JVC KD-HDR71BT CD Receiver, Bluetooth, HD Radio, SAT Radio Ready, Dual USB, Works with Pandora

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Product Feature

• CD receiver with AM/FM tuner
• Built-in HD Radio tuner
• Included Bluetooth adapter for hands-free calling
• Built-in iPod control
• Built-in MOSFET amplifier (20 watts RMS CEA-2006/50 peak x 4 channels)

Product Description

Dual USB-CD Receiver with Bluetooth Pandora Internet Radio Made for iPod and iPhone JVC App for Android Music Playback for Blackberry HD Radio

JVC KD-HDR71BT CD Receiver, Bluetooth, HD Radio, SAT Radio Ready, Dual USB, Works with Pandora Review

I had originally purchased a Pioneer but had to return it because it was extremely bright at night, making it hard to see the road.

I went to the store and tried playing with several different brands. Come to find out... several of the JVC brand radios have done an excellent job of allowing you to control not only the color options, but more importantly, the brightness level!

Not only can you control the brightness to make it dimmer at night... but it actually has daytime and nighttime preset modes. So you can perfectly configure the brightness/color for each of these 2 modes separately. Then you can just switch between the modes as you please. Additionally, it has an "auto" mode. When you are installing this radio you can splice in the dimmer wire to the one in your vehicle. Now, when I twist the knob (built into my car from the factory) to make the dashboard a little dimmer, it will also automatically make the JVC radio switch into NightTime mode. PERFECT!!!
It is such a shame that many radios do not provide this feature.

Anyway, after discovering JVC provides this feature... then it was just a matter of deciding which model of JVC radio to buy. I researched for a while and came upon this one here. And it has worked really well for me so far.... have used it for a month now.

PROS:
. ** Extremely-well engineered brightness controls
. HD radio sounds better than I expected - really sharp and clear. (And I am not even an audio enthusiast... just a regular user)
. Easy access mute button. Just press the big volume button -- very nice. (Or pauses your BT-streamed music.)
. Comes with the needed BlueTooth adapter. (some other JVC radios don't... and you have to buy it separately!!!)
. Can invoke Siri Voice Assistant on my iPhone by holding the Phone button on radio for about 2 seconds and letting go.
. Can stream music over Blue Tooth just fine from my iPhone. Quality sounds good.
. Can tag songs you hear on HD radio channels by pressing button on radio. Stores it on your iPhone so you can actually remember it and buy it later!

CONS:
. The external mic included with this kinda sucks. I tried putting it behind the steering wheel, but that didn't work. I put it on my visor and now it works with about 92% success rate. It is certainly OK now and my parents can hear me. However, when I am invoking Siri I have to speak very loud and clearly... and even then it only gets what I am saying most of the time. Sometimes I have to cancel and repeat myself. Perhaps not the best radio for Siri integration. But... given the competition out there (other radio brands).... this JVC radio was still far superior as a whole package.
. Doesn't seem to automatically read text messages when connected with BlueTooth.
. Using AppleMaps app on iPhone connected with BlueTooth, it seems that it DOES NOT correctly pipe over the voice instructions on the radio. I could no longer hear my phone telling me when and where to turn. This is kind of annoying... maybe there is a work around??? It is frustrating. For now, when I am using the voice navigation on my iPhone I just turn off the whole radio, so at least my iPhone will speak turn-by-turn directions to me.

SUMMARY:
I really like this radio. Overall, it completely beats out the competition. My car didn't have BlueTooth before... so I am glad I added this radio. Makes it easy to listen to audio books while driving to work. This was my first time installing a car radio... so it was a little intimidating with all the wires and removing the interior dashboard panels..... but overall a good learning experience... lol. Let's just say I am glad that the installation is finished and done with! :-D

-- Detailed Notes --
.Vehicle: Honda Accord 2005 EX.
.Phone: iPhone 5.

.I installed this along with the ASWC steering wheel control adapter, so I could still control the radio from my steering wheel. (Kinda/mostly works... but not perfect... was really frustrating to install this piece)
(a) Here it is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039H2W66/ref=wms_ohs_product

.In order to install both radio and steering wheel adapter (and avoid soldering), I bought all three of these items which worked very well for me:
(1) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00389R8KU/ref=wms_ohs_product
(2) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00389UT3I/ref=wms_ohs_product
(3) [...]

.Plus of course you need to buy a radio harness that fits the dashboard for your car.
(a) The one I got was Metra brand, from BestBuy. They help you figure out which one you need here:[...]

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