Hey guys I'm looking for an aftermarket head unit that will contral an ipod and show all its info. I keep geting alot of contradicting info about what brands and what models can do what. I appreciate any info, thanks.

 

there are 2 alpine headunits i believe.

 

Thanks, I just did some more research and I wemt with the alpine cda 9853 and the ipod interface.

 

seems like a lot are doing it, alpine and kenwood at least which means I bet pioneer is as well..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostsohfast &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Thanks, I just did some more research and I wemt with the alpine cda 9853 and the ipod interface.</TD></TR></TABLE>Well look at that, one reply and you went out and got the best 94

 

off-topic question. Would an ipod adapter sound better with an aftermarket deck like alpine, or would it sound the same if I got an adapter and hooked it up to my stock integra deck?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KingJeff &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">off-topic question. Would an ipod adapter sound better with an aftermarket deck like alpine, or would it sound the same if I got an adapter and hooked it up to my stock integra deck?</TD></TR></TABLE> Way better with the "right" aftermarket HU, there are aftermarket HUs that are no better then the stock Acura deck, IMO. BTW your stock deck is an Alpine 94

 

Ok, I plan on getting the alpine cda-9851 along with the ipod adapter. Whatcha think about that unit?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KingJeff &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, I plan on getting the alpine cda-9851 along with the ipod adapter. Whatcha think about that unit?</TD></TR></TABLE>It's a very good HU the only thing missing, [that I would want/have in my CDA-7893] is digital time correction, parametric EQ or the 24dB/octive x-over like the CDA-9833 $200 more, or the CDA-9853 only $100 more then the CDA-9851, the 53 also has the Glide Touch bar making iPod searching much faster. 94


Modified by fcm at 9:57 AM 8/9/2005

 

but can the 53 be used for the ipod? i thought only 2 alpines could be used for ipod?

 

Yes it can, only the 41, 43, 45 can not, and the IVA-D901 is not, but then it's hard disc drive ready. [it don need no stinkin iPod] the CDA-9853 and the other 11 current Alpine CD HU are iPod ready, 2 of them are CD/DVD flip out screens and there 1 lone cass. TDM-7582 is not, [but who cares], you can check out the whole Alpine line at http://www.alpine.com 94

 

Alright, I know what you're going to say to this... but I swear I didn't put a Sony HU in my Accord... So my dad just bought another Accord, and it had a Sony CDX 5510 HU already installed. He would like to be able to use the ipod with it. What is the best way to do this/can it be done? Never really worked with Sony before..... thanks guys

 

It ia a CD chager controler HU, so yes you can get an adpt. to plug an iPod into it.
It is a Sony accessory XA-300 unilink AUX input adpt. 94

 

wow man, you really know your stuff. Thanks alot!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Orpheus1985 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow man, you really know your stuff. Thanks alot!!</TD></TR></TABLE>Naw, not this time, but I have found out you can find out anything on the net, I just went to http://www.sony.com and looked up the unit, made me look good though 94

 

on a similar note, do you know how to hook up an aux input to the cd changer control on a panasonic HU that doesnt have the normal aux in

 

There's only one head unit that works well with the ipod, and that's the pioneer avhp5700dvd.

The only problem is that it is a $1000 flip up touch screen, and I can't justify spending $1100 just to get my ipod working.

Unless you want to spend that much money, I personally just recommend doing an aux-in.

All the other head-units I've used with the ipod are just slow and a pain in the *** to use (yes including the new alpine's) .

As far as the panasonic goes, I assume there is an adapter to convert from whatever their changer plug is in to 2 rca jack's.

 

i used a regular honda adapter, but i cant get it to sense the changer port, ie: changing from cd to fm etc

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by got_no_sol &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There's only one head unit that works well with the ipod, and that's the pioneer avhp5700dvd.

All the other head-units I've used with the ipod are just slow and a pain in the *** to use (yes including the new alpine's) .</TD></TR></TABLE> BRRAAAhahahahaha! the Alpine KCA-420i adpt. will work on all but 4 of Alpines current models, [most well under $1000] Alpine iPod ready HUs also have Media Xxpander used to restore the iPods compressed signal, and to top it off Alpine offers downloads of the latest iPod software and help in getting the most out of your iPod, when interfaced with an Alpine iPod ready HU, Alpine is so far ahead of everyone else in Ipod interfacing, the rest don't count. 94

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jbkiksass69 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">on a similar note, do you know how to hook up an aux input to the cd changer control on a Panasonic HU that doesn't have the normal aux in</TD></TR></TABLE>First, a Panasonic without an AUX input Check with http://www.panasonic.com or maybe one of the aftermarket adpt. makers PAC, Blitzsafe, Soundgate or Scosche at http://www.staub.ca/tech/appguides.html 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> BRRAAAhahahahaha! the Alpine KCA-420i adpt. will work on all but 4 of Alpines current models, [most well under $1000] Alpine iPod ready HUs also have Media Xxpander used to restore the iPods compressed signal, and to top it off Alpine offers downloads of the latest iPod software and help in getting the most out of your iPod, when interfaced with an Alpine iPod ready HU, Alpine is so far ahead of everyone else in Ipod interfacing, the rest don't count. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

I didn't say the kca420i won't work, I said that it doesn't work well.

And as far as alpine being ahead of everyone else - of course. I have used the ipod interface on most of the new alpines, including the 9855 etc, and it just plain sucks. For the user that just uses playlists all the time - sure, but for the rest of us that have 100's of artists we want to individually select on our ipods, the scrolling is just way too damn slow.

I say avhp5700dvd or aux input. The other's are just a waste of money imo.

 

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