Just wondering is anyone can recommend me a good head unit to use with my ipod.. got a budget of around 250.. seen this one but just interested what everyone else has got Alpine
cheers

Just buy that one mate, Alpine rule.

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I've got a Sony CDXR6550, and an iPod adapter. Suits the coop i reckon. There is a DAB version too, which is £150.

I've got the Alpine 9850Ri. Full speed iPod connection, seemless control from the headunit. Excellent piece of kit.

just fitted an Alpine cde-9850Ri, great sound for not a lot of money, plus with the added benefit of being able to play my iPod.

Heres the link

http://www.ice21.co.uk/product.asp?...422&gclid=CKKh-ZWdnYwCFQrmlAodTmO63A

Hello, I've got an Alpine CDE-9850RI in my coop. It's great, but I can't seem to find the clock on it (the clock on the dashboard has *a-hem* stopped working). I have long since lost the instruction manual for the head unit, but I find it hard to believe that it doesn't have some sort of way to tell the time, am I right?

This one just arrived to me:

http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk/products/car/cd_receivers/bluetooth/KDC-BT61U/

Haven't installed it yet but it looks VERY promising!

Has anyone else put the AUX + iPod cables thru the rear ashtray..?

Just an idea. Might be a clean solution, to have them hidden there when not used.
(my new Kenwood has all those connections at the back)
That ashtray is never used anyway.. Just one or two handy holes in the bottom of it and it's done?

Why not just run them into the Glovebox?

you may have to use a USB extension cable if you want to run to the rear ashtray as i'm not sure if the fitted cable would reach! (I have a Kenwood headunit too )

Yepp I bought the extension.

No I just don't like cables hanging around. I use Spotify a lot nowadays so there would be a cable hanging from the glovebox - not premium enough!

be warned that Most of the older Alpine versions only support up to 5th Generation ipods and only 3rd Gen iphones, as I found out to my upset,

I have a CDA9887R - and was gutted to find out that using the KCE422i full speed cable that I was unable to connect the Iphone4 -(only wanted the music) b*ll*x.

so the work around was to buy the alpine to phono 3.5mm jack connection and play the tunes through the headphone jack

I WIN !!!! lol

but most alpine head units are plush for adding to later on, and depending on the version with the ratings (most) have a pretty good sound standard - coming out of them.

I speak from Experience, I am only now starting to think about Upgrading the output end (10") sub etc.

I miss my 10" x2 subds that were in the abarth130 TC.