I love how kenwood sets their controls up and that you get a remote with most of them. Especially if you do a lot of highway driving, it is safer if you have a remote control for your hu because you don't have to move your eyes off the road to turn it up or change the song. Also What are you wanting to play cds,mp3,ipod? With Most kenwoods you can get a specific cord for an ipod and run that directly from the back of the unit to the glove box. I like that feature so i can keep my ipod locked up.