.

3. Press the start button closest to the top of the screen. This will get the party started.

4. Be patient as it can take 5-10 minutes for this update to happen. Its gotta copy the file from your thumb drive to. eventually the system will reboot and tell you the update was sucessfull and when to remove the thumb drive.

Thanks.. Worked great..

Hey guys,

I installed the DNX8120 a couple weeks ago. It had bluetooth module version 1.60 and everything worked perfectly until yesterday. Suddenly, on the ride home yesterday I noticed that the bluetooth stopped working. My devices aren't connected anymore. It appears that the bluetooth service has stopped and I can't get it to start again 😟 Under the "Bluetooth Settings", the "Setup" button for connecting devices is grayed out, and under the "Software Version", the bluetooth module version is now blank. (Before, it was 1.60). The "Start" button next to it is blue (looks active), but if you push it, nothing happens. I tried to install the 1.60 update, and it froze the whole unit. The only way to get it back up and running was to install the 1.61 update for iPhone. However, when I look at the bluetooth version it is still blank, and the bluetooth is entirely inoperative. I've tried adjusting every setting I can think of, and it's not in security mode. I've restarted the car, and the radio, several times, and even disconnected the ➖ terminal of the battery for 15 minutes. No help. Any suggestions?

As I have already written on another bluetooth topic, I am facing other-end sound quality issues using various bluetooth HEADSETS. I'va managed to narrow the culprit to the iPhone software:

Seems to me that there is a noise/echo reduction software in the iPhone that applies to bluetooth audio and seems to misbehave when the OTHER-END is in a noisy environment, by muting THIS-END's microphone.

For you with issues with your kenwood gadget, try to see if other-end poor audio and other-end noisy environment connects as well.

I will try your fix (switching audio to iPhone and then back to bluetooth) and see if it will work for me as well...

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Nope... Switching audio to iPhone and back to BT headset doesn't work for me.

Message was edited by: Thanar after trying the tip proposed in this thread.

You have to download the update... I went to Audio Express and they called the Kenwood Rep... there is a download that you need to put in... after I did that ... the audio is awesome!!!