great buy This was a great purchase on both value and performance. The HD feature is great and came ready to use. Install was a straight forward process.
Wonderful Upgrade from '05 Pilot OEM system! To be clear up front I am not a huge audiophile. I enjoy good sounding stereos but I don't have the money nor the desire to get 1000+ watt stereos for a car.Before installing this stereo I also had never installed anything electrical in any of the cars I've ownedI've been too nervous about making an expensive mistake to try this before.I got this stereo after researching many double DINsized CD receivers with USB/iPod control ability. This was a very inexpensive set less that $200 that had all the features I wanted. I didn't wantnor did I needa receiver with indash DVD receiver or navigation ability.With a seperate wiring harness I bought one from Metra for less than $10 installation was a snap. The JVC stereo installation instructions are very clearbut I will highly recommend reading through the installation instructions once or twice to get your bearings before you begin installation. I did this very thing and spent more time splicing wires together the wiring harness to the stereo than I did with the actual installation. Most of my time ironically was spent watching YouTube videos on how to solder wires together as I mentioned above this was my first time. It really is simplebut intimidating if you've never done it before.I hooked all of it together with the mounting kit I bought again a Metra kitfabulous! and put the new stereo in my Pilot. The sound is much better than the OEM stereoeven without the OEM subwoofer in the cargo areaand I'm now able to play my iPod/iPhone music without having to worry about constantly finding empty FM frequencies.Some cons1. With this stereo you can no longer use the factory subwoofer without a separate amplifier. I've not found this to be a problem but if you can't live without the subwoofer make sure you get an aftermarket amp.2. I know of no aftermarket stereo that can take advantage of the OEM indash 6disc CD changer. If you own a 2005 Pilot like mine you can order the Pilot LX shelving unit that goes where the CD changer is. Then remove the CD changer and put in the shelving unit and you're good to go.3.
I love the sound from the HD radio stations. I love the sound from the HD radio stations. It fit in my Suburban just fine. My only wish would be a better buttons. They are made with cheap plastic. I do have a lot of kids so I need things that can withstand a little abuse. It is holding up just fine and sounds great.
Love it!!! I can't believe how good this thing sounds. I thought I was going to have to get new speakers in my Nissan Sentra. The old JVC radio I had made everything sound so thin and far away. This one is full of punch wonderful separation delicious musicality. It has 18 presets that are easy enough to get to. The first six each have their own button. The HD radio is fantastic in Los Angeles. There are so many commercialfree HD stations that play a much better selection of music than you get on analog radio. I also picked this particular unit because it will remember HD stations that you find. Absolutely love this radio.
Wonderful Car Stereo I just love this product. For the price it is the best car stereo I have ever owned.
Fits my 2006 Toyota Highlander Fits great in my 2006 Toyota Highlander with the appropriate trim pieces and wiring harness. I used the Metra 958202 Toyota DDIN Multi Dash Kit to fill the gaps on the left and right follow the directions it was easy just trim the extra back piece off like the document says. And the Metra 701761 Radio Wiring Harness For Toyota 87Up Power 4 Speaker. These two plugs worked great. Not sure what the third connector from my stock radio was for but so far it hasn't been necessary.Trying to figure out mp3 navigation from my USB drive not as trivial as others I've used so far.
Pissed Off The clock doesn't display when the radio is off!!!The volume for some unknown reason randomly goes to zero while listening to the radio or C D player.I have to keep turning it up till it decides to stay put for a short while.It is a piece of junk!!I don't know who to call since it was purchased from another web site via Amazon.com!!!!!!!Alsothe expense of having it removed and reinstalled is a burden on me I guess.I won't ever buy anything else from Amazon.
Which Came First the Chicken or the Egg? In preparation for the purchase of upgrades to my car stereo system I've read more product reviews than I care to admit. Folks that have posted reviews tend to attribute the improved performance of their car stereo to the addition of one particular component of their system radio/receiver amplifier or speakers. I guess that if you add just one of these components to an existing system you've got a baseline to assess the improvement or the lack of improvement attributed to a particular component. Me I dropped in all three at once into my '07 RAV4 JVC KWHDR720 receiver SC60 Boston Acoustics component speakers SC65 two way speakers and an Alpine MRPF300 amplifier. Stir it all up and what do you get phenomenal sound at an affordable price. The only short coming is the JVC KWHDR720 receiver. Navigating the menu to setup the receiver is overly complicated. Nevertheless five stars all around. And the review that claimed the Alpine MRPF300 amplifier overheats. Mine stays cucumber cool.
BEWARE DO NOT BUY Upon receiving this unit I installed it immediately and the radio tuner lasted all of 10 seconds. So I shipped it to the authorized service center at MY expense and received it 3 weeks later. Immediately installed it for the second time and the radio function lasted all of TWO weeks the second time. Now they are telling me to ship it back AGAIN and wait 34 weeks for it to return. This would be a awesome unit if it stayed working. Mine must have been made on a Monday or a Friday. Save yourself the grief and buy something else.
Everything I wanted Installed this in a Ford Ranger after modifying the radio bevel. This unit works very well and is very easy to use. I really like the ability to change the color of the display.
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