Alpine CDE-9850Ri for Ipod connection

[WADEY]

Anyone got one of these for using ipod in car?
Seems good quality and seen it for £169. What do you think?
http://www.alpine-europe.com/content/english/
Click on ipod full speed
http://www.lowcostcaraudio.co.uk/shop/Alpine-CDE-9850Ri-Alpine-CDE9850Ri-iPod-MP3WMA-CD-Tuner_pageJJ3ZZproductJJ1905ZZcategoryJJ/iPOD/
This is best price found. Good value?

 

[davidwilson666]

I bought one a couple of months and am really pleased with it.
Only bad thing is that it can take a while to search for an artist, but that's the problem with having 1,000s of tracks at your disposal, and its as good as if not better at accessing the iPod than any other HU I've come across.

It's a bit cheaper here

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/188268/art/alpine/cde-9850ri-cd-car-radio.html

 

[WADEY]

Did it just drop straight in, or did you need extra leads? Where did you run your ipod lead to? ie in glovebox, or have you got a dock on dash?

 

[fungusman]

my mate just bought this from halfords for £200 (he hates the internet) and he reckons its god greatest gift to car audio.. so must be good.. sounds good to me.

and he just drilled a hole in the side of his glove box and threaded the cable through, but damn the cable is long.. reaches into the back of the car!

 

[davidwilson666]

You just disconnect the old HU, and then plug in the new one, couldn't be easier, but you will lose your remote controls and display unless you pay out for a an extra lead, think they're about £30.

 

[Blue4Ever]

Can a CD changer be used with these aswel because lets face it, if you've had your ipod for more than a year it gives up on you after 45mins-1hr max.

 

[davidwilson666]

The iPod charges through the lead as well so no problems there.

 

[Ads_172]

These do seem pretty good, and decent price on that site above...

What's the cable required to keep all display / stalk controls in tact?

 

[portland]

Was there ever an Alpine cable produced that will allow the stalk/display to work? I've had trouble finding the right one. BTW, it's to go into a Trophy, and I'm told the adaptor needed is different to the older Mk II's Is this right?

 

[sh33n]

I got this for £200 last month and am very very happy with it.

The interface isn't the easiest to use and takes some getting use to (I still am) but overall a very good HU.

I haven't used it with an iPod but it should plug straight in, comes with all cables, etc.

You can get an adapter for the steering controls if you want.

 

[Elsi]

What are your opinions on the Goodmans GCE7207i?

Don't want to spend over £200 on a CD player.

 

[ste_brough]

The looks say it all IMO lol

 

[ste_brough]

You can get plenty of Alpine units for under £200.

 

[Elsi]

I want a CD player with iPod connectivity for under £100, this is the only one available at the present time.

Need's people's opinions first though.

 

[Ads_172]

I've had the Alpine for about a month now and it's been excellent so far. A pretty fiddly navigation considering you've got to be driving at the same time as operating it, but it's quick and not too difficult to find what you want. Plenty of various sound options as well.

 

[wozzaa]

I think in that case where it says ipod connectivity it means theres an AUX IN type port. You just plug the ipod into.

The Alpines will actually control the ipod directly from the headunit so you can stick the ipod in the boot etc. Thats the difference plus i think the SQ difference more than makes up for the price lol.

 

[Matty Baby]

i bougfht the alpine for £200, its alright not much good for controlling subs as theres very little on the equalizer front! Unless you have a alpine cd changer it wont work need to have the changer to match your head unit.

 

[wozzaa]

If its like mine. Press and hold the menu button in will take you to the PRO menu rather than the normal one which will allow you more control over the sound. And for increasing the sub on the fly just tap volume cntrol in and change it that way all i do with mine.

All though not sure looking at the spec's if it has all the functions due to it looking like it lacks near enough all of the EQ options.