Review written by Travis from Edmonton, AB, Canada

I love this deck. I still own the first vehicle I have ever bought - a 93 GMC Sierra short box - only driven on weekends and the odd holiday. Over the years have had a number of aftermarket decks in it. Decided I wanted something a little newer. Musts were bluetooth for phone, USB port for thumb drive music. Looked at a lot of decks and couldn't be happier with my decision on this one. It can do everything. Blue tooth phone is clear and works great (through deck mic), Ran USB cord from back of deck through to ashtray, and have a 3 gig thumb drive filled with songs. I can easily change the thumb drive for more songs or even hook up Ipod. and with aux line in the wife can even plug in her Ipod when I'm not looking!! Brings a bit of modern convenience to an older truck and now I don't have a bunch of old scratched CD's floating around the cab.

Review written by Phil from Glen Cove, NY

This unit has a lot going for it. Bluetooth phone/audio, iPod/aux connectivity, as well as reasonably good power and s/q from a headunit. Above average 2 yr waranty.

A few nitpicks... the display contrast is not great, even at the highest level, and can become washed out in sunlight. Also, only the LED panel has customized color. The dial and button backlight colors cannot be changed. The buttons are a bit too small, and there are no tactile indications of which button you are pressing, such as a small nub to indicate presets 2 and 5 is one common convention. Durability is unknown as I've only had it for 2 weeks - so I'm giving it a 3.

Aside from the nitpicks, this is a very nice unit from JVC and definitely worth the price IMO.

Review written by Raffi from Roseville, CA

I just finished installing this deck in my accord...and might I say...AWESOME!!! great deck for the price...and just like the other guy, at first it didn't sound as good as my stock radio..but after adjusting the EQ and settings....it's amazing!!! I definitely recommend anyone to get this head unit!!! I promise you'll love it!!!

Review written by Skip from NJ

The good: Nice sound, nice EQ, easy to use, lots of features, quality feel, simple attractive appearance, USB flash drives and iPod load quickly, CDs load quickly (haven\'t tried with MP3 CD yet). I haven\'t figured out how to use Bluetooth on my phone or the unit so can\'t comment yet.

At first it didn\'t sound as good as the factory head unit (because the factory head unit uses sound processing to make up for the deficiencies in the factory speakers) but with a little EQ and adjustment of the \"Q\" control everything sounded much better/clearer than factory. The built in crossovers are nice as well, allowing the volume to be raised much louder without the lows distorting the speakers. This unit is also much louder than the factory head unit. I had a JVC KD-SX980 survive 2 major accidents and after 5 years it was still alive and well when I sold the car it was in. I expect this JVC to be just as durable.

The bad: No option to plug iPod into USB connection and then control from the Ipod, so you have to navigate through your music using the head unit, this can take some time if you have a lot of artists. Simple solutions: make playlists or use the front AUX in. The display can get a little washed out and hard to read in direct sunlight. Menus are not intuitive but are not impossible either.

Review written by Narnold35 from Bamberg, Germany

This radio is great except for it does not control the iphone 3g - it will charge it but does not control it from the receiver. It works all the way with the ipods but if you have the intentions of getting it for the iphone just hold off - obvious a software needed update but the jvc helpdesk doesn't know much and have no idea how to make it do it. Like I said everything else works great. on thing you can do is use a 3.5 mm aux jack and plug it up to the aux input on the face but you are still left controlling it from the iphone itself :(