don't have any pics of the San Jose in my dash... but the 'brushed aluminum' look of the deck and outer ring look really sharp... ( NPI ).
As for the look with the other gauges... The red doesn't REALLY stand out as much as the sky-blue display does. As stated before... it's REALLY bright at night. But... I've grown accustomed to it, and it gives a sweet ambience at night while driving around.
my only gripe with mp3 players i ngeneral is that you have SO many songs, especially with hard drive models, it's a pain to navigate through all the folders and/or create playlists to find the songs you wanna hear, as opposed to just having a disc you made with 10-15 tracks on it and you can skip through and just hear what you want.
I'm not sure about the other decks... but I build my mp3 cds based on mood: hard driving ( road rage ), mellow, old stuff, etc. On each cd, I list the artists in folders. I.e. Orbital, Aphex Twin, Delerium, etc. The San Jose has two different mix/shuffle modes... MIX 1: shuffle within ONE folder... MIX 2: shuffle the entire CD.
Both the remote and the deck have 'Folder up/Folder Down' buttons for quick jumping.
Finally... As for the JVC SH-99 deck... I decided on the San Jose because it had better specs: 4v outputs, better CD response range, higher FM sensitivity, etc, etc. And also for the larger display area for text, which I mentioned before...
Sorry for the novella, guys... just wanted to add .02 more to the pile.
--JamesT
