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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:Fri Mar 03 1989
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Number of topics:1517
Total number of notes:13349

1028.0. "< Stay away from JVC >" by FOR8::SYSTEM () Sat Dec 26 1987 20:31

                  < Stay away from JVC >
    
    The JVC players have a design problem and they have to be
    taken back to dealer for realignment of some sorts. The
    first symptom is it resets itself to track zero and an
    advanced stage of the same problem leads to random skipping.
    Mine was in shop three times. I got the refund. My CD model
    was JVC XLV330..
    
    
    Shandy..........
    
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1028.1The 450 too???ITSBIG::GAUTHIERMon Dec 28 1987 07:217
    >     was JVC XLV330..

    Is there a problem with all the JVC's or just the XLV330?  I
    have the 450 and, so far, I am very happy with it.
    
    -Eric
    
1028.2AUTHOR::MACDONALDWA1OMM Listening 224.28Mon Jan 11 1988 15:071
    No problem with my multi-disk JVC.
1028.3No JVC problems yet, BUT...COOKIE::WILLIAMSMon Apr 18 1988 15:3617
    I've got a 700 and have absolutely NO problems!  It is a very noisy
    disk changer but is (to the best of my knowledge and experience)
    the best multi-disk cd player made.
    
    NOTE:  Beware of the 950 receiver though.  It is a fantastic
    audio/video receiver but it's remote (what a monster that is!) has
    some design flaws.  For instance, being their top of the
    line receiver, you would figure they'd have the brains to design
    the cd portion of it to accomodate their top of the line cd player.
    But NOOOO!  They didn't make it possible to change disks like on
    the 700 but they made it to handle only a single disk player.  But
    hey they made up for that when they thought of putting the open/close
    control on it!!  HA!  Ya, I'm going to sit in my recliner, pop the
    disk drawer open and try to saucer my disks into it!  HA!  You would
    think a $130 remote would be designed with some intelligence!!
    
    Maga-Wattage-Carl. 
1028.4Anybody want to buy a 700?RSTS32::DBMILLERCecil B D&#039;Miller, the EsotericMon Apr 18 1988 15:5925
    I have a 700 that I'm currently going to trade-in.  I've only
    had a month and it started rejecting disks and went into an
    infinite loop over a quarter of a second of music.  I took it
    back and they said it was probably dust.  They cleaned the lens,
    and it's been working fine, but I found some other things I don't
    like about it, so I'm taking advantage of the store's 30-day trade-in
    policy and getting something I will like better (Read: Pioneer PDM-60)
    
    What got me about the JVC was the *LOUSY* random mode.  It has no
    concept of what songs it has already played.  It's played the same
    track twice out of three chances several times, and has a tendancy
    to favor disks.
    
    The Pioneer PDM-60 will *NOT* repeat selections, and can randomly
    play songs from the program list.  The only disadvantage of the
    Pioneer seemed to be that you can use either the 6-disc magazine
    *or* a single-tray.  The JVC had both available at the same time
    for a total of 7 discs.
    
    -Dave
    
    (Of course, I'm still waiting for the store to get me the PDM-60.
     They don't normally carry Pioneer, but are willing to make me a
     satisfied customer.  Unless someone wants to buy the 700 from me
     so I can go elsewhere and get the PDM-60 8^))
1028.5Sony CDP-C7ESDQUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineTue Apr 19 1988 21:296
    I would say that Sony probably has the best CD changer now - the
    CDP-C7ESD (list $500).  Part of the company's "ES" high-end line,
    it has 4X oversampling with 16-bit DACs, "Custom File" programming
    system (similar to Philips FTS), and digital outputs.
    
    					Steve