JVC RX 554 R

Advantages: Nice overall design, attractive display screen, easy to read.
Disadvantages: Functionality is low, some useless features that add on to the price tag, CD's skip sometimes while driving.

...Just why did I have to end up buying this CD player? Well, I honestly cannot answer that question. What I do know was the appearance was quite appealing to me, and the remote was something I had never seen before in a CD Player for a car. This is what lured me into buying JVC KD S653R Car CD Player. Whatever you do, do not let the looks of this CD Player take over your decision-making skills. This JVC CD Player has definantly been designed nice in the factor of overall design it does easily pass. ~ỠỠỠỠFeaturesỠỠỠỠ~ -Tuner/CD Player -Built in clock -Remote -All basic features of flipping to songs on CD and controlling volume can be accessed directly on the CD Player panel or on the remote. -Attractive -Very clear pixel screen. ~What was the need for the remote... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent sound, style, size, functions
Disadvantages: Erm, no multi-disc - but I found that a waste of time on my last HiFi !!

...and looked really, really horrid, and felt tacky. It was one of those "sporty-style" systems - yellow, black and silver! The JVC System - the UX-P5R. An excellently designed system, with RDS?EON; a timer (alarm); CD-R/RW playback; Bass boost (2 levels) - I found this was the best of all the Hi-Fi's I tested - even most seperate systems!; Optical out (for digital recorders, like minidisc); Aux. In; Two-tone display light; removable speaker Grilles; excellent remote; CD-Locking; CD>Tape direct copy - improves sound quality and automatically stops recording and turns over tape when recording from CD to tape.. it also adjusts the sound settings to get the best recording quality; auto-reverse tape deck; simple menu system; equalizer-by-genre (ie Jazz, Rock, Dance)- it optimizes bass levels etc. For the type of music you are listening to. It had 50w... Read review

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Advantages: Works well, simple but effective,
Disadvantages: If you want bluetooth etc then looks elsehwhere,

...advanced stereos on the market, ones which have multi-disk changers and bluetooth etc, but if you want a straight forward Car CD Radio.. then you cant go wrong with the JVC KD-S621.... Read review

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