JVC KD-AVX77

What others havent mentioned...

When I purchased my car it had a pretty cool head unit, but when i removed the faceplace to get the product details the unit started acting wonkey and has been getting worse over the last 6 months. My back up camera now results in a black screen. Not to mention the volume only goes up to 30 and it doesnt have automatic volume adjustment so i am constantly changing the volume. I also have issues with it playing music from my iPod nano. So I decided to come here to see what was better.

I've decided that this head unit might be an upgrade and I havent found anything remotely as great. Now heres the funny part, the unit I'm looking to replace is the KD-AVX77!

I'm pretty convienced that the issue is either from damage to the unit or a wiring problem on the back end. Until I find out otherwise, my only 2 complaints are the lack of auto adjusting volume and my iPod issue.

One cool feature not mentioned is the proximity sensor. My car is orange with black accents, so i use the black screen with the orange ring & time display. when something gets within an inch of the display it shows full controls. the screen requires no force what so ever. a light touch will cause the unit to react, however it may take a second before doing so. some folks detect this as a lack of recognition and press harder. this usually isnt necessary, but the unit seems durable enough to handle the abuse on a regular basis.

For the average guy, i'd say read the manual, however until today i've never seen the manual and with enough fiddling, you'll figure everything out.

I strongly dislike badging on electronics. I mean if you spend a few hundred or even thousand dollars on something, you are going to remember what brand it is, it doesnt need to be stamped on the face, that little round hole, thats an aux jack, i dont need it labeled, i'm not going to forget. So another strong point, there is no badging or script on the faceplate at all unless you remove the faceplate and check the top (hidden) edge.

overall its great. could use some higher resolution graphics, but these are good. Value gets docked a bit as it is far from a budget unit
design it wins plenty of points for the lack of badging
duribility this thing takes a licking
features the only thing it doesnt do is play blue ray
ease of use you can figure out all the important stuff in 15 min

One of the best head-units I have bought in years

I own one and I have used it for other peoples builds too. You can't go wrong with this bad boy. I've had mine for about six months and I have never had an issues at all. DVD picture is really good on it and for the price you pay with all the opposition you get, you really can't beat it.

best single din head unit

I love this unit plain and simple. It has about a two hour learning curve but after that its at the head of the class in every way. Best unit I ever own and will make your system look and sound better.

JVC KD-AVX77

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A Must Have!

The {JVC KD-AVX77} a.k.a The Kameleon is a phenomenal Single Din head unit. With Features like Built In Blue-tooth, Ipod Control, and USB capability, not to forget Clear Fm/Am radio as well as DVD/Cd capabilities. I give it an A on features.
Value: When i bought this from this site it was priced at $464.99. Now its up to $599. Its worth it.I give it a C on Value.
Durability: Ive had this product for 6 months and not a single scratch or dent. id advise wrapping it in a small cloth before placing it in the case it comes with. A+ for durability.
Look/Design: Not eye candy which is a major plus to minimize theft. I would recommended removing it seeing how much you spent on cost. Its touch screen single Din what gets better than that?? A+ on Design!
Ease of use: Takes time to get everything down. I'm not one to read manuals, I'm a guy, we are born to build and fix things (Sometimes) without books. But i do admit you well have to refer to it to get to know everything. B on ease of use

*My Dislikes*
iPOD Connections DO NOT COME with the head unit, Must BUY Separate. along with Satellite radio and HD radio. I didn't know this till last minute! it also doesn't charge your iPhone.

Overall: this product turns heads when your showing off to friends and family. I had Best Buy install this and they hadn't seen anything like this before. Take my word for it. you gotta buy this you wont be disappointed!

Epic single DIN

This is one of the best single DIN Head Units (and beats many Double DIN) I've ever installed or owned, this is a must have for any mobile audio system. This thing has every bell and whistle or options you might need and if its not on here you don't need it lol JK Navigation would have been nice. The screen is just superb for its form factor (glare can be an issue with direct sunlight for convertibles). The Bluetooth works phenomenal with both my Blackberry and HTC Hero (AT THE SAME TIME!), unit has the ability to pair with two separate devices simultaneously. A prime example is having my Blackberry stream Pandora and having the head unit switch to incoming calls on my HTC Hero. The iPod functionality with JVC KS-U30 connection (sold separately) is every iPod lovers dream, there's a delay right after a new song is played that prevents you from skipping to next/previous song but with the search capability this should be thrown out as an actual concern.

The only thing that disappoints me besides the helpfulness of JVC is the Wallpaper capture feature which is used to set up the custom wallpapers. It only has two modes normal and zoon (witch is pathetic for such an advance head unit) first the zoom pixelates everything which makes it completely useless and when using the normal mode is scales down the image and doesn't come close to filling the screen even when capturing from a DVD play back. I've tried every possible resolution from 800x240 to 2560x2048 and 72,000 PPI 576,000 PPI all file sizes from 140KB to 1MB.

good head unit

This is a good head unit i had it in my 99' gmc suburban then put it in my 05' gmc yukon xl now i'm putting it in my 97' gmc suburban i put the jvc kw-avx840 7inch screen in the 05' gmc yukon xl both units are good

Good touch screen

Love it, just needs a new update.

Jvc kd avx77

Great unit, bought for my 05 ram quad cab, has great picture and sound, the surround sound on videos is amazing if you have a good system. Great stereo, read your manual, it's kind of confusing at first to find all of the functions. Blue tooth and pandora work great also. Great unit for the price

Best 1 DIN / One iPhone glitch

Didn't want to make any changes to the bezel on my 2004 Vette so I searched the web for the best 1 DIN I could find. It didn't disappoint.
Cool points are: watchin movies , expandability , clear bluetooth, electronically tilting deck, and all of the audio/video options are amazing.
Low points: Every time I connect my iPhone to the USB it disconnects after 5 seconds and then I have to reconnect and then everything is fine from there on. Strange. It would be nice to see a touchscreen that is similar to the iPhone that doesn't require any pressure(I'm sure this will be in a few yrs. Sonicelectronix had a few problems with a couple of my orders but the customer service and assistance, along with the internet's most user friendly website, will make me shop with sonicelectronix for many more times.
Great website!