DVD/USB/SD AV All-In-One Car Navigation MDV-727DT/626DT

There is a built-in “ECO Drive” function with raised social awareness to help the driver navigate.

As well as evaluating the extent of ECO driving operations in real time, the device also supplies point scores for smooth startup (e-start), acceleration, and deceleration, and advice depending on those scores.

Further, the ECO ratio (extent of fuel consumption) is recorded for 30 days, so the improvement status can be seen at a glance by displaying the graph, enabling a pleasant ECO driving experience.

Headphones HA-F150, HA-FX11, HA-FX16, and HA-FX18

Headphones are often in contact with the human body, so we are reducing harmful substances such as abolishing phthalates as quickly as possible.

Since last year, we have been using recycled materials. These products are the first JVC Kenwood accessories to use recycled plastic. 12 million of the hit product Gumy were sold worldwide in FY2010. (Including the discontinued HA-F140 model.)

Professional-grade Radios for the Overseas Market TK-7360/NX-220

The professional-grade radios for the overseas market TK-7360/8360 have reduced standby consumption current by 30% over existing equivalent products. Further, the professional-grade digital radios NX-220/320, which are highly regarded overseas, have reduced product weight by 20%. This is the result of combining a variety of ideas in such aspects as circuits, mechanisms, and parts.

Achieving compactness and light weight while improving operability and performance by incorporating multiple functions and roles into single parts in anticipation of malfunction mode was not simple, but has been achieved comprehensively by using various simulation technologies and the accumulated analysis of past cases.

In FY2010, 1,249,000 professional-grade radios for the overseas market were sold worldwide.

Security Cameras TK-C9510

Not only is power consumption reduced by approximately 40% compared to existing models, but also the intricate heat radiating design has reduced its volume by approximately 30%. Further, the modular design has reduced the types of parts by 50%, and thus reduced the environmental impact at the parts’ shipping stage. In addition, the environmental impact has also been reduced at the production stage by reducing waste through improving the efficiency of the number of PCBs cut from a substrate.

Card Printer CX-7000

Reproduction card printers print to cards, and then form cards after printing, using heated rollers mounted inside the device.

This model has a sleep mode installed in the heater control to reduce power consumption during operations by approximately 1/10th.

Camcorders Everio Series

Selectively reviewing the mechanical structures and parts configurations of existing models has achieved compactness and light weight. Compared to existing models, the volume is reduced by approximately 14%. Further, unifying the Victor brand within Japan with the JVC brand has accomplished mold uniformity.

In addition, the introduction of the newly-developed “FALCONBRID” LSI has not only reduced the number of parts by 25%, but also power consumption by approximately 15%, thus lowering the impact on the environment.

In FY2010, the Everio series sold 1,427,000 units worldwide.

In-Car AV Receivers KW-AVX840/740, DDX4 Series

A common platform developed for multimedia products was rolled out to both JVC and Kenwood brand products.

This model greatly reduces packing volume by 13%, and packing materials by 20%, as well as improving loading efficiency at the shipping stage, thus reducing the impact on the environment.

Further, not only are LEDs used in the TFT LCD backlight to reduce power consumption by 26% compared to existing models, but the use of mercury, which is a toxic substance hitherto included in fluorescent tubes, has been completely eliminated.

In-Car Speakers CS-V4627

For in-car speakers, multilingual user manuals and all-inone packaging materials are advancing.

CS-V4627 aims to reduce individual box volume, and so we strove to assure reliability by overlaying falling and vibration resistance tests with strength simulations.

These reduction activities not only merely reduce size, but also comprehensively consider the dimensions of the box and loading methods, including the loading efficiency of the palettes used during shipping.

As a result, individual box volume has been reduced by 12% compared to existing devices, thus simultaneously conserving resources and reducing the environmental impact of shipping.

Personal Audio Systems K Series U-K525, System Components CLX-70

U-K525 has reduced waste and eliminated materials through analysis using 3D CAD. Further, a special duct configuration that passes through the bottom of the CD mechanism achieves both high audio quality and major reduction in size. In addition, the molds used in the production of packing materials, remote controls, and main units, etc., have been greatly reduced. When in use, should the CD sound source stop and not be used for 30 minutes or more, the built-in standby mode turns off the power supply automatically.

CLX-70 has also abolished foam packing materials, and is considering using pulp mold materials.

Wood Cone Audio System EX-S1

As a result of developing models based on designs that consider the environment, product weight reduction and compactness have been successfully achieved while retaining wood cone audio quality. Compared to existing models developed in 2009, standby power has been reduced by approximately 43%, operating power by approximately 47%, and even life cycle CO2 emissions by approximately 44%.

Audio products have completely different appearances depending on their product category, such as radio cassette or mini-component. So commoditizing configuration components is difficult, but by increasing the commoditizing ratio to approximately 30% we have reduced not only the product itself, but also the resources such as molds, involved in parts production.

Chemicals Management System

To handle the chemical regulations of each country without exception, starting with the REACH regulation, it is necessary to have a suitable grasp of the chemical information for the parts and materials used in products.

JVC Kenwood Group has introduced new IT systems and formed teams for full-time management to comprehensively manage chemicals from the design stage to shipping.

Intensive examinations of the chemical information received from all business partners at main manufacturing sites and procurement sites around the world are implemented at head office, and only parts authorized as having no environmental problems are used in production.

In this way, we supply products that customers will feel safe using for years to come.

Cooperation System with Business Partners

We acquire the latest legal restrictions information regarding the environment from countries around the world to set our environmental standards and incorporate the information into our green procurement guidelines.

We cooperate with our business partners to verify the chemicals contained in parts submitted, their production systems, and the status of quality management, based on these environmental standards, to promote the move to fully green procurement.