{"id":40934,"date":"2009-11-12T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=123913"},"modified":"2009-11-12T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T20:00:29","slug":"kicker-to-make-the-zk500-zune-hd-compatible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/40934","title":{"rendered":"Kicker to make the ZK500 Zune HD compatible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/kicker-ZK500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/kicker-ZK500.jpg\" alt=\"kicker-ZK500\" title=\"kicker-ZK500\" width=\"620\" height=\"366\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123921\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOne of the only downsides to owning a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/tag\/zune-hd\/\">Zune HD<\/a> instead of an iPod is the lack of speaker docks. There simply isn&#8217;t that many available and the ones for the previous Zune&#8217;s aren&#8217;t compatible. But Kicker knows what&#8217;s up and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twice.com\/article\/388531-Kicker_Updates_Zune_Dock_Speaker_System.php?rssid=20310\">just released firmware<\/a> to make its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2008\/04\/03\/red-hot-omg-zune-kicker-dock-now-available-to-the-ramparts\/\">$249 ZK500<\/a> Zune HD friendly. But there is fine print involved and you can&#8217;t update the system yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing: you have to ship the system to company to have the firmware installed. But if you bought the ZK500 after the Zune HD was released, you&#8217;re good. The company will pay the necessary shipping cost to have the update completed.<\/p>\n<p>However if you bought it before, you&#8217;re going to have to pay $40 to have the firmware installed. Ridiculous? Yeah, it kind of is.<\/p>\n<p>Either way though, the system will not output high-def from the Zune HD because of the older dock connector used. But I guess if you spent the cash on the new Zune HD, you may as well spend another $40 to make your older speaker dock compatible. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/n96Kpsh9KpuAINIgTmBll9RMYXA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/n96Kpsh9KpuAINIgTmBll9RMYXA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/n96Kpsh9KpuAINIgTmBll9RMYXA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/n96Kpsh9KpuAINIgTmBll9RMYXA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=ihIW3P4_G8M:HtpRzAF6iuw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=ihIW3P4_G8M:HtpRzAF6iuw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=ihIW3P4_G8M:HtpRzAF6iuw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=ihIW3P4_G8M:HtpRzAF6iuw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=ihIW3P4_G8M:HtpRzAF6iuw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the only downsides to owning a Zune HD instead of an iPod is the lack of speaker docks. There simply isn&#8217;t that many available and the ones for the previous Zune&#8217;s aren&#8217;t compatible. But Kicker knows what&#8217;s up and just released firmware to make its $249 ZK500 Zune HD friendly. 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