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I Installed this radio in my Motorhome, Works Great, Sounds Great, Easy to see, Easy to operate.
I WOULD BUY ANOTHER JVC MAYBE THE UPGRADED VERSION. THE EQ IS COOL WHEN YOU GET IT SET. THE RADIO WORKS GREAT UNTIL YOU HIT THE TRAILS , IT SKIPS SO BADD ON THE SLIDDEST BUMP( OH YEH I PUT IT IN A JEEP WRANGLER). I STILL CANT FIGURE OUT THIS HD CRAP THAT PART OF THE RADIO SUCKS.
The only feature that I have not found useful yet is the remote. I just want a player that is clear and easy to use. I also like the optional ipod adapter which makes playinghte ipod in the car easy, and allows me to keep the ipod in the glove away from prying eyes. I pruchased this deck to replace a worn out cd player in my car. In my car the radio is not so far away as to necessitate a remote. I have not taken it into rural areas where I hear that signals can be hard to acquire. I really enjoy the clarity of the HD radio, but I do live around a city where I here HD signals are more readily available. The cd clarity is as good as I need it, but I am not a really a good judge of quality sound.
This really a revolution in radio, I'm late to join the revolution, but I'm sold on the technology. If the station has alternate programming pressing "Up" on the selector knob will go to the next channel that the station broadcasts, HD-1, HD-2, and so on. HD stations also broadcast their call letters so the radio will display the station as "KWMU - 90.7". Standard installation, standard radio controls, figured it out before I had a chance to read the owner's manual. Also, the CD player works great.Please review your local stations and wikipedia before buying to see if the technology is right for your needs and location. With this radio you tune in your station, initially it picks it up in Standard Definition (SD), if it has High Definition (HD) content a little HD icon pops up. It'a amazing to hear the difference HD makes. It then switches to HD.
Even when tuned in on a strong HD radio station I cannot turn up the volume high enough to get the sound adequately up and over the noise of the vehicle.Turn the volume up much beyond the 30 level (the digital level goes from 1 to 50) and the sound becomes so distorted you cannot understand it.I have some really awesome car radios, e.g., I have a 10 year old Sony CDX-4160 which blows this radio away on the AM stations, sitting in the same driveway.Avoid this radio if you want AM reception. If you are a talk radio person like myself this radio's AM reception stinks so bad it's ridiculous.Unfortunately, I'm not sure where a person can find an honest review of car radio AM reception capabilities.Another issue with this radio is that it is terribly underpowered.
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