JVC Deck with Built-In HD Radio Tuner

by JVC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 10.1 x 9.3 inches ; 3.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• ASIN: B000EYFF98
• Item model number: Kd-hdr1
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

Product Description

Go for AM/FM of the highest order. That's high-definition or HD. AM has the sound quality of FM while FM has the audio range of CD. There's no extra cost. The JVC KD-HDR1 CD player includes a built-in HD Radio tuner so there is no extra gear to install, no extra wires to worry about. Easily upgrade to the improved reception and excellent sound quality of participating HD Radio stations. Bored with AM/FM? Go for satellite radio! Connect an optional XM or SIRIUS tuner to get more than 120 channels of music, news, sports and entertainment. The KD-HDR1 can also handle the MP3 and WMA music files that you've burned to CD-R and CD-RW discs, which means up to 10 hours on a single disc. The powerful built-in amplifier will ensure great performances from all your music. SRS Circle Surround Automotive delivers convincing surround sound from your car's speakers, even from standard stereo CDs. Use JVC's optional iPod interface to connect your iPod so you can listen to your music library wherever you go. The wireless remote allows you to control the playback from anywhere in the car. Three sets of gold-plated preamp outputs offer convenient connections for your external amps and subs, while the on-board subwoofer level and frequency controls make it easy to control your bass settings. HD Radio tuner built-in to receive multi-casting content where available iPod Ready with optional KS-PD100 iPod Adapter Compatible with ID3/WMA Tag Gold-Plated Front and Rear Line & Subwoofer Output Terminals with Level/Frequency Control Wireless Remote & Rotary Encoder Multi-Control Power Output - 200W Max (50W X 4), 20 x 4 (RMS) Professional installation required

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HD RADIO AT ITS FINEST., May 1, 2006

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Dave W (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC Deck with Built-In HD Radio Tuner (Electronics)

I went shopping around and compared the JVC to the Kenwood and the Alpine radios with builtin hd tuners. The Kenwood radios biggest problem is you have to activate the satellite radio to use the radio. The Alpine radio was the cost. For the money the JVC KD-HDR1 provides all the features and versatility to make it the best radio for the price and for the capabilities it offers. Once you listen to High Definition radio you will not enjoy regular FM broadcasts again. Alot of stations are going to High Definition radio. I am very happy with this product and would recommend it to anyone who wants a good sounding radio without paying for satellite to get it. The surround sound it offers is even a better enticement and the EQ settings will make it worthwile even on a stock system without a amplifier.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY interesting start for the new medium, January 14, 2007

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Matthew Dovell (South of Boston, MA United States of America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC Deck with Built-In HD Radio Tuner (Electronics)

Over the past month or so I started to listen to podcasts while driving to work. The trouble is on a audio cd format your limited to 80-90 minutes. It was a pain if it was say cut to four tracks of twenty minutes and if ones just a hair above it wouldn't fit. Then I also heard of hd radio...I live more in a rural area...FM is good but has some static...some AM comes in well at night.

This was a perfect fit. A large chunk of FM near me is in HD...and I can get about a dozen or so HD 2 stations I wouldn't normally get. There's a few AM ones as well but due to highpower at night (nightwave) it's on during the day. If you get out of range on a HD1 station it reverts back to analog...if your on a HD2 it cuts off since there is no analog stream of it.

On FM you can somewhat hear the difference...it's definatly clearer...AM is VASTLY improved. It should also be noted that it would help to manually go though the stations to see if they are hd because not everything that iBiquity lists is complete..I receive about three stations from RI that aren't even listed yet...for a small amount of time it tried to get a HD Am stream from NYC! Range varies on the stations.

For the mp3's they play very well..giving some of the text ID information (hd radio stations can (but not always) give track and artist information as well as some station information...one tries to give some weather but it's still a work in progress).

Also this piece of equipment is pretty technical...the surround sound can be manually adjusted and the steps for it can be set for USA or s.central america or EU..to note if you adjust it to EU it won't work right with Am tuning since it's in steps of 9khz vs 10 khz..

It also leaves open if you want to a kit to add sirus or xm...
All in all I think it's excellent...

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, great value!, January 18, 2007

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B. Selzer (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC Deck with Built-In HD Radio Tuner (Electronics)

The unit is great. About a month ago, I upgraded to it from the stock stereo in my Grand Cherokee (all other components are stock) and even the difference in the sound quality of a CD is amazing. Once you turn the HD feature on, the difference is impossible to miss. It isn't quite CD quality sound, but it is certainly a noticable improvement. Everyone who has ridden in the car has been impressed with it.

All that being said, the multi-cast ability of HD radio is my favorite part of it. I don't like listening to morning shows, so the multi-cast is nice as I can flip over to the "hidden" (HD2) station and listen to just music. The HD2 stations also seem to have fewer commercials, though I haven't exactly counted them to check that statement.

The price is the best I found as well. I looked around the internet for several days before I choose this unit. Most of the other HD radios I found were "HD ready"; aka you have to buy an additional tuner to be able to use the HD function. This one comes with the tuner built-in and is well under 1/2 the cost of any other "built-in" player.

The installation was no more difficult than a normal radio installation. If you can do it yourself, I recommend it to save a couple bucks.

I only have 2 "issues" and they are certainly not enough to take the product rating down at all.
1) The unit gets HOT. You can feel the heat radiating from behind the dash after it has been turned on for 30 minutes or so. That being said, it has not affected the performance in anyway...yet.
2) The display isn't the best I've seen. I would have given the unit the ability to display the time simultaneously with other scrolling text. You have to keep switching the display based on what you want to know. Switching is easy though, one button cycles through the options.