1970 Roadrunner - again

After getting the Roadrunner to behave respectfully on the road my son decided it was time to address the concerns with the radio. As sweet as the sound of a big block may be, sometimes a guy wants to hear some classic Rock and Roll while waiting in line at the Burger King drive thru. The static that the factory radio was putting out just wasn't cutting it. We knew enough not to toss the original tuner but it was slated for retirement on a shelf in the garage. We're not into building mobile boom boxes. We like hearing bass but not from the car that's 4 blocks away. Nowadays it's really hard to find a new stereo that isn't sporting micro sized buttons that are really hard to find while driving. There are a few retro radios made that are a lot more driver friendly and are a better fit in the old dashes. I was leaning towards one of those. But my son wanted something more. He felt that the Roadrunner deserved a system that more exemplified performance instead of one that was more akin to a wallflower at the prom. What he came up with was this. A JVC KD-AVX77.

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What's so special about it? Well, for one thing it utilizes touch screen controls. That translates to having larger button surfaces that are easier to find while driving. It sounds good. - Very good. Without running any external amps it reproduces sound crisp and clear with great highs, lows, and mid-range. There are I-pod inputs. It can act as a DVD player if a person wanted to use it that way. (we weren't that concerned about that option) It could also be used as a monitor for a back-up camera system. (we didn't care about that option either) What we REALLY liked was that it could display wallpaper. - That's right. Wallpaper. Just as a person likes to display their own custom background images on their computer screens, now we could do it in the car.
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The obvious choice for wallpaper in the Roadrunner was to put a picture of a Roadrunner on the background. The radio is only capable of storing 4 images at a time, but you can always swap them out later if you want.
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There are settings that you can adjust that will make the buttons disappear until your hand gets close to the touch screen or you can have them visible at all times.
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'Lil Roadrunner rockin' out to the tunes in the back seat.
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