JVC KD-HDR60

Very Happy

This is a nice stereo for beginner and advanced users alike. I have been very happy with it thus far.

The front USB port and HD radio are nice features to have. The USB navigation is very straightforward if take a little time to organize your USB drive. With the included remote, it is easy to flip between folders and songs. I will sometimes create folders with playlists and you can shuffle the songs just in that folder. It is great for podcasts and audiobooks.

The look of the unit is very nice too. A nice feature is the ability to set the colors to about any selection in the spectrum. This is great so that you can match your car's interior lighting and are not stuck with an obnoxious color scheme.

I have not had a problem with this unit and it was very easy to install.

Great Upgrade for Stereo/Ipod/CD player

Sonic had this in stock and shipped it quickly. This is basically the same stereo as the JVC HDR59 Arsenal except the warranty and a few cosmetic differences. This one is cheaper and matched my interior scheme better so I bought it. (the infinite colors help the scheme too)The kit that came with it worked perfectly and the install was pretty easy. I am very impressed with everything and is a big upgrade over my already upgraded Premium stereo from Toyota. Navigation of the controls are somewhat difficult at first but after using it for a while it does not bother me. This thing works great for my iphone and my daughters ipod and charges them both perfectly. You can use the interface of the stereo to navigate or your ipod. You can also hook a flash drive up full of your favorite tunes. The CD player and the built in HD radio top off a great sounding system with plenty of power. Great job JVC!

Excellent

I replaced the stock radio in my '99 Altima with one of these (and four boston acoustics s65 speakers). The HD radio is excellent. I can hear a distinct difference, and my wife noticed it the first time she heard the radio go from HD to regular FM (we drove outside the HD signal range). The HD sounds as good as a CD to my ears, though considering it's a '99 and engine noise, road noise, etc., it's not the best environment to compare. I agree with the other reviewer that you should check your area to see if HD is worth it. I live near Baltimore, and our favorites stations are HD, with additional multicast channels. But the signal is more finicky. I can get the FM signal well past (10 miles at least) where the HD signal drops out. It is also finicky during bad weather, and drops out or goes in and out of HD, which produces a kind of whooshing sound. It might be hard to find someone with HD to ask, but it's worth asking around. If most of my commute were outside HD range, I wouldn't have bothered. As it is, about 99 percent of the time it's perfectly fine, the sound is as good as the XM-equipped car I've been in, and I don't pay any monthly charges. The other 1 percent of the time -- and when I'm traveling -- it has good FM performance and a nice CD player.

USB Wonderful

The USB is fantastic for using flash drive, ipod, or mp3 player. Flash drive is limited to 350 files per folder but you can have up to 250 folders. A top value for what is on the market now. I have a little trouble remembering some of the menu sequences but that's because I only use this vehicle once or twice a week.

not bad

I have owned this product before, I liked it, is very nice the only thing I don't like is when your driving you can hardly see the number bottoms, overall I think is a really nice HU for the price, if you don't want to spend to much money on a HU, go with this one. You will love it.

JVC KD-HDR30

Excellent radio, the HD is absolutely great!

decent head unit

Good unit for the price. Looks nice and is a big upgrade from the stock head unit.

Awesome Stereo

I bought this JVC unit about a year ago and since I got it installed, I've loved it ever since! I bought this model because it plays Usb's, Connects Auxillary, and Charges my iPod while playing. The Creative assorted color presets for day & night and it doesn't have so many buttons that your afraid to press something. The Equalizer on there has made my stock speakers sound louder and I've received nothing but good, solid reviews when I've showed family, friends or people my stereo. Its not complicated to use, has good features like option of connecting your Sirius/XM account to it (like I have installed on mine), the playback on iPod thru stereo or iPod and plays my MP3/WMA Cd's with ease. I'm happy that I got this stereo after deciding cause I didn't wanna spend much but still wanted enough features that kept my car bumping music. I recommend this JVC Unit if you don't want too much or are on a tight budget but most of all still, appreciate good features that you would enjoy than paying for any higher priced brands.

Great Value

For the money the HD radio comes in clear and sounds like CD is playing and eq adjustment is simple but gets the job done great radio if your replacing your stock radio with an upgrade also with usb playing music of your mp3 player of flash drive is super convenient.

Great stereo, but with strange noise issues.

There's a lot to like about this stereo. When it comes down to features, this one has everything short of Bluetooth. HD radio built-in, excellent FM reception, CD, preamp outputs, adjustable EQ bands centered at sane frequencies (not parametric), customizable colors for the buttons and display for both day and night, and, most importantly for some, it gets plenty loud and does a good job of it.

There is one big downside, however, that serves as a stark reminder that, while this radio is packed with features, it is still somewhat of a "budget" unit. When you turn the volume up past about 25-30, you can hear strange noises that sound almost electrical, like a beeping in the background. It becomes increasingly apparent at higher volume levels. It also picks up noise from the lights dimming in my car. Ordinarily I would think this all to be a grounding or other power/isolation issue, but I tried running power straight to the battery, and even put a capacitor on it to try and filter the noise. No matter what I tried, the noise simply would not change or go away.

Then I discovered something purely by accident. The test that puts this stereo in the slammer for sound quality is this: set it to AUX input, turn it off and back on, and turn the volume up with nothing playing. Note the sound it makes. Then switch it to FM, and back to AUX. The sound gets substantially louder (and slightly different--hard to describe), even though the volume is the same! Even more condemning, turning the stereo off and back on returns the noise to its previous level. This is clearly a fault of the stereo itself, and not the environment it is running in.

Overall, this is a very good stereo. If you're looking for a good-looking stereo with lots of options and features for cheap, this is your ticket. But if you're looking for real sound quality, look elsewhere.