- 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)
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… More >>
JVC KT-HDP1 Transportable HD Radio Tuner
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#1 by Leflore Obstetrics Clinic on April 8, 2010 - 2:17 pm
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.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Noah Matthew on April 8, 2010 - 2:44 pm
Install was pretty easy, though you do have to order the installation kit as well. Only took 10 minutes to get it into my car and get it working. Overall, i would give it 4 out 5 comparied to a normal radio
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Kim Wiggins on April 8, 2010 - 4:54 pm
This unit works great when hooked up to aux. When useing rf signals clash in seattle because of so many stations. It sounds great in hd. No heating problems at all.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Edward Streiff on April 8, 2010 - 7:39 pm
I bought the KT-HDP1, the home kit and the professional car kit for this radio and I have been disappointed. The home kit was simple to set up but the included Antenna is useless. I live a mere 2 miles away from the radio tower and I had to put this Antenna on my window to get any signal what so ever. Even then it fades in and out depending on how hard the wind is blowing or if its raining. At work which is 7 miles away from the radio tower as the bird flys (google earth is amazing) I can’t get signal at all. No HD stations will tune in, even the analog FM stations have static. The AM tuner on this device does not work at all period end of story. I bought the home kit and this receiver so that I could listen to 1020 KDKA AM in HD on its sister stations. Well since I get no HD reception I was like fine I will just listen to it on AM, nope does not work. I have heard KDKA as far as South Carolina but this piece of junk can’t pick it up. I can see the KDKA tower I live in Hampton PA, its less than 1/4 miles away from my house. Anyone in Hampton knows that the signal is so strong that any corded telephone will pick KDKA up. Yet this wont pick it up. Last week I drove past the tower literally less than 300 feet away from it and guess what the JVA KT-HDP1 was silent when tuned into AM 1020 its crazy.
Now as for the car kit, yes the car kit helps if your not moving. I bought the professional kit that directly ties into the cars antenna which required me to buy special adapters since my Nissan Rouge with the Bose system had special connectors instead of the standard push ones. The radio sounds great and is nice and clear. Especially if I pipe the sound through the 3.5MM Input port on my radio vs. the built in FM transmitter. But once I start to move thats it, game over, HD is gone it will go into a loop of HD/Analog for the entire drive. Sadly the radio stations in Pittsburgh don’t have their analog and HD feed’s perfectly synced, or this piece of junk needs an extra second to process the digital sound so while its looping the song is jumping all over.
Now the biggest pile of bull the professional kit, before I installed the kit I always had crystal clear FM, but now that my antenna is piping through the JVC Module (not the radio there is a giant module you mount behind your dash) my FM reception sucks as bad as the home kit and guess what…..
NOW I CAN’T TUNE IN 1020 KDKA AM, just like the home kit I now no longer have AM radio on my built in car receiver. Its gone… so that leaves me to conclude that the module like the home kit filter that signal out somehow.
Bottom line….I have to rip out the professional kit from my car to get decent radio reception again and so that I can listen to AM. This sucks cause it took a long time to pull the dash and install everything. Now I have to do it all over again.
About me I know some people are thinking that I am stupid and don’t know what I am doing. Stop right now that is bull. I shopped JC Whittney and bought all preconfigured connectors and adapters. I made no cuts to any of the wiring in my car or to my antenna to install this. So for those who say you have signal leak from splicing wires you can stop now I didn’t splice a single wire.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by McBrew on April 8, 2010 - 8:27 pm
I installed this JVC HD radio unit in my car with the “professional” installation kit. The professional installation kit includes a box that patches into your car’s antenna. This setup uses your existing radio antenna for clear HD reception as well as acting as a wired FM modulator for a high-quality connection, even if your radio has no aux input. My Scion has an aux input, but the sound quality is actually better through the FM signal. There is a bit of static if I use the aux input, but that is the fault of the factory radio, as it always has some hiss when using the aux input.
I can pick up more stations than I expected. I live about 20 miles from Washington DC and 40 miles from Baltimore. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to pick up much at home, but was hoping to be able to pick up my favorite stations for most of my daily 32 mile commute. I get full HD on most of my stations all the time. If and when they fade out, there is a seamless transition to analog. I have had to look at the display to see it happen.
Regular FM and AM reception is as good, if not a little better than my factory Pioneer radio. I don’t live within range of many AM HD station, but I have found a few (not my type of stations, though). The sound quality is surprisingly good.
The remote control is as confusing as most in-car remotes. Once I memorized where the buttons were, I was able to use it in the dark. Some people have complained about the positioning of the volume buttons on the unit itself, but I never touch those. I prefer to use the volume control on my car’s stereo, since there are controls on the steering wheel for that.
I also hard-wired the power on mine. This simply involved cutting off the cigarette lighter plug, adding an in-line 2A fuse, and tapping it into a switched power source (the line to the cig. lighter on my car).
I just ordered the home kit for this unit. I’ll add to this review once I have had a few days or weeks to play around with it.
I wish there were more options for mounting. There aren’t mane flat surfaces on my dash. Also, I would like the display to go dimmer. Even on the lowest setting it is very bright at night. The only other thing I would wish for on the next model is a single cable to run from the unit to the behind-the-dash box. It would be a lot cleaner looking if the power, antenna, and audio were combined into one cable.
Rating: 4 / 5