JVC KD-G800 Car CD / MP3 Player
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- MP3 / WMA Playback: MP3 Playback
- Anti-Theft Protection: Detachable Face Panel
- Player Type: CD
- Controlled Devices: CD Changer Sirius Ready
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Never worked properly from the start
Pros
Looks cool
Cons
Works bad
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Do not buy this!
I bought this KD-G800 stereo 6 months ago because I liked a few things about it:
-It was JVC (my old stereo was a JVC and I liked it)
-It played MP3, a must have!
-Sirius capable
-Looked cool and had nice features/options like Subwoofer control
-Reasonable price
Well was I ever disappointed later! It seemed OK at first but once in a while, different speakers would cut in and out. The problem got worse and worse over 3 months, until it drove me crazy and I took it in for repairs (to JVC under warranty). They re-soldered the stereo insides and gave it back to me.
It worked for a few weeks after that, then the same things started happening. I took back, and same thing a few weeks later, now after being repaired twice it still doesn't work!
The features and stuff are cool but there is one or two things that might annoy you:
Playing MP3s, there is a 1-second break between tracks. Lots of albums run in to the next track, and so it breaks it up. Also, there is no Treble control, which seems ridiculous! But at thus point, I would be "happy" if it simply worked.
UPDATE since I wrote this review:
I think you'd all like to know that I finally got the money I paid back for this stereo (as store credit), because when I went back to the store and complained, they looked in their computers and saw that this was an ongoing problem with this model and there has been a high number of defective returns with the exact same problem. Obviously there is a design flaw or at the least, very poor quality/workmanship.
-It was JVC (my old stereo was a JVC and I liked it)
-It played MP3, a must have!
-Sirius capable
-Looked cool and had nice features/options like Subwoofer control
-Reasonable price
Well was I ever disappointed later! It seemed OK at first but once in a while, different speakers would cut in and out. The problem got worse and worse over 3 months, until it drove me crazy and I took it in for repairs (to JVC under warranty). They re-soldered the stereo insides and gave it back to me.
It worked for a few weeks after that, then the same things started happening. I took back, and same thing a few weeks later, now after being repaired twice it still doesn't work!
The features and stuff are cool but there is one or two things that might annoy you:
Playing MP3s, there is a 1-second break between tracks. Lots of albums run in to the next track, and so it breaks it up. Also, there is no Treble control, which seems ridiculous! But at thus point, I would be "happy" if it simply worked.
UPDATE since I wrote this review:
I think you'd all like to know that I finally got the money I paid back for this stereo (as store credit), because when I went back to the store and complained, they looked in their computers and saw that this was an ongoing problem with this model and there has been a high number of defective returns with the exact same problem. Obviously there is a design flaw or at the least, very poor quality/workmanship.
