ICEing the Magnum

mnhegde · 12th July 2008, 08:57

@ mshooli : Great man. I had been to blueraven's place , hoping to meet you, just wanted to see power series working

. Please do post the pics as soon as possible.

dinu2506 · 12th July 2008, 13:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by mshooli

Finally upgraded my HU. Its the JVC KD AVX44 EL CHAMELEON. The touchscreen interface is really cool though it takes some time getting used to it. The listening experience is just too good and I am loving every moment of my drive now. Will be uploading the pics of the install and HU soon.

Waiting to see it on Monday. Enjoy....

mshooli · 12th July 2008, 21:04

I have uploaded some pics of the HU. Clarity is not so good as it is taken from my mobile phone camera.

The Box

Faceplate

Hu_Installed

Ipod tucked away in the small compartment

Close-Up

Another View

gunbir · 13th July 2008, 02:02

Congrats on the HU! The display in your pics shows the USB iPod source is playing, but there is no album art, iD3 tag info on screen. By choice (selected mode) or does it not do that?

mshooli · 13th July 2008, 05:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunbir

Congrats on the HU! The display in your pics shows the USB iPod source is playing, but there is no album art, iD3 tag info on screen. By choice (selected mode) or does it not do that?

Thanks Gunbir.

It does display the details of the track (song name, artiste and album name)
which is playing. In this case, the track playing has absolutely no info. Hence you don't see it here.

dinu2506 · 13th July 2008, 10:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by mshooli

Thanks Gunbir.

It does display the details of the track (song name, artiste and album name)
which is playing. In this case, the track playing has absolutely no info. Hence you don't see it here.

Have you got the Ipod adapter?

mshooli · 13th July 2008, 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinu2506

Have you got the Ipod adapter?

The iPod adapter is not required for this. The USB interface is good enough. Once connected via the USB, then you can control the iPod via the HU.
I guess the iPod adapter is required only to play the iPod videos.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnhegde

@ mshooli : good choice of head unit man, howz the performance buddy???

Performance is good. Still experimenting with the features. However one small drawback I have noticed so far, is the time it takes to read the iPod. Sometimes it seems forever to get to a particular soundtrack that I need to listen to

When i tested it at Satya's place, it seemed to take time in reading the CD's also. Not sure if this is the case with all JVC touchscreen HU's.

shuvd · 13th July 2008, 13:21

The HU is full drool maal!!! Congrats!

babhishek · 13th July 2008, 14:31

sweet... how much did the HU cost, if you do not id me asking ?
also overall costs would be great!!

mobike008 · 13th July 2008, 14:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by babhishek

sweet... how much did the HU cost, if you do not id me asking ?
also overall costs would be great!!

, the HU is really awesome. Please share complete prices!

mnhegde · 13th July 2008, 16:04

@ mshooli : May be JVC HUs are a bit slow in reading things

. Did you mention it to satya???

mshooli · 13th July 2008, 17:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnhegde

@ mshooli : May be JVC HUs are a bit slow in reading things

. Did you mention it to satya???

Yes, even he was of the opinion that JVC's take sometime to read. Maybe other folks with similar JVC units can confirm this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by babhishek

sweet... how much did the HU cost, if you do not id me asking ?
also overall costs would be great!!

The HU costed me about 24K. Got it from the UK. But I believe it is now available in the Indian grey market too, for about the same price.

Apart from the HU, I paid 28K for the remaining stuff which includes, the front components, Amp, Sub, Wiring, Boot damping and labour.

The next stage of upgrade sometime after October which would include Fibre encasing for the sub, new rear speakers and a monobloc for the sub

jkdas · 13th July 2008, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by mshooli

Yes, even he was of the opinion that JVC's take sometime to read. Maybe other folks with similar JVC units can confirm this.

The HU costed me about 24K. Got it from the UK. But I believe it is now available in the Indian grey market too, for about the same price.

Apart from the HU, I paid 28K for the remaining stuff which includes, the front components, Amp, Sub, Wiring, Boot damping and labour.

The next stage of upgrade sometime after October which would include Fibre encasing for the sub, new rear speakers and a monobloc for the sub

Congrats on the ICE part.

So seems we wil be seeing you back at ICE section a lot more

Why not some screens too?

mnhegde · 13th July 2008, 19:41

@ mshooli : Well dont worry you will get along with it. Any way congrats for the total (superb) set up. Would like to personally see once. Upgrade on mind already????

dinu2506 · 13th July 2008, 21:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by mshooli

Yes, even he was of the opinion that JVC's take sometime to read. Maybe other folks with similar JVC units can confirm this.

Not sure about this, because I do not have this problem with my AVX800. The disc reads pretty fast. Of course, my 40GB Hard disk takes around 25 seconds to read initially, but once loaded selecting directories, songs etc is a breeze. Will having an Ipod adapter speed things up?

12th July 2008, 08:57	#31
mnhegde BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B E N G A L U R U Posts: 473 Thanked: 2 Times	@ mshooli : Great man. I had been to blueraven's place , hoping to meet you, just wanted to see power series working. Please do post the pics as soon as possible.
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12th July 2008, 21:04	#33
mshooli BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 138 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	I have uploaded some pics of the HU. Clarity is not so good as it is taken from my mobile phone camera. The Box Faceplate Hu_Installed Ipod tucked away in the small compartment Close-Up Another View
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13th July 2008, 02:02	#34
gunbir Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,465 Thanked: 33 Times	Congrats on the HU! The display in your pics shows the USB iPod source is playing, but there is no album art, iD3 tag info on screen. By choice (selected mode) or does it not do that?
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13th July 2008, 13:21	#38
shuvd Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calcutta Posts: 1,081 Thanked: 8 Times View My Garage	The HU is full drool maal!!! Congrats!
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13th July 2008, 14:31	#39
babhishek BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: KOLKATA Posts: 335 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	sweet... how much did the HU cost, if you do not id me asking ? also overall costs would be great!!
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13th July 2008, 16:04	#41
mnhegde BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B E N G A L U R U Posts: 473 Thanked: 2 Times	@ mshooli : May be JVC HUs are a bit slow in reading things. Did you mention it to satya???
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13th July 2008, 19:41	#44
mnhegde BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B E N G A L U R U Posts: 473 Thanked: 2 Times	@ mshooli : Well dont worry you will get along with it. Any way congrats for the total (superb) set up. Would like to personally see once. Upgrade on mind already????
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