I'm thinking about buying this head unit for my Teg. I've heard good things about Alpine head units. I like this one cause you can mount a seperate monitor(s). I've searched a couple sites and had no luck trying to find a seperate in dash flip out monitor. If you know where I could find one that'd be great.

Here is the link to the deck:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-E...A9860

Let me know what you think.

 

Alpine does make quality stuff and I was looking at Alpine DVD players a while back and I found 2 problems. One the screen when it pops up will cover up your climate control and second the motor on the screen (so I've heard) has a tendency to break. I would look at the Kenwood DVD players and one that has a double-din screen. I love Alpine stuff but the double-din screen on the Kenwood is the way to go for our cars

 

Yes it is a very good HU and the flip out monitor/ receiver for it would be the CVA-1014, my question to you would be, why not spend the extra $200 it would cost over getting the DVD-9860, [MSRP $550] and the CVA-1014, [MSRP $850] and just get the IVA-D310, [MSRP $1600] and get it all in one, [ and only one AM/FM tuner] with "extendable" screen, so it will work in your teg.
your other option is to see if you can find a flip out monitor without a tuner, [AM/FM] I don't know of any, or just adding an Alpine monitor like the TME-M770 6.5" touch panel wide screen, [the match for the DVD-9860] [MSRP $700] or the TME-M580 5.8" screen, but they are not flip outs and would need custom installations. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Yes it is a very good HU</TD></TR></TABLE>

can you tell me how it is a good hu? the dva-9860 is a total piece of ****.

the only good thing is optical output. quality sucks donkey *****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Yes it is a very good HU and the flip out monitor/ receiver for it would be the CVA-1014, my question to you would be, why not spend the extra $200 it would cost over getting the DVD-9860, [MSRP $550] and the CVA-1014, [MSRP $850] and just get the IVA-D310, [MSRP $1600] and get it all in one, [ and only one AM/FM tuner] with "extendable" screen, so it will work in your teg.
your other option is to see if you can find a flip out monitor without a tuner, [AM/FM] I don't know of any, or just adding an Alpine monitor like the TME-M770 6.5" touch panel wide screen, [the match for the DVD-9860] [MSRP $700] or the TME-M580 5.8" screen, but they are not flip outs and would need custom installations. 94 </TD></TR></TABLE>

You have a good point. I'm glad I'm in no hurry at the moment. I need to get an alarm first so I have some sort of security instead of none. I'll have to check out that Kenwood double din. I know theres a few posts around here about it. Maybe I'll just go that route. Thanks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ATF Kuk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

can you tell me how it is a good hu? the dva-9860 is a total piece of ****.

the only good thing is optical output. quality sucks donkey *****.</TD></TR></TABLE> So what you are trying to say is you don't like the DVA-9860, can you be more specific, I mean on one hand you say it's "a total piece of ****" but on the other you say the the optical output is a "good thing" so which is it, "a total piece of ****" or just somewhat of "a piece of ****? 94

 

you want me to be more specific than "the only good thing is optical out". that literally means everything sucks except optical.

so what makes you say it is a great radio?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ATF Kuk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you want me to be more specific than "the only good thing is optical out". that literally means everything sucks except optical.

so what makes you say it is a great radio?</TD></TR></TABLE> Well if we are keeping it simple, it's an Alpine, and I have installed a few of them, without any problems, [warranty returns] and satisfied customers, works for me. 94

 

i am unsatisfied and so are 5/5 other people i know who own one. it takes forever to read cd's, you cant push the forward/backward too fast when changing tracks, or else it would get stuck on a track, quality is the worse i have ever seen from alpine, and it sounds like **** when used with rca outs.

you dont have any problems because the problems are already there to begin with. that makes the customer think like it is suppose to be there. just like their pxa-h701/h700 processors. it has soooo many glitches and problems that should not be there from the beginning. like clicking sounds when adjusting the volume, hiss... the lists goes on and on. yet i never hear about anyone sending their unit in to get that fixed.

for the record, i have had a few problems with my h701, sent it in, the report came back as no problems, yet it was magically gone.

just because its alpine doesnt make it magically good. you are a biased bastard.

 

Sony came out with a dvd player now as well. Panasnoic has one, and so does jvc all regular radios, with the addition of dvd video

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by STEV3-O &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sony came out with a dvd player now as well. Panasnoic has one, and so does jvc all regular radios, with the addition of dvd video </TD></TR></TABLE>

I had the JVC unit on display at work.. It worked for about a week and then just took a ****. It acts as if it has no power, yet it does. All fuses are fine. Maybe a fluke unit, but I'd love to hear if anyone else has had issues with it. As a side note, I think the screen looks great because of the "protector shield"

 

i might be picking up a Jvc Kd-Adv6160, its only 250 hipped on ebay. Anyone got experience with it? 5volt pre outs, plays Giga mp3's has front and rear aux inputs, has a sub out, which the 5100 dont, and looks pretty sweet. Only thing i herd that sucks is u cant fast forward dvd's but hey who cares

 

i think you mean that you cant fast foward mp3's. it is a pretty good deck for the money.

 

no i mean dvd's

 

when i had my jvc, i could fast foward dvd's, i had the avx1 and 6160. i just couldnrt fast forward mp3's

EDIT: also, each time i was playing mp3's, everytime i turn off/on the radio, the track would start all over again.

 

how did u like the 6160? My primary use is to power my future set up, (Re-audio everything ) and its gotta have a solid sub control. Im geting this one since i plan on adding a little 7in screen i already got somewhere in my shop, and y not put it in my audi console on my eg. U recommend it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ATF Kuk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> just because its alpine doesnt make it magically good. you are a biased bastard.</TD></TR></TABLE> I am a biased bastard? Why, because you don't like that Alpine unit and I do, along with my customers that have it, [oh that's right the unit already has the problems, and they don't know any better] Yea ok your right and the rest of us are wrong. How sad. 94

 

so are you saying you are not biased? so basically you are saying that you are not partial to alpine at all?

you ******* liar, all you push is alpine and jl on here. dont sit there and lie to me about what you are partial to when all your posts clearly show that you like alpine.

face it, you claim all alpine units are good. have they had ever had a bad unit? if so name it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I am a biased bastard? Why, because you don't like that Alpine unit and I do, along with my customers that have it, [oh that's right the unit already has the problems, and they don't know any better] Yea ok your right and the rest of us are wrong. How sad. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>

so basically you are saying that there are no problems to dva-9860 at all and the h701/h700 have no problems either?

or are you saying you like the unit regardless of the problems?

or are you saying your 9860 units dont have problems?

 

e-fights rules


One thing I dont like about the 9860 is getting between tracks. It seems like i have to hold the button before it can even change track.

The face also feels more plasticky than older alpines (compared to my former cda-7969)

Other than that, if you can get it at a good price, they aren't so bad. I just wouldn't pay retail

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ATF Kuk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so are you saying you are not biased? so basically you are saying that you are not partial to alpine at all?

you ******* liar, all you push is alpine and jl on here. dont sit there and lie to me about what you are partial to when all your posts clearly show that you like alpine.

face it, you claim all alpine units are good. have they had ever had a bad unit? if so name it.
</TD></TR></TABLE>Oh now I'm a ******* lier, where do I say I am not biased for Alpine, I have always said I like it, I think it's some of the best car audio out there, and yea I do recommend JL Audio also, for the same reason, do I think Alpine is perfect and with out problems, no, but I do like the way Alpine deals with their problems and I do like the fact the over the years that I have been installing Alpine it has had the lowest warranty return rate of all other brands,
Now that's twice you have called me names all because I told someone I thought an Alpine HU was a very good unit and gave him some advice on what would work with it and another possible way to go.
Your response to that was it was a "total piece of ****" I disagree and you come back and call me a biased bastard and a ******* lier , well **** YOU, you can kiss my ***. you ******* arrogant *****. nuff said 94

 

Ohh boy look what this all led to. Haha sorry. I just wanted to know if it was worth getting and wanted some opinions about it. You guys are arguing like crazy with this post. I'm a HT noob. No more.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alaskan_teg00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ohh boy look what this all led to. Haha sorry. I just wanted to know if it was worth getting and wanted some opinions about it. You guys are arguing like crazy with this post. I'm a HT noob. No more.</TD></TR></TABLE> Sorry alaskan_teg00, I just hate it when someone comes on and posts stuff like that, it is obvious ATF Kuk does not like that unit, [you think] I still stand by my statement that it is a very good unit, I have installed a few of them without any problems so far, and very satisfied customers, and at a MSRP of $550 you really are getting some bang for your $$.
ATF also insinuated that, no matter what, I would say Alpine is good, because I am biased towards Alpine, and that somehow I was lying about that fact, [not sure how he figures that] But it's no secret, and I have never said otherwise, I LIKE ALPINE, I have been installing it for as long as it has been available in Canada, I believe it to be the BEST car audio/security/video product out there IMO, I have always said it was because of the quality of the equipment, the low warranty return rate.
Is all Alpine product "very good", no, some is just "good" and just like everyone else Alpine has had their dogs also, right now I think it's the CDA-9853 and 55, I do not like the GlideTouch feature, I think it makes it hard to operate the HU.
Alpine also has product that I think is the VERY BEST out there, their F1
Status equipment I would stack up against anything out there.
Am I biased towards Alpine, probably, but unlike ATF tries to make out, I have also, [and still do] recommend Panasonic HUs, [also for bang for the $ and low warranty return rate] Eclipse HUs and speakers, [I have 4 Eclipse speakers in my 94 LS], along with Kicker, Infinity, Dynaudio and JL Audio along with others.
Here at H/T you are always going to run into people that there idea of helping is posting things like, it's crap, it's junk, "it's a total piece of ****", and if anybody dares to question their opinion, they will resort to name calling, and I will only put up with that **** so long, and I will tell them so, after that "nuff said" I just ignore them, they can rant all they want. 94

 

boo hoo, cry me a river crybaby. cant handle a lil name calling? ****** *** deisel dyke.

by the way, i am running the dva-9860.

alaskan, look, the dva-9860 sounds like crap and quality is crap. i am just letting you know before you take fcm's advice about it being a good deck. its not.

you might be wondering why am i using it if it sucks. well, i am using optical output to a pxa-h701, that changes the way it sounds.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ATF Kuk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so basically you are saying that there are no problems to dva-9860 at all and the h701/h700 have no problems either?

or are you saying you like the unit regardless of the problems?

or are you saying your 9860 units dont have problems?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you still have not answered this. im guessing your game now would be to ignore me and not answer any of these questions i asked you. you want to play the avoid me card but in reality, it is avoid the questions card. that is probably because you know your answer will help me out instead of you.

muah, i love you too fcm.