Thumbs Up:

Responsive touch-screen; customizable interface; easy browsing of USB and iPod; Bluetooth audio streaming and hands-free calling; a lot of A/V inputs and outputs.

Thumbs Down:

Due to small size, the touch-screen is not useful for DVD playback. The awkward image aspect ratio shows the films shrunken, stretched, and cropped. The media player has inconsistent gesture controls.

The Whiz Kid Speaks:

The El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 is an in-car multimedia digital player. It features USB flash drive playback, JPEG photo playback, and DivX playback. The supported audio formats are WMA, WAV, MP3, and AAC. The media player comes with an infrared remote control.

The audio feature is Active Crossover and the system control bus is J-Link. The audio system controls include Attenuate, Balance, Volume, and Fader. The amplifier maximum output power is 50watts per channel and continuous power is 20watts per channel.

The Digital Graphic equalizer has 7 bands and its center frequencies are 15000 Hz, 6300 Hz, 2500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 400 Hz, 150 Hz, and 60 Hz. The factory presets are Hard Rock, Country, Classic, Reggae, Dance, Jazz, R&B, Pop, and three user-defined.

The JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 has AM/FM radio with 24 stations preset that include 18 FM and six AM stations. The additional radio features are FM Mono/Stereo Switch and Best Stations Memory.

The connector set includes 1×5.1 channel audio line-out (RCA phono×6), 1×USB (4 pin USB Type A), 1×Composite video/audio input (RCA phono×3), 1×Composite video/audio output (RCA phono×3), and System components control bus.

Razzle Dazzle:

The El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player is 2 inches tall, 7.2 inches wide, and 6.3 inches deep and weighs 4.9 lbs. The touch-screen display has occupied the complete front panel.

Inside Dope:

The El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player is a perfect audio player for the car. It features a touch-screen that allows easy customization options. The El Kameleon media player is a single DIN unit with detachable faceplate. However, the small display is not enough for DVD playback.

5.4 inches touch-screen of the El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player has 800×240 pixels resolution that has 3.32:1 aspect ratio. As only few movies are encoded in such a super-cinemascope image aspect ratio, so the DVD playback does not give much benefit. The videos played scaled down with dark borders, stretched and cropped on the screen.

We like that the display features a proximity sensor that pop-ups the hidden onscreen controls while approaching the hand towards the screen. You can set the media player to blackout the inactive screen, hide the interface buttons, and respond to touch or proximity.

The El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player has its own customizable menu interface. It allows touch gestures for some commands like swirling finger to instantly low or raise the volume or swiping the finger for forward and backward controls.

You can easily fit the El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player in a single DIN standard space that is already reserved for stereos in your car. You can easily install the speakers, power adapter, and other standard wires. We like that video playback will be enabled only when your vehicle is stationary (not moving). Therefore, you have to tap the e-brake signal lead for this facility. In addition, you have to route the microphone for hands-free calling and USB cables.

The RCA audio preamp outputs for subwoofer, dedicated channel center, and for rear & front channels allow to use the external amplifiers for 5.1 surround sound. A secondary stereo RCA output and video output allows connecting rear-set entertainment or external monitor. Another video input with reverse-gear signal cable connects optional rear-view camera. The OE remote input allows using steering wheel switchgear by adding optional control box.

The El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player features single disc CD/DVD player and FM/AM Radio Tuner. The supported audio formats are AAC, WAV, WMA, and MP3, while DVD playback has Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound feature. You can also use the external amplifier, as internal one has only four audio channels.

The USB cable pigtail allows connecting the digital media players including iPhone/iPod, and other USB mass storage devices. You can playback the audio books and pod-casts from a connected iPod out of the box. However, you need an additional video interface iPod cable to playback the videos. The Bluetooth connection allows connecting the mobile phones for hands-free calling and media players for A2DP audio streaming.

The internal amplifier of the El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player outputs 20watts in four channels with 50watts per channel output. This is a standard for normal car media player in the market. You can adjust the seven-band equalizer with low and high-pass filter adjustments, subwoofer level setting, balance/standard fader, and nine presets with three customizable options. What’s more – the internal amplifier can be set with low or high power. We will recommend you the low power adjustment as it provides good sound without any harm to speakers.

The hands-free calling provides good sound with external mic. While driving, the driver could clearly hear the callers on car speakers and the callers were also receiving good sound with some vehicle noise. We could easily navigate the options of connected iPod and quickly access the pod-casts, albums, and artists. What’s more – the touch gestures worked perfectly without testing.

The El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player is a revamped media player as compared to previous the KD-AVX44. Its user interface is a bit clunky for new users. You may have to move through various screens for some simple tasks.  However, its flexibility and expandability makes the KD-AVX77 a great in-car multimedia system with a single DIN screen.

Nitty Gritty:

If you are looking for a nice and portable media player for your car with good feature set, then we will recommend you to purchase – El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player.

However, if you do not want to take such advantages then you can plan to find any other multimedia player with simple and easy user interface.

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