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Visteon HDZ300 HD Radio® Component Car Tuner Kit
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By RWm
I installed this in my 07 Prius about 15 mos ago (today is 5-19-09). Those of you that own a Prius understand that the fidelity of the sound system (even my "high end" JBL) leaves much to be desired. I had previously added a subwoofer to my sound system.I love the HD Radio. I live in an urban area and my reception is excellent. I continue to get HD until I am about 35 miles out of the city. The radio uses my existing car antenna by intercepting and by-passing the car's antenna. The reception (for non HD) is equivalent to my car's Toyota (JBL) unit. I do lose an HD signal if I go into a tunnel. This is okay because the unit seamlessly switches back and forth to standard FM. It is known that HD signals are much weaker than standard FM. IF you want to use your car's radio you need to turn the HD radio off in order to let the signal by-pass the HD tuner into your car's unit.I get some outstanding music on HD radio (FM). Less advertising, better song selection. Overall I'm very satisfied with both the concept and the tuner that I installed.The only drawback is that the unit's backlighting is starting to fail. So it is difficult to see the screen. However, I use all preset stations and unless I'm trying to find out the name of what is playing it's no big deal.Finally, a very nice feature is that there can be multiple HD channels on a single HD radio station. So 105.7 FM can have channels HD1 and HD2. Each channel is playing a different HD song. This unit shows you what is playing on your current selected HD channel and on the other. Therefore if you don't like what you got you can switch it by just pressing the same preprogrammed button a second time, switching back and forth on the same radio station.Drawbacks. Some radio stations broadcast HD radio but do not give you HD output. In other words, the fidelity of the HD radio is not any better than the standard FM signal. This is not the fault of the HD tuner. This is a station issue. You will know when you listen.I like this unit so much that I'm considering buying one and adding it to my home theater. We'll see.UPDATE 5-2-2013This unit went bad on me last fall. It worked for me for about 3-4 years. I'm happy with that. I just ordered another and replaced it. Took about 30 mins because I didn't need to rewire it. I'm back in business. I still love the radio.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By Gravely Guy
I got last one from previous "fulfilled by Amazon" supplier at half the current price with free shipping. Probably wouldnt have bought it at current price though seems some other not fulfilled by Amazon sellers that are selling it with shipping for not lot more than I gave.Anyway I was actually looking for an indoor radio and wanted HD so I could get the extra HD programming from the local NPR station. This was the cheapo option.I hooked it to an old AT computer power supply that I had saved for some unknown reason, the kind with the paddle switch built onto the side of the power supply. Hey what else was I going to do with an old AT power supply? And used RCA to mini stereo adapter cable to hook it to pair computer speakers. Works great and I get my NPR HD programs.I guess I am old, I still wonder why a car radio would have a remote. I mean sitting in a car, your hand is 6 inch from the actual radio controls. Seems like fumbling with a remote is MORE complicated than just pushing the buttons on the radio. But anyway its a brave new world and just gotta adapt to its idiosyncrasies. The remote is actually kinda handy while using this as a table radio.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By Steve
I heard on the radio an ad for HD radio and I decided to try it. The nice thing about the HD Radio¿ Component Car Tuner is that it doesn't have to be mounted in the car. This is great for those of us who are only evaluating the new technology. I have a 2010 vehicle and there is no antenna on the ouside. It was very difficult to get to my radio to use the existing antenna, so I bought an inside the car antenna (hidden antenna.)This HD radio works great. It picks up as many FM stations as my car radio does. I haven't tried the AM station yet. I will probably only use this radio when I want to listen to HD stations. The built-in car radio works great for normmal listening. I think it is a discontinued model, so I got it at a great discount. I am very pleased with this purchase.
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