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I have a 2025 Sportage SX Prestige and I am not impressed with the stereo so far. I am a little annoyed that they didn’t provide preset equalizer settings like Pop/Rock etc. instead they give you a Tone Adjustment where you can adjust the Treble/Mid/Bass and then adjust where specially the music is directed. Do any of you have any recommendations for how to adjust these settings to get the most out of this stereo?
 
Dynasty said:
I have a 2025 Sportage SX Prestige and I am not impressed with the stereo so far. I am a little annoyed that they didn’t provide preset equalizer settings like Pop/Rock etc. instead they give you a Tone Adjustment where you can adjust the Treble/Mid/Bass and then adjust where specially the music is directed. Do any of you have any recommendations for how to adjust these settings to get the most out of this stereo?
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Can you attach a photo of your current settings?
 
Right now I just have it zeroed out. (As it arrived from the dealer. ). I am trying to find what is the best setup.. I tried
Treble +2
Mid -2
Bass +4

Sounds better but not sure if it can be improved.
 
I enjoy the "mixer" as IMO it just depends on the type of music you are listening to as to how you have it set. Unfortunately, the sound system is not anything to write home about.
 
Just personal preference. This stereo doesn’t have enough fidelity to notice a difference with anything more than a 3 channel mixer. I have Bass all the way up. Treble 3/4 of the way up and Mid Range a little higher than middle ( just before it starts sounding tinny) I also have the spatial control pulled just a little towards the rear. Just to where you can hear the music move back. The rear speakers are horrible.
 
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Dynasty said:
Right now I just have it zeroed out. (As it arrived from the dealer. ). I am trying to find what is the best setup.. I tried
Treble +2
Mid -2
Bass +4

Sounds better but not sure if it can be improved.
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Read somewhere that treble -2 mid 0 and bass+5 gives best sound. I am happy.
 
I have a 2025 Kia Sportage Prestige and the stereo system has some real problems. There is very poor Bass volume when using the FM stereo receiver in the car (Tone settings of Bass +10, Mid -2, Treble -2) . Performance improve greatly when providing a signal using Apple Car Play and the Tone setting moved to Bass +3, Mid 0, Trebble +2). In all cases, regardless of signal source the rear speaker (8" diameter, 100 watt sub-woofer, produces very little output, and certainly no Bass sound. My call to Harmon Kardon tech support indicated that this rear speaker is the speaker that should be able to produce window rattling bass sounds. I feel a recall is in order to correct this issue.
 
This has been an issue for almost 3 years now. Others just bypass it for a spare tire subwoofer. There was a media firmware release that kinda helped. At least it boosted the overall sound volume a bit. Make sure your media center is up to date. Others claim that it just takes some time to "loosen up"...I believe that mine is "better" now after 2.5 yrs, but certainly not "window rattling"!
 
Mike Haase said:
I have a 2025 Kia Sportage Prestige and the stereo system has some real problems. There is very poor Bass volume when using the FM stereo receiver in the car (Tone settings of Bass +10, Mid -2, Treble -2) . Performance improve greatly when providing a signal using Apple Car Play and the Tone setting moved to Bass +3, Mid 0, Trebble +2). In all cases, regardless of signal source the rear speaker (8" diameter, 100 watt sub-woofer, produces very little output, and certainly no Bass sound. My call to Harmon Kardon tech support indicated that this rear speaker is the speaker that should be able to produce window rattling bass sounds. I feel a recall is in order to correct this issue.
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Sounds like you may have a technical problem. OF course the woofer is in the back, so you should take that into consideration when making settings. I have the Harmon Kardon version, and I'm sure the Bose system would give you more "umph". It requires some pretty good volume level to make it sound good. Of course, Im a Bass lover, so I have the all the way open. I had to play with the Equalizer settings to get the sound where I wanted it.
 
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