Alpine iDA Head Units ???

[fauxpas]

OK, talked myself out of a dodgie $200 touchscreen dvd and thinking back to single din, or even double din cd/mp3...

The one feature I want more than anything is front usb... I download several gig of trance each week and get sick of burning to CD... So these Alpine units caught my eye... I don't really care if there's no disc facility, I could happily live with USB only...

Anyone had anything to do with these? Feedback? Alpine linkie... (http://www.alpine.com.au/products/index.asp?section=1) PS. I have alpines in the doors and will get an alpine sub and mono, so I'm obviously leaning to an alpine HU...

http://www.alpine.com.au/products/images/normal/iDA-X300.jpg

[Frogman]

Hey fauxpas as long as your new cd player has AAC playback you will be fine ... headunits without aac playback don't really support IPODS!!!

[Macca]

Alpine CD units are always quality units.

My CD player has been going fine from 2004

Some of the top end units also have ipod direct link capabilites too.

[fauxpas]

That's what the above unit is... No CD drive, just usb and ipod...

[Macca]

Yeh, but the 9887 9886 9884 and 9882, are CD players AND also have Ipod control and USE connection.

Have a look under the CD players area too.

[GIR]

I have just bought a Alpine iDA-X100, haven't installed it yet. Im saving for the speakers next. Im thinking of getting type R splits

[fauxpas]

I checked these out on the weekend at JB HiFi and the only disappointing thing for me is no front usb... It's on a dongle out the rear...

[GIR]

i didn't mind that idea, as i was planning to have twin usb points mount in my glove box. I gives it a neat finished look.