Originally Posted by thesebastiancat
I was looking at the CD-less Alpines. The marine model matches well but is very pricey. I went with the JVC KD-S100 which was $129 delivered from Crutchfied. It has an SD slot in the head unit, can use the iPod adapter, has an aux in on the back and a USB in the front. It can read a flash drive via the USB. Not sure about the HD radio. Does have a redundant CD player which I dont use either.
You could use a thumb drive that reads CF cards to utilize the USB. I am using one to read SD cards bigger than the 512MB that the internal slot supports. I also have a micro SD reader that lets me use micro SD cards like my phone uses. They are cheap and plentiful. Here are links:
JVC KD-S100 CD receiver at Crutchfield.com
Newegg.com - Kingston FCR-MRB 1 card USB 2.0 MicroSD Reader - Card Readers
I looked at all the marine stuff too. The JVC that you have has been at the top of my list for awhile. Do you have any pictures of the JVC installed so I can see what it looks like in the car? I would also like to see pics of some of the head units others have put in their car. I will start an album for it so people can just stop by here and look. If you cant post you can email them to me at
LNRDR@yahoo.com