JVC KD-AVX44

Everything you'll ever need

This receiver is totally awesome. It has everything you will ever need. 3.5 LCD. Given it's size, it is extremely sharp at all angles. It has dual zone surround sound, should you add a center channel. I highly recommend this product. The interface stealths itself after your hand leaves it. The face is detachable which is one thing guys with the 7" screens cannot do. Nice for those cold months where the temp can really bung-up your LCD. You won't be disappointed!

Does it all

It has it all and does everything well.

I have never used the center channel and probably never will as well as the DVD-a compatibility although I feel good about having it.

Bluetooth works well but in my situation the caller hears a lot of echo. But this is mostly a combination of vehicle and location of the mic.

I love rear usb inputs and the dongle is long enough to reach anywhere in the front dash but not enough to reach to the rear somewhere.

Navigation is easy and you get decent features such as time delay for all the channels (accept subwoofer) and has simple crossovers. The 7 band EQ is nice and simple to use.

What I don't like is that USB is not 2.0. This thing is slow, a 2GB usb stick or a DVD loaded with mp3's will take about 20secondes to load before the music starts and the playlist is available. When switching sources then you need to wait the 20seconds again before music will start over for any source. If a call comes in, there will be a long pause after the call before the musics starts again. Brining up the play list takes a few seconds, same for entering a folder and choosing a song.

Browsing songs is a pain as it does not support subfolder navigation, large drives are therefore not recommended. All folders and subfolders will display as one looooong flat list. Terrible.

Movie playing is great and easy. The small screen is still surprisingly pleasant to watch and it is gorgeous.

The screen is very bright and easy to read even during the day. It can be dimmed at night.

Video bypass is as easy as grounding the parking brake wire.

JVC KD-AVX44

Great cd/dvd player iPod connection just a lil slow