JVC KT-HDP1 Transportable HD Radio Tuner
Monday, September 28th, 2009 at
11:10 am
Product Description
The world’s smallest HD radio tuner! The KT-HDP1 adapts to most vehicles and features a thin and slim design with Built-In HD (With Multi-Cast), FM, and AM Tuners. Using the optional accessory kits, the KT-HDP1 allows you to listen to your favorite High Definition Radio programming while driving, or, you can take it into the home or office too. Accessory options include: KV-K1017 Professional Car Installation Kit, KV-K1018 Do-It-Yourself Car Installation Kit, and KV-K1019 Home Kit
Features:
- Universal add-on HD Radio tuner
- Improved sound quality and static-free reception from participating AM and FM stations
- Built-in wired and wireless FM modulator
- Connects to factory and aftermarket stereos
- Receives multicasting content (where available)
Price: Too low to display
JVC KT-HDP1 Transportable HD Radio Tuner
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Filed under: JVC
I got the item in a very short time but i did not get any instructions to install it.Not a good thing!E-mailed for some and did not get anything.
I would not recoomend this radio at all, even at ninety percent off.
HD requires a sensitive tuner because the HD signal is weaker. This unit has the poorest sensitivity I’ve seen. This unit runs hot and I think that further deteriorates the radio.
To slightly improve the reception, I mounted the antenna vertically on the side window. Really the antenna should be outside the car, not an inside-the-window antenna mount.
By the way, the setup is still a combersome mess of wires…. anntenna over here… cigarette lighter connection over there…
I purchased this HD receiver with high hopes. I live around 20 miles from most radio stations and had zero reception at my house. Since I purchased both the car and home kits, I decided to try just the home stuff first. If I was successful, I’d move on to the installation of the car kit. Never got there. At my office, right in the center of the broadcasting area, I only received 2 out of 10-15 HD stations. No AM HD.
The FM receiver worked fine and when HD came in, the quality was excellent. I think it will be a usable receiver, but maybe the antenna was not ready for prime time. All in all, I was disappointed with the number of stations I could pick up in the area and returned the product. Quality of the product was just fine, however.
This unit is a very nice concept. If you buy the kits for home and car you can move the device between them. I bought the two kits and have the following to say:
Pros:
Small and portable with easy controls and seek capability. Good price point to aftermarket HD radio.
Cons:
Gets very hot and it drops the radio signal fairly regularly. I dont know if its dropping out because of HD radio signal strengths in general or because its the unit. Yet it gets annoying. It seems to happen most when I’m stopped at a light which i cant fully figure out. Also, the unit seems to get engine feedback so there is an engine squil that increases as the engine reaches higher RPMs.
I use the JVC KT-HDP1 Transportable HD Radio Tuner (Black) as an attachment for my home theater system. I live in the city in Boston and am about 3 miles away from the transmitting antenna for WROR 105.7. WROR broadcasts from the top of the Prudential building downtown. The KT-HDP1 has difficulty receiving the HD signal from WROR. It has difficulty receiving signals from other (but not all) radio stations. I am using the JVC home kit for the KT-HDP1 along with the supplied antenna. My only comment on the antenna supplied with the kit is that it is short (~18″). I don’t believe that is the optimal length for an FM signal. This may be the issue.
Just to be sure that it is the unit and not the signal, I also have a competing portable HD unit in my car. It has no difficulty receiving WROR or other HD signals (in the car or my house).
So, I suggest that if you intend to purchase an KT-HDP1. You consider a strong signal source or an external antenna that is better than the one provided in the KT-HDP1 home kit.
Some people have complained about the KT-HDP1 temperature being hot after extended use. I use the KT-HDP1 home kit with the supplied metal stand. The stand seems to act like a heat sink. So even though the KT-HDP1 gets warm, it doesn’t get too warm like in might in the sun in a car.
I would recomend that you not purchase this without access to a strong signal or a good FM antenna. Don’t even think about purchasing the KT-HDP1 without the car or home kits.
My other HD tuner is able to show the music that is playing on both the HD1 and HD2 stations while listening to one or the other. The KT-HDP1 cannot (at least I haven’t been able to make it do it.) It is a nice function if you are listening to a station and don’t like it and want to know what is playing on the sister station without changing. Otherwise the KT-HDP1 is a good tuner with solid functionality and menu options.