JVC EXD5 DVD System with Wood Cone Speakers and Wireless USB Input

by JVC

Product Details

• Item Weight: 17.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0007XH71U
• Item model number: EXD5
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,798 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The JVC EXD5 Micro Executive Stereo System creates a full, rich, powerful home theater experience thanks to the speakers' birchwood cones, which help provide a natural resonance and ideal acoustic characteristics. The speakers are housed in beautifully finished, solid cherry wood cabinets. The EXD5 provides musical freedom and simplicity through wireless connectivity that enables the unit to accept an audio stream delivered by a computer to virtually any location inside your home or office. You can also connect virtually any USB-ready computer or audio device through the system's USB port.

This system delivers delivers 18 watts per channel (two channels) and a single-disc DVD player that's compatible with a wide variety of disc and file formats, including DVD-Audio, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, SVCD/VCD, MP3, WMA, and JPEG.

The EXD5 offers Dolby Digital and DTS decoding as well as a 24-bit/196 MHz audio DAC (digital to analog converter) and 10-bit/54 MHz video DAC. Other features include electronic bass/treble controls, programming for up to 99 tracks, sleep timer, wake-up volume, and a built-in radio tuner with 30 FM and 15 AM station memory. It provides the following connections:

• Composite Video Out: 1
• S-Video Out: 1
• Component Video Out: 1
• Analog Audio In: 1
• Digital Audio Optical Out: 1
• Headphone: 1

What's in the Box
EXD5 DVD player with integrated receiver, two speakers, remote control, batteries, speaker cord, printed instructions

Product Description

The JVC EXD5 Micro Executive Stereo System creates a full, rich, powerful home theater experience. Get more from your favorite albums and movies while filling your entire living room with clear, dynamic audio. The incredibly unique birchwood cone speaker for natural resonance and ideal acoustic characteristics. Electronic bass and treble controls 3D Phonic Surround Sound Wireless USB for PC audio files COMPU PLAY for one-touch playback Clock and 3-preset timer Sleep timer & wake-up volume Die-cast aluminum frame Solid cherrywood speaker enclosure World's first birchwood cone speaker Audio Connections - Analog in, digital out, subwoofer out Video Connections - Component, S-Video and Composite out

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Over and beyond my expectations, March 10, 2006

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B. Porter "contrapunctus" (Whittier, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC EXD5 DVD System with Wood Cone Speakers and Wireless USB Input (Electronics)

This shelf unit ex-d5 is a gem. It is flawless on all counts except perhaps one needs the (included) remote control to preprogram and to hit your preprogrammed radio stations. The sound is superbly rich not only distinguishing between tones of different vocals/instruments but wonderful in separating the highs and lows. The sound is more than sufficient volume wise for one or two rooms.
The DVD has plenty of features e.g. zoom, different angles, differing speeds with a nice surround sound effect. As a matter of fact it played a DVD which two other players previously had failed altogether to play. Also I hooked the video line up to my old tv (circa 1996) and it easily played dvd's through it with the remote.
The wireless feature worked flawlessly enabling one to play mp3's, wma or whatever from your computer thru this unit and it's speakers. CD's played wonderful new ones as well as old with no mechanical noise.
AM radio plays non statically even next to my computer. FM is nice also, but as is normal an additional antenna may be needed for some weaker stations.
The speaker cones truly are wood (spruce soaked in sake?) but the speaker cabinets are of a rich wood (cherry?) appearance and are heavy for their size.
I paid about $350 and consider it well worth every cent.

- BP's dad

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Features; Mediocre Sound, February 8, 2006

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eRgO (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC EXD5 DVD System with Wood Cone Speakers and Wireless USB Input (Electronics)

This unit had all the features I wanted: DVD/CD player; compact size; and USB connectivity. This is a great unit for small spaces but has many drawbacks:

First, older CDs do not have the best sound on this system. I played The Stooges Fun House and David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars albums and the sound is reduced to transistor radio mode. Also, the wood cone speakers make a lot of music sound odd and "tinny or metallic". Very weird. On the other hand, classical music and DVDs sound terrific (though the dialog is often too quiet).

Second, the unit itself is very noisy during disc play. A whirring noise, like a motor humming, can be heard when a disc is playing. This gets very annoying while you're trying to watch a movie or listen to music on lower volumes. Maybe this was just a lemon and I got unlucky -- but I've had the same problem with another JVC microsystem.

I ended up returning the system, and it will be my last purchase from JVC.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXD5 Superb sound and quality. Mac Compatible, February 16, 2007

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Mark "Mark" (Boca Raton, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: JVC EXD5 DVD System with Wood Cone Speakers and Wireless USB Input (Electronics)

I bought this system mainly because of the wood cone speakers and the wireless connectivity. The sound is amazing; the quality of the system is great. The speaker cones are made out of real wood as well as the boxes.
I am a Mac user and it worked great on my PowerBook. Just plug in the USB wireless transmitter, then go to System Preferences choose: sound - output - USB speaker... and enjoy!