I need to re-read the phone stuff as well. I have only made one call with it so far, but it worked fine. Scrolled through my phone list OK.
Also, this radio has a ton of audio settings. You can reduce the output from 0-8, and when using the speaker outs, you can overdrive the amp in the car. When I set the Kenwood to "-8" (the lowest setting) you can turn it to max volume and not get distortion, but it is very loud. Seems to be close to factory output, but I didn't go back and forth comparing.