JVC KD-SX980 In Dash Receiver Reviews

JVC KD-SX980 In Dash Receiver

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  • Phoenix to Los Angeles and Back on ONE Disc

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 19, 2002
    Pros: Excellent feature set for the price
    Cons: Limited to ID3v1 tags - other versions don't get read at all.

    Summary: After I bought the Forester last August, I started shopping for a good MP3 CD player to replace the factory cassette deck. I hadn't upgraded the factory stereo because I knew I wanted an MP3-capable CD player, and the best that Subaru was offering was a ... read more

  • Strong Survivor

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Sep 9, 2010
    Pros: Easy to reprogram the clock for daylight savings.
    Cons: I wish the case for the detachable face had more foam inside it.

    Summary: I think I have had this player for 9 years now. It has been dropped many times and been at 19F on one cold Seattle winters night. I took it to Burning Man and it survived and it was full of dust. Good designers or good testers not sure but I like this ... read more

  • Snatch this up!

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 8, 2004
    Pros: Inexpensive feature-rich futuristic reliable solid easy fun
    Cons: none

    Summary: I've had it for a while, and I can honestly tell you that I've never had a better car player! Or seen a better one for that matter. Sound is good (I'm still using factory speakers so I can't tell if it's great) Features are vast and well ... read more

  • One year and still Loving my MP3 player

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 24, 2004
    Pros: Great price for MP3 player. Still love using after 1 year.
    Cons: Lowest volume setting, fastforward on Audio book MP3's,volume buttons on remote

    Summary: I had bought this JVC player over a year ago to replace the factory cassette unit in my Ford Escort. I wanted something more powerful, plays CD's plus offer MP3. I had read all the reviews of this product here at Epinions before deciding to buy the ... read more

  • Excellent MP3 Player

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 26, 2003
    Pros: Sounds and looks great, easy to use controls, excellent feature-set
    Cons: Detachable face a little "flimsy".

    Summary: After reading many reviews, primarily here on Epinions, I decided that I would go ahead and buy the JVC KD-SX985. I live in South Africa, so the price that I paid was considerably more than the Dollar/Rand ratio would suggest. In fact, I wouldn't say ... read more

  • Been driving around for nearly 3 months with 1 disc!

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 5, 2003
    Pros: IT PLAYS MP3S FOR LESS THAN $200!!!!
    Cons: tiny remote

    Summary: I got the JVC KD-SX980 for Christmas. After reading countless reviews, I settled on this one. And I'm glad I did. I'll admit, it was very hard to get the thing installed in my '89 BMW. For some reason, because of the factory amp in my car, the JVC ... read more

  • Would reccomend to anyone!

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Feb 11, 2003
    Pros: Inexpensive, great sound, remote control, text labeling, mp3 capability
    Cons: Trim keeps falling off, no mid level adjustment, colors are tacky

    Summary: This player is great. I love the fact that for under 200 bucks I have a player that can read mp3 discs. I have converted hundreds of cds onto a handful of cds. The sound quality is great, but not excellent. The lack of mid -level eq. adjustments is ... read more

  • A Perfect car MP3 player for a perfect price!!

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 16, 2003
    Pros: Doesn't Skip; Sounds Great; Looks Great; Plays MP3's with NO problems
    Cons: LCD Display could be bigger.

    Summary: I'm always skeptical of products which claim to deliver a lot of features for a low price, but the JVC KD-SX980 delivers!!! I bought this player because I was looking for a car stereo that was able to play burned MP3s and I have had good luck ... read more

  • What cons?

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 9, 2003
    Pros: Fast navigation, Directory shortcuts, Radio station labels, good power.
    Cons: Bogus spectrum analyzer like most receivers.

    Summary: I just got the SX980 from Vanns.com. I've never seen a vendor rated that high on BizRate before (although the free ground shipping from Montana did take six days). I read all the reviews before buying, and now that I have the stereo installed I feel I ... read more

  • JVC KD-SX980

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 13, 2002
    Pros: Nice price, MP3, front AUX port
    Cons: Sounds terrible

    Summary: I bought the JVC KD-SX980 at Best Buy earlier this week. A Christmas present to myself. I also replaced the stock speakers in my SUV with new ones to really compliment the new system. I was pleased with the features of the JVC and very excited about ... read more

  • You can't go wrong ...

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 25, 2002
    Pros: Excellent price,looks great, SOUNDS great, has TRUE resume
    Cons: Navigating stops music, faceplate folds down

    Summary: After researching several MP3 players, I decided to head down to my local Circuit City and see what they had before I took the plunge and ordered the Sony low-ender online. I looked at the butt-ugly and hard to navigate Jensen model for about a minute, ... read more

  • The mp3 deck to get at the moment

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 13, 2002
    Pros: Lots of features for the price. Sounds and looks great.
    Cons: Display maybe too bright for some

    Summary: A gorgeous deck! As an aging boomer, I am preferring that my electronics be functional and simple to use. This deck is both that and pleasing to look at without the silly graphics some others have. You should be looking at the road and not the deck. I've ... read more

  • awesome mp3 player !!

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 7, 2002
    Pros: great sound, excelent quality, lots of goodies and low price
    Cons: the remote may be considered too small

    Summary: I was looking to buy a car mp3 player for a long time. First of all I was a Blaupunkt fan so far. Couple of friends told me JVC does make very good car audio but I had to have one to believe this … First of all my price range was under ... read more

  • MP3 freak? Buy this NOW

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 1, 2002
    Pros: easy to use despite numerous buttons, very loud
    Cons: remote is useless

    Summary: It's cheap and it rocks. Let's you play inside folders which many other radios do not which is why I purchased this one vs the Pyle or the other ones for $100 or under. Circuit City gave me a deal becasue I said I was thinking of going with a ... read more

  • for the money, this thing rocks

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Oct 18, 2002
    Pros: you can set each source up w/a different eq setting!
    Cons: tuner?

    Summary: i picked this thing up after reading reviews here. not bad. i really wanted the alpine but the price was right on this one. the only thing that i'm not quite sure about yet (i've had it in for 2 days now) is the tuner. the mp3 handling is ... read more

  • Very Good MP3 Car Audio Player

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Oct 15, 2002
    Pros: Great Sound, looks good, Plays MP3 disks.
    Cons: Manual faceplate

    Summary: This is one of my first product reviews. I have benefited greatly from others so I wanted to make my contribution. I started looking for a new player when my factory GM radio stopped playing CDs. I found this unit and an Aiwa unit for the same price on ... read more

  • really good mp3 player, better than it looks

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Oct 1, 2002
    Pros: fast, easy, sound quality, cheap
    Cons: short remote range, no change light color option

    Summary: i really hope this help somebody. i bought it about 3 months i really recomed it if you are the kind of person looking for a mp3 player and you ain`t got to much money this is the one. it`s easy to use it`s really fast and it´s really compatible with ... read more

  • Good Price - Excellent Features

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 27, 2002
    Pros: Price, Features, MP3 playback ability
    Cons: No RDS

    Summary: I don't want to repeat what others have already stated, but... MP3 in the Car !!! What more can you ask for? 10 hours on a disc. Reads CD/R and CD/RW. Good sound, no skipping. The ability to sort music into directories is great. ... read more

  • JVC KD-SX980 - A sub-$200 answer to your mp3/cd in-dash headunit question :)

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 9, 2002
    Pros: Excellent playback, catchy display, detachable face-plate protection
    Cons: Faceplate may seem a bit flimsy, easy to break the opening mechanism

    Summary: The Introduction: Ever since the portable MP3 technology blew up a few years ago, I've wanted to have my music on the go. I tried numerous times, a portable CD MP3 player, a portable Iomega Hipzip digital audio player, etc, all of ... read more

  • Express Reviews
  • GREAT FEATURES , LOW PRICE

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Sep 16, 2005
    Pros: Inexpensive and easy to use.
    Cons: none

    Summary: I bought this at a pawn shop for $60.00 not expecting much. What a surprise for me. This unit is awesome. I have owned Alpine, Sony and Clarion in the past and the features on this are far better. The tuner has good reception and easy tuning. The cd

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